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People are silencing scholarly articles without reasoning with them because they don't like what they say.
Just before Columbus Day, journal pulls controversial article defending colonialism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...defending-colonialism/?utm_term=.781a326a7b76
Political cartoons don't like Colombus. Just wait until Ben Garrison has his say.
Also, be sure to share some moments to any local Colombus statues just in case.
Just before Columbus Day, journal pulls controversial article defending colonialism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...defending-colonialism/?utm_term=.781a326a7b76
A scholarly journal pulled a controversial article that defended colonialism just before Columbus Day, a federal holiday that some cities consider insensitive and are instead marking as Indigenous Peoples Day.
“The Case for Colonialism,” written by a political science professor at Portland State University, drew immediate outcries from scholars when it was published last month by Third World Quarterly. Fifteen members of the journal’s 34-member board resigned in protest, and two petitions demanded that the journal retract the piece.
Bruce Gilley’s essay argued that countries that were colonized by Western powers “did better” than those that were not. He also said that colonialism was generally “beneficial” and “subjectively legitimate.” The essay’s abstract said: “For the last 100 years, Western colonialism has had a bad name. It is high time to question this orthodoxy.”
Some scholars immediately decried the article as racist and others disliked it because they said it was based on faulty data. It was published at a time when several cities, including Los Angeles and Minneapolis, have opted not to mark Columbus Day because of its colonialism overtones and instead celebrate indigenous people. There’s also a push in some cities for the removal of Columbus statues.
[In Los Angeles, Columbus Day is toppled like a Confederate statue]
In its coverage of the controversy over Gilley’s essay, the Chronicle of Higher Education wrote: “A full-throated defense of colonialism would stand out almost anywhere; it was especially surprising at Third World Quarterly. How did the paper find a home in a journal described by some of the scholars closest to it as ‘anticolonialist’ . . .?”
The article recently disappeared from the journal’s website with an explanation that it was withdrawn “at the request of the academic journal editor, and in agreement with the author of the essay, Bruce Gilley.” The journal’s publisher, Taylor & Francis, cited“credible threats of personal violence” against the journal’s editor as the reason for the removal.
[The Columbus Day holiday is under attack, and so are statues honoring the famed explorer]
“Taylor & Francis has a strong and supportive duty of care to all our academic editorial teams, and this is why we are withdrawing this essay,” the statement said. The publisher acknowledged that during the peer review process, at least one reviewer recommended rejecting the article.
Gilley made waves in academic circles before the article published for leaving the American Political Science Association on the grounds that it didn’t accept right-wing viewpoints. He explained his decision in an August essay on Minding the Campus: “APSA has become barely distinguishable from the Democratic Party and its far-left wing. Its web page runs a constant stream of anti-Trump or anti-Republican news.”
After Gilley’s colonialism essay appeared, University of Winnipeg English professor Jenny Heijun Wills, who began one of the petitions on Change.org, called the article “appalling” and “racist.” Wills said it contained “white supremacist and Eurocentric” viewpoints.
Brandon Kendhammer, the director of the International Development Studies program at Ohio University, said in a commentary for The Washington Post that Gilley’s argument for the benefits of colonialism ignores “a vast body of research and analysis that demonstrates just the opposite.”
Others argued it was a public relations stunt. Swati Parashar, a senior lecturer at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, said Gilley’s article was “a perfect career move to generate publicity” and to “draw attention to himself as the academic provocateur.”
The article’s publication also led to turmoil within the journal itself. Fifteen editorial board members submitted a joint letter of resignation on Sept. 19, saying they were “deeply disappointed by the unacceptable process around the publication” of the article.
The letter said the essay was published without consultation from the editorial board. It added that the journal previously rejected the piece from a special issue.
Even Gilley himself asked for the piece to be withdrawn, writing on his website, “I regret the pain and anger that it has caused for many people,” according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
But some remaining members of the board argued against retraction.
Noam Chomsky, an MIT professor emeritus of linguistics who serves on the editorial board, argues vehemently against colonialism. But he told Inside Higher Education that although the journal may not have followed the proper procedures, “retraction is a mistake – and also opens very dangerous doors. … Rebuttal offers a great opportunity for education, not only in this case.”
“I’m sure that what I publish offends many people, including editors and funders of journals in which they appear,” he added.
“The Case for Colonialism,” written by a political science professor at Portland State University, drew immediate outcries from scholars when it was published last month by Third World Quarterly. Fifteen members of the journal’s 34-member board resigned in protest, and two petitions demanded that the journal retract the piece.
Bruce Gilley’s essay argued that countries that were colonized by Western powers “did better” than those that were not. He also said that colonialism was generally “beneficial” and “subjectively legitimate.” The essay’s abstract said: “For the last 100 years, Western colonialism has had a bad name. It is high time to question this orthodoxy.”
Some scholars immediately decried the article as racist and others disliked it because they said it was based on faulty data. It was published at a time when several cities, including Los Angeles and Minneapolis, have opted not to mark Columbus Day because of its colonialism overtones and instead celebrate indigenous people. There’s also a push in some cities for the removal of Columbus statues.
[In Los Angeles, Columbus Day is toppled like a Confederate statue]
In its coverage of the controversy over Gilley’s essay, the Chronicle of Higher Education wrote: “A full-throated defense of colonialism would stand out almost anywhere; it was especially surprising at Third World Quarterly. How did the paper find a home in a journal described by some of the scholars closest to it as ‘anticolonialist’ . . .?”
The article recently disappeared from the journal’s website with an explanation that it was withdrawn “at the request of the academic journal editor, and in agreement with the author of the essay, Bruce Gilley.” The journal’s publisher, Taylor & Francis, cited“credible threats of personal violence” against the journal’s editor as the reason for the removal.
[The Columbus Day holiday is under attack, and so are statues honoring the famed explorer]
“Taylor & Francis has a strong and supportive duty of care to all our academic editorial teams, and this is why we are withdrawing this essay,” the statement said. The publisher acknowledged that during the peer review process, at least one reviewer recommended rejecting the article.
Gilley made waves in academic circles before the article published for leaving the American Political Science Association on the grounds that it didn’t accept right-wing viewpoints. He explained his decision in an August essay on Minding the Campus: “APSA has become barely distinguishable from the Democratic Party and its far-left wing. Its web page runs a constant stream of anti-Trump or anti-Republican news.”
After Gilley’s colonialism essay appeared, University of Winnipeg English professor Jenny Heijun Wills, who began one of the petitions on Change.org, called the article “appalling” and “racist.” Wills said it contained “white supremacist and Eurocentric” viewpoints.
Brandon Kendhammer, the director of the International Development Studies program at Ohio University, said in a commentary for The Washington Post that Gilley’s argument for the benefits of colonialism ignores “a vast body of research and analysis that demonstrates just the opposite.”
Others argued it was a public relations stunt. Swati Parashar, a senior lecturer at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, said Gilley’s article was “a perfect career move to generate publicity” and to “draw attention to himself as the academic provocateur.”
The article’s publication also led to turmoil within the journal itself. Fifteen editorial board members submitted a joint letter of resignation on Sept. 19, saying they were “deeply disappointed by the unacceptable process around the publication” of the article.
The letter said the essay was published without consultation from the editorial board. It added that the journal previously rejected the piece from a special issue.
Even Gilley himself asked for the piece to be withdrawn, writing on his website, “I regret the pain and anger that it has caused for many people,” according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
But some remaining members of the board argued against retraction.
Noam Chomsky, an MIT professor emeritus of linguistics who serves on the editorial board, argues vehemently against colonialism. But he told Inside Higher Education that although the journal may not have followed the proper procedures, “retraction is a mistake – and also opens very dangerous doors. … Rebuttal offers a great opportunity for education, not only in this case.”
“I’m sure that what I publish offends many people, including editors and funders of journals in which they appear,” he added.
Political cartoons don't like Colombus. Just wait until Ben Garrison has his say.
Also, be sure to share some moments to any local Colombus statues just in case.
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All these comments and political cartoons that think they're clever by re-imagining Columbus as an illegal immigrant are just pointing out how much of a weakness it was for the Native Americans to allow strangers to live in their lands unchecked. It's the greatest argument for cracking down on illegal immigration that someone could possibly make.
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It's funny as most illegals are Native Americans themselves.
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As a defense of Columbus's trans-Atlantic slave trade, you have to consider that the primary reason the Spanish government was willing to fund his voyages was for profit. Hence when he came to America and couldn't find an adequate gold or mineral source, the only way he could fund his voyages, and thus find the routes to the New World and explore the land that would become America, was if he utilized the slaves.
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This seems to happen in every former British colony.
For the last few years there have been calls to change the date of Australia Day, and protests in the streets on the day itself because January 26 is considered "Invasion Day" by privileged octoroons, and their SJW allies.
For the last few years there have been calls to change the date of Australia Day, and protests in the streets on the day itself because January 26 is considered "Invasion Day" by privileged octoroons, and their SJW allies.
This is clearly bigotry towards Italians 
*scrolls through op*
Anyway I just got done with work instead of celebrating so it proves that I am not racist. The owner on the other hand, nowhere to be found.
Excuse me?
Anyway I just got done with work instead of celebrating so it proves that I am not racist. The owner on the other hand, nowhere to be found.
Where I used to live there were replicas of Columbus' ships that you could take tours of. Well, when Hurricane Harvey blew into town they were badly damaged and one of them sank, so the museum put up a public GoFundMe to help pay for recovery costs. However, due to the current political climate surrounding Columbus nobody was interested in helping them out. Really sad. 
Columbus was a mad man who thought that he could reach india by just sailing west even though we knew that the world is round and that crossing the western ocean was a suicide mission.
But Columbus did it anyway and insisted that instead of a new continent, he landed in Japan. if it weren't for that mad man, we wouldn't have America and anyone against that should just fuck off to Europe.
But Columbus did it anyway and insisted that instead of a new continent, he landed in Japan. if it weren't for that mad man, we wouldn't have America and anyone against that should just fuck off to Europe.
who the fuck mixes with Aboriginies? they're fucking ugly, look like monkeys and their women have facial hair.
Hekkk if it wasn't for this thread I would've drove to the postal service and find out they were closed.
I'm just salty this is an inconvenience to me. Fuck you Columbus.
I'm just salty this is an inconvenience to me. Fuck you Columbus.
Here's a little something to dilute the salt via Donald Thump.
^Why bunnies tho? You'd think S.JWs wouldn't mix cute bunnies with two of the world's greatest monsters.
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They stole the land from the animals.
fucking white people trying to take another siesta away from the proud hispanic culture they've raped
The usual follow up is complaining that the (usually white) person who points this out wouldn't be here without illegal immigration and is still "guilty" of it...which is the same argument used on the children of illegal immigrants...which can be turned around and said tha...
Let's just cut to the chase and say it's an endless circle of an argument.
Columbus Day is pretty popular in Latin America (many of those countries have populations mixed with indigenous people). Shit, Colombia is even named after him. Of course, that would require the Yankee Doodle EssJayDubya's to think outside of the United States.
@Oglooger Tell us about how Columbus is viewed in Mexico pls.
@Oglooger Tell us about how Columbus is viewed in Mexico pls.
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