Letters Apr 19, 2012 at 4:00 am

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I was going to try to poke a hole in Rick Staggenborg's ridiculous claim that there is no evidence of democracy in action, not even at the local level or in a collectively run workplace, but I see he's put an MD after his name in a letter to the Mercury, so I'm a little too much in awe of his credentials. I love the theory that Boghossian's beliefs are in the service of a career devoted to some sort of grand political wedge strategy. United we stand as "progressives," right? Which apparently means philosophers shouldn't ask any pointed questions about whether or not god exists, even though huge numbers of people are clearly interested in discussing this. Teachers in other institutions lose their jobs for asking questions similar to Boghossian's and stating views similar to his, so let's go ahead and extend that chilling effect. People's faith-based beliefs mustn't ever be questioned, even in a philosophy classroom or in a newspaper, right? I have faith that this is the correct view.

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