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One pile after another: building a bullshit Wonderland

In the middle of my last post I promised a list of some of the bullshit I’ve come across in Durham-in-Wonderland (DIW). It’s only, what? three weeks later? not quite a month? Anyway, here it is, a collection that lends credence to Harry G. Frankfurt’s comment that the “normal habit of attending to the way […]

Also tagged bullshit, Duke lacrosse case, Duke University, Karla Holloway, KC Johnson, Kerry Haynie, Richard Brodhead, Wahneema Lubiano, Wiegman-Lubiano-Hardt
2008 08 28 Duke Lacrosse Case
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Duke’s perfect storm–too much bullshit, too few bullshit detectors

I wonder how many people at Duke read KC Johnson’s editorial about campus reactions to the allegations against the lacrosse team, posted on Inside Higher Ed on May 1, 2006 (probably at least one—in the comments there’s a brief clarification signed “Mark Anthony Neal”). It’s an editorial that deserved more attention than I suspect it […]

Also tagged bullshit, Duke lacrosse case, Duke University, Karla Holloway, KC Johnson, liestoppers, potbangers, Tim Tyson, Wahneema Lubiano
2008 08 04 Duke Lacrosse Case
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Rhetorical thuggery

This post about the Duke lacrosse case is the last of three parts about how KC Johnson produced his cast of extremists—you can go back to the introduction or the part about Karla Holloway.
Most of Mark Anthony Neal’s (disclaimer) appearances in Durham-in-Wonderland (DIW) are pinned to one of three things. The first is his appearance […]

Also tagged Duke lacrosse, Duke University, KC Johnson
2008 03 30 Duke Lacrosse Case
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KC Johnson and the extremist factory

After a very long break, I’m picking up where I left off in my analysis of the Duke lacrosse case, still concentrating on the role Durham-in-Wonderland (DIW) played in framing and setting the tone of the debate about academic culture at Duke. This time I’m turning from KC Johnson’s criticism of the Duke faculty who […]

Also tagged Duke lacrosse, Duke University, Karla Holloway, KC Johnson, Michael Gustafson, thefire.org
2008 03 28 Duke Lacrosse Case
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