The Ford Foundation had an equivalent to the notorious Journolist.
the Ford Foundation had a similar listserv, the emails were leaked:
chrisbrunet.com/p/whistleblowe
Here are a few real quotes I cherrypicked from their emails:
“I reject these neoliberal invocations of “dialogue” or “understanding the other side”
“Why should people with opposing viewpoints be listened to?”
“I will not engage such arguments in the name of scholarly civility"
“Those who feel compelled to “Hear both sides” is disappointing and intellectually moribund”
“I am disturbed that anyone could raise this question”
“You ask for discussion and debate but how do we debate when somebody won't acknowledge water is wet? what's the point.”
“You seek civil debate and discussion but we must first agree that [my] facts are facts”
“I have no interest in this debate that continues to clog my inbox. I will just say this it is an absolute and disgusting abomination that on a list overwhelmingly utilized by Black and Latinx people we are subjected to a racist debate”
“We fordies have no obligation AT ALL to engage in so-called "debate"… if your views are causing harm, this platform is not the right forum. Notably, I know that we use the listserv as a safe space, but right now your cantankerous dialogue is causing young fellows who may have identity issues a lot of harm.”
“I am a new ford fellow and I do not agree with you. I encourage you to take on counseling.”
“the current public discourse (and on this list) we incessantly hear is that "everyone is entitled to their opinion”
“[My opponent] trolls the Ford Fellows listserv, These are not serious attempts at dialogue, My perspective is that her messages are to be ignored”
“Your call for mutual respect here registers as performative rather than genuine, given your apparent refusal to engage or practice the knowledge established in these works, many of which are the products of Ford fellows’ intellectual labor. Just stop. I don’t want to engage further.”
“We especially should not be expected and do not have an obligation to engage in conversations like this”
“Sometimes people who ask us to "educate" them do not really want to learn. They want us to engage in a fake debate, where their "opinions" are given the same weight as our informed, evidence-based beliefs.”
“I find it appalling that one might raise this question”
“I cannot listen in good faith to a person with this viewpoint… I can’t hear you, regardless of who you are”
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