• Joker@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    6 days ago

    I am genuinely curious, what kind of academic are you?

    I am asking because I didn’t understand why your credentials would benefit your comment and why did you feel the need to mention it before stating your opinion on a anonymous community.

    You might be joking when you are saying that you are academic, but I am asking in case you where serious.

    • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
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      6 days ago

      Probably playing off of this part of the article:

      "[…] I discarded the argument that scholars haven’t reached a conclusion on whether the Gaza genocide is really taking place”, Marshall wrote in his decision.

      • HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
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        Pretty much - most of us (scholars being a synonym for academics, a set I do belong to [lectureship in mathematics and statistics]) agree that bombing the homes of people into rubble and striking the camps they flee to is an intentional attempt to erase a cultural group.

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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        6 days ago

        Indeed.

        @[email protected] - moreso tactfully pointing out we must be aware of credential inflation and to avoid reliance on appeals to authority?

        The naïve optimist in me wants the @[email protected] of the world to keep on revealing their backgrounds as it adds to discussions for me. Disappointing that I should be more skeptical.