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We hope that this time, Mansfield will display the responsibility to substantiate his controversial claims, and to engage in further discussions with the BGLSA. We hope, too, that other campus groups will follow the BGLSA's example, by countering hurtful claims with rational discourse. We cannot expect the Harvey Mansfields...
No one is saying that Mansfield should be silenced. The BGLSA has offered levelheaded criticism of his remarks, and has also challenged Mansfield to back his statements with evidence. Through criticism and an invitation for further debate, the BGLSA has made a real, constructive effort to continue rational discussion of...
It's tempting to respond with rational arguments to Professor Harvey Mansfield's recent diatribe against homosexuals. But to do so is to assume that Mansfield's comments rest on some logical foundation that can be uprooted by more compelling logic--an assumption that is entirely unwarranted.
It should be obvious by now that Mansfield and Harvard's moral AALARMists are unlikely to be persuaded by rational debate. Their comments come from the gut and from the most blackened corners of the soul, but not from the mind (and certainly not from the heart). It is meaningless...
Teachers clearly have been mistreated by the program; Harvard should address their grievances. But the staff chooses instead to claim suffering on its own behalf, favoring strident, unfounded accusations over a rational, constructive assessment of the situation.