Some of that I can agree with. But doesn’t a university refusing to discriminate on grounds of academic ability sort of defeat the whole purpose of a qualification? They are supposed to test people, and discriminate against those who fail the tests by refusing to give them the certificate.

I also think it dangerous for any academic organisation to be too dedicated to not discriminating on grounds of religion, because it also means they lose the ability to ridicule and dismiss people with obviously nonsense theories that have religious origins. Creationism comes immediatly to mind, but I really wouldn’t be surprised if I were to read about a doctor suing a med-school for religious discrimination because they wouldn’t tolerate his religious view that all disease is caused by demonic posession and can be cured only by exorcism :> I note that one American fundamentalist school is already suing a university that refuses to accept it’s young-earth creationist course as a valid scientific qualification, saying it is discriminating against the course for it’s religious content. There are also a lot of very dubious historical claims made by some religions - events central to the faith which either have no real evidence, or actually contradict the historical record. Academia should be about seeking the *facts*, no about being ‘respectful’ or ‘tolerant’ of falsehoods hiding under the cloak of religion.

My last act before dropping out was to pull that poster down and tear it up. Hated that place :>

If an interviewer hires the best candidate, that too is overt discrimination. As is arresting & locking up violent goons. The Dipshit & Visigoth Lobbies refuse to comment.

“Discriminating” can also mean you’re perceptive & not afraid to have both common sense & actual standards - don’t let sexists, racists & religious bigots ruin a perfectly good concept. Bad enough they’ve royally buggered up decency as it is.

I am an unrepentant moronophobe.
If that hurts morons’ feelings, I can live with that.
They’re getting too powerful for me to play nice.
If we don’t stop them, they’ll kill us all.

Since they do have a lot of contradictory stuff in their heads, they have to make sure these incompatible thoughts are held apart by sheer force of will. Not only does this suck up energy which could be used for thinking, they literally cannot follow any train of logic to a conclusion. They do not have gears that mesh. So it’s not really a matter of writing poorly on purpose. And it’s not just ignorant.

It’s literally that their brains don’t work right. And we have the scientific research to prove it.

http://realityprinciples.blogspot.com/2007/03/focus-on-reality-challenged.html

What you are pointing at is, in fact, a variation on a wingnut rhetorical technique, a subset of “move the goalpoasts” known vernacularly as the “Gish Gallop,” after the Cre(a)ti(o)nist who first brought it to use in public. Basically, the object of the Gish Gallop is to tinfoil the rhetorical radar by spewing out so many premises, crystallised factoids of bullshit and opinion, or just plain lies in as short a span as possible, in order to make one’s argument impossible to refute because it simply can’t be unpacked.

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