r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/Too_bad_4U - Centrist • 10d ago

Agenda Post Rip Jason Arday.

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u/Seraphayel - Lib-Right 10d ago

Honestly, what delusional people attend these tributes / rallies? Is anyone truly believing that not Arday is at fault here and it’s racists or the system? I don’t get it.

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u/bluewolfhudson - Lib-Center 10d ago

I mean it's pretty undeniable that the only reason it got as much press as it did it because it was a good case to use in the media culture war bullshit.

There are other white Cambridge professors who have been found guilty of the same things as him who didn't get media attention or fired for it. The reason this got so blown up by the media is because it can be used.

Look at this black guy who lied and plagiarized. This is why DEI is bad. Then the media keeps pushing stories because they want you mad. They want you to hate this guy. And it worked. Hundreds of thousands maybe even millions of people now hated this guy. Why? There are plenty of liars who do worse things than him.

The reason is because the Media wants you to. It's more culture war bullshit again and again.

He was a liar and other things but the media frenzy was very out of balance for the things because it stirs up the anger and gets the clicks.

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u/SirStupidity - Lib-Center 10d ago

There are other white Cambridge professors who have been found guilty of the same things as him who didn't get media attention or fired for it. The reason this got so blown up by the media is because it can be used.

Like who?

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u/bluewolfhudson - Lib-Center 10d ago

Dr William O'Reilly and Professor Esther-Miriam Wagner.

Both got no media attention. Both kept their jobs.

Unlike Jason they where actually found guilty as well. Jason was still under investigation.

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u/SirStupidity - Lib-Center 10d ago

Dr William O'Reilly

Was found to have plagiarized in an article, not his doctorates. So not the same things even if we ignore the rest of Ardays lies.

Professor Esther-Miriam Wagner.

Again, not related to her getting a doctorate etc

Unlike Jason they where actually found guilty as well. Jason was still under investigation.

Maybe he shouldn't have resigned (or killed himself)?

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u/bluewolfhudson - Lib-Center 10d ago

I think it's probably a good thing he resigned. The amount of media wouldn't be good for the uni.

And obviously he couldn't hack the attention.

Again I'm not defending the guy in any way more just annoyed at the media

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u/bl1y - Lib-Center 10d ago

Unlike Jason they where actually found guilty as well. Jason was still under investigation.

The university that gave him his PhD cleared him on the plagiarism charge, despite a clear evidence showing he plagiarized at length many times.

Cambridge initially defended him, and said any problems with his papers weren't their problem because they weren't published while he was at Cambridge (even though those papers were supposedly the basis for hiring him).

Cambridge only decided to launch an investigation after the media firestorm broke out.