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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
What a cop-out. Intellectuals have publicly debated every matter under the sun, from evolution to the big bang theory.
And the issues we're talking about aren't obscure matters like the behaviour of quarks. Institutionalising racial and gender identities in education, politics, and law is a fundamental change to those institutions. The absence of public debate on this fundamental change is fuelling powerful resentment.
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But the institutionalization of racial and gender identities in politics and law have been, and continue to be, hotly debated in courts, tribunals, legislatures, newspapers, and even hockey forums.
It is perfectly reasonable that people challenge or disagree with this institutionalization. I just don’t think that there are significant limits on their ability to do so or venues in which to do it.