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lol i knew i liked this video a lot, there are so many fun things going on. this is exactly what i mean when i speak of my favorite genre of academic, someone with a lot of accumulated anecdotes and knowledge from their study
the myth of jewish horns and its origin, wisconsin being a part of the bible belt + its associated meaning of politeness, it’s just cute
“i’m kind of a hegelian in that way, it’s very out of fashion i know but *shrugs*” :)
“i couldn’t do that research today. my political dispositions haven’t changed along with the rest of the country, i’ve become more polarized and more extreme in my positions, and i couldn’t be as open-minded today, i’d be more offended”
“ideally you’d go in receptive instead of resentful. but because i’m aware of who funds which politics in this state and have seen such devastation, so up close in precisely the worlds i care about the most, im not in the right place to do something with people i consider hellbent on ruination”
“i do work on post-genocidal states, and i come from a place where people who commit genocide are understandable and explainable and can be forgiven and are people exactly like me. i have a much harder time right here right now because i live in this state”
“it’s a very unfair, immoral philosophical position i embrace” GANG SHIT QUEEN
“a lot of the time, you’re just sort of winging it”
oh my god i love her
“the question you’re asking comes from a specific paradigm that values quantitative research over qualitative. the notion of bias as somehow skewing data comes out of number being impervious but human bias screwing with things”
“of course i believe in bias but it’s just the tissues and ligaments of social investigation”