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by _DeadFred_ 480 days ago
The people in charge don't want good action, they just want action and now. They want to damage these institutions. They have published and spoken extensively on this. That we keep letting their defenders change the narrative to pretend anything else and continue to give good faith WHEN THEY HAVE TOLD US THEY ARE NOT ACTING IN GOOD FAITH in insane to me.

BTW, interesting thinking on the action for action's sake governing style:

"The cult of action for action’s sake. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation."

https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/umberto-ecos-list-of-the...

If that action also hurts liberals working at traditionally liberal aligned institutions, all the better in their minds.