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minus-squaredavel [he/him]hexbear7·4 months agoI don’t forgive him for it, and if he regrets it, I haven’t heard him explicitly say so. But I also suspect he was more of a useful ignoramus, high on academia’s neoliberal Kool-Aid, than an intentional neocolonialist ghoul at the time. link
minus-squareBlueMagaChud [any]hexbear5·4 months agoI agree, but I can't imagine how he is able to sleep at night link
minus-squaredavel [he/him]hexbear5·4 months agoI like to think that it’s that haunting guilt that drives him today. link
I don’t forgive him for it, and if he regrets it, I haven’t heard him explicitly say so. But I also suspect he was more of a useful ignoramus, high on academia’s neoliberal Kool-Aid, than an intentional neocolonialist ghoul at the time.
I agree, but I can't imagine how he is able to sleep at night
I like to think that it’s that haunting guilt that drives him today.