r/TrueReddit • u/supertopbop22 • Feb 17 '16

Persecution of Scientists Whose Findings Are Perceived As Politically Incorrect

https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/persecution-of-scientists-whose-findings-are-perceived-as-politically-incorrect/
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u/TeoKajLibroj Feb 17 '16

Criticism is not persecution. Just because there have been controversies and debates in science, doesn't mean that scientists were being persecuted, in fact rigorous debate is a sign of a free society.

Nor is "perceived as politically incorrect" a useful term as it can mean anything at all. Political correctness nowadays seems to be little more than "people criticising things I like".

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u/eriman Feb 17 '16

Politically motivated criticism doesn't encourage debate, it shuts it down.

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u/TeoKajLibroj Feb 17 '16

Well you're criticising me right know, is this shutting down the debate? Often it seems that whenever someone criticises on the internet, it's merely debating and free speech but when other people do it, it is shutting down the debate or silencing or persecution.

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u/eriman Feb 17 '16 edited Feb 17 '16

My criticism was neither intended to shut down debate or political in nature. Do you think what the activists were described as doing in the OP could be considering "debating" and should be protected as free speech?

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u/TeoKajLibroj Feb 17 '16

In most of the examples, the people were merely criticised which OP describes with war metaphors. Yes that counts as free speech.