Neil McLaughlin

Neil McLaughlin teaches sociology and writes about intellectuals. He looks at the world and follows soccer, from a left social democratic perspective.

[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

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[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

a lot of what you say is true. But the Frankfurt School has almost nothing to do with this. Or very little. The professional managerial class rule, and most of what you say comes from that.. Check Musa Al-Gharbi's "we have never been woke." Better explanation...

[Scott Barry Kaufman ⛵ @sbkaufman]

"A critique launched from faith in humanity, aimed at making things better, can self-correct... A crusade launched from a narcissistic wound, aimed at vindication, never arrives, because the wound is the point and the wound is bottomless." https://t.co/BXC8sSGRs2

[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

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[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

@JesseSingalsMom @TerryGlavin I do see the logic of your position. Parasitize seems strong but again, I see the logic. A real working class party is needed. Look at the trucking accidents, that Juno blames on South Asians. Regulate+ unionize trucking, decent jobs for all people here not temporary workers.

[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

@immasters @Musa_alGharbi @GadSaad @epkaufm @Theory_Society @grundrza Fair enough Adam. We disagree, I would prefer specific studies of all these examples, with more sociological context. We know things about cults, for example. But you are not wrong, of course, about bad ideas warping perception. And appreciate your perspective...

[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

@immasters @Musa_alGharbi @GadSaad @epkaufm @Theory_Society @grundrza The rise of a major increase in trans-gender identity among young teenage girls is such an important sociological+psychological issue. You have offered an analogy, like computers. What evidence is 4 idea pathogen as an explanation, and what about other multifactor explanations?

[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

@JeffreyASachs agreed..

[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

@ahsanaziz8880 @GadSaad @Musa_alGharbi Fragile, and bigoted. I have never seen Erik Kaufman, a far more serious intellectual behave like this. A serious conservative worth dialoguing with. But this is standard fare for Saad.... And the argument in the T+S journal is theoretically weak...

[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

@Musa_alGharbi @GadSaad @epkaufm @Theory_Society @grundrza Here is a piece on why on-line petitions-retractions against published articles is a bad idea. Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda +Neil McLaughlin. "Ideacide: How on-line petitions and open letters undermine academic freedom and free expression." Human Rights Quarterly 44.3 (2022): 451-475.

[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

@Musa_alGharbi @GadSaad @epkaufm @Theory_Society @grundrza I am with Musa on this. I am also on the editorial committee of Theory and Society, and respect Eric Kaufman's work. I have written on open letters in Human Rights Quarterly, opposing retractions for ideas one does find compelling. So Saad's articles stands. Journal is good 1/2.

[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

@Musa_alGharbi @GadSaad @epkaufm @Theory_Society @grundrza But Saad's article is intellectually weak. Most of it, is reasonable points about the need for more biological perspectives, more viewpoint diversity in universities+ critiques of Gladwell+ various political commentary. The theoretical point about idea pathogens makes no sense.

[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

@ashleytrubin congrats

[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

@JeffreyASachs I think this is exactly wrong academic take.Sean Hier (whom I know professionally) is well within Canadian sociology mainstream, and reflects blinders our field have. A moral panic can't be good. We can say that, and still critique those who are weaponizing this in nasty ways.

[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

@JeffreyASachs Agreed. Let's move on positively, and revise our views on what happened and do better in the future. And reject attempts to weaponize all this for political reaction. And definitely say no to "residential denialism" laws.

[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

@profmarkcollard Don't do it! Anyway, it did not good.

[Dr. Ashley T. Rubin @ashleytrubin]

Epic substack post: in the nearly year since my @Theory_Society piece came out, here's what's happened--the support, the criticism, and what I think now. https://t.co/XC37cLvGNx

[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

@HorsmanGeoff @DMillardHaskell @PardyBruce Who decides your fate? The state, the market, the community or you? I think a broader, and more accurate account of the central questions in political philosophy. Or what balance of state, market, community and the individual can create a good society? A more heterodox frame.

[Samuel @SamueILFC]

Mohamed Salah’s Guard of Honour. ❤️

[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

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