Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Tomasi and Flier on “Commencement Neutrality” by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Michael Young. That’s a very charitable version of making their claims explicit. I think one could with equal textual fidelity say that their claim is: neutrality sometimes applies to politics, and sometimes not, and sometimes applies…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Tomasi and Flier on “Commencement Neutrality” by Michael Young
Though neither Tomasi nor Flier name the following issue explicitly, it might be part of what they are getting at: the attitudinal position of the audience members with respect to receiving (or at least tolerating, not just resisting) the relevant mora…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Stirring the POT (3) by Tomasi and Flier on “Commencement Neutrality” | Policy of Truth
[…] is quite literally a defense of “wokeness.” (I’ve made the same allusion to the same end here.) I’ve transcribed below Flier and Tomasi’s answer to my question, to which I’ll respond in a […] LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) Tomasi and Flier on “Commencement Neutrality”
I recently attended a webinar on “commencement neutrality” sponsored by Heterodox Academy. In it, the presenters, John Tomasi and Jeffrey Flier, argue that Students receiving diplomas while a speaker condemns their political values, whether progressive or conservative, are justified in objecting. The graduation stage is not an op-ed page, a political blog, or a partisan…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) It’s called “object permanence for relationships” and Tommy has yet to develop it
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Gil Thorp, 5/20/26 Somehow, this extremely long golf match that has pitted Gil and his ex Mimi against…
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(xkcd.com) 182.8 Meters
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Calling All Palestine Activists by Stop the Wars Rally: Saturday | Policy of Truth
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(Policy of Truth) Stop the Wars Rally: Saturday
Saturday, May 23, 2 pm, Palmer Square, Princeton, New Jersey, alongside Princeton University Reunions. See this as well.
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(Cat and Girl) Rolling Down that Hill
This is a syndicated post, originally published by Dorothy at Cat and Girl.
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) I’m rooting for the perverts, obviously
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Andy Capp, 5/19/26 Today’s Andy Capp serves two different and distinct audiences: (1) Brits opposed to socialized medicine…
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