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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Let's just take your first victim of cancel culture, literally the first name on that list, Prof. Hubbard at Laney College in Oakland, who asked a freshman with the Vietnamese name Phuc Bui to change it. When she pushed back, he told her:
Your name in English sounds like Fuck Boy. If I lived in Vietnam and my name in your language sounded like Eat a Dick I would change it .... He was put on administrative leave, and she asked for an apology. The next day, he apologized on Twitter for his insensitive actions.
Questions for you:
- Do you agree with Prof. Hubbard that he was insensitive?
- Do you think that Prof. Hubbard is a iconoclastic thinker with unpopular ideas that really ought to be part of the ongoing debate?
- Do you think that Prof. Hubbard is good at his job?
- Did he "face cancellation"? If so, how?
- Do you have any reason to think that Laney College's reaction (putting him on administrative leave) was prompted by anything any other than what Prof. Hubbard said to Phuc Bui?
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Let’s take the whole list, shall we? I wouldn’t want to be anything less than comprehensive.
Anyone can take a single one and use it to make his case. How about you tell me, as the burden now lies with you, how many defensible and how many indefensible examples you see.