Comments on: The Prince Op-Ed Controversy: Where We Go From Here http://equalwrites.org/2010/02/24/the-prince-op-ed-controversy-where-we-go-from-here/ Feminism and Gender Issues at Princeton University Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:33:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Brenda http://equalwrites.org/2010/02/24/the-prince-op-ed-controversy-where-we-go-from-here/#comment-1905 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:29:22 +0000 http://equalwrites.org/?p=2420#comment-1905 I hope that the Neagu as well as the editors of the Prince will attend the discussion and engage in the conversation.

]]> By: Multitudinous, God-Omnipresent Coral Insects http://equalwrites.org/2010/02/24/the-prince-op-ed-controversy-where-we-go-from-here/#comment-1901 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:28:57 +0000 http://equalwrites.org/?p=2420#comment-1901 A discussion that addresses disputed issues in a reasonable way:
You: P
Me: not-P
You: No, P for reasons Q, R, S,T
Me: No, not-P because Q is logically incoherent for reasons U and V, there is insufficient evidence for believing R, S is irrelevant, and T, if true, would prove too much. Therefore, not-P.
You: Your objections are mistaken because…. Therefore P.
(and so on)

Amelia et al.’s idea of a conversation that addresses disputed questions in a reasonable way:
You: P
Me: not-P for reasons Q,R,S,T
You: (pause) We as a community need to channel our feelings about our respective opinions into a productive discourse. Let’s have an open and honest conversation next Wednesday.

Do you see what’s wrong here? The conversation is already going on, here and now–you’re in it. But instead of continuing on in the discussion and responding to your opponent’s challenges in a rational way, you call the debate off completely. This is not a way of seriously addressing a problem. It’s an evasion.

Amelia or any of the rest of you: I have presented one side of the argument in my several comments. None of you have tried to defend the other. I’m willing to have an open and honest conversation. Are you?

]]> By: kl http://equalwrites.org/2010/02/24/the-prince-op-ed-controversy-where-we-go-from-here/#comment-1891 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:41:27 +0000 http://equalwrites.org/?p=2420#comment-1891 This is the ONLY reasoned response I have read. All others bash the author and bash men.

Good job Amelia!

]]> By: Alexis http://equalwrites.org/2010/02/24/the-prince-op-ed-controversy-where-we-go-from-here/#comment-1890 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:09:02 +0000 http://equalwrites.org/?p=2420#comment-1890 Great column, Amelia.

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