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What's more worrisome is how fervently anti-science the new administration is. Academics may eventually be persecuted in the US across the board - as they are a

What's more worrisome is how fervently anti-science the new administration is. Academics may eventually be persecuted in the US across the board - as they are already at the EPA, USDA etc - and regardless of citizenship. I firmly believe anyone with a brain should begin making contingency plans to regroup somewhere like Australia or Japan, outside of the reaches of far-right populism. An Erdogan-style academic purge may be on the agenda and sooner than we think

cavisne 10y ago
when it comes to Islam Japan goes well past "far right populism". It's not a coincidence there's less than 70k Muslims in Japan.
- endisukaj 10y ago
  Well, you can't say that Japan is anti-intellectualism at least.
- Vintila 10y ago
  Genuine question, is there an anti-muslim immigration policy in japan or some other force at play?
  - gspetr 10y ago
    That does not seem to be the case: http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/16347/is-islam-banned-in-japan http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/16347/is-islam-b...
thowfaraway 10y ago
An Erdogan style academic purge already happened. By the left in this country. http://www.wsj.com/articles/my-unhappy-life-as-a-climate-heretic-1480723518 http://www.wsj.com/articles/my-unhappy-life-as-a-climate-her...
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- nl 10y ago
  A "purge" isn't getting criticized for being completely wrong. That's how science works. https://www.skepticalscience.com/fivethirtyeight-pielke-downplay-climate-damages.html https://www.skepticalscience.com/fivethirtyeight-pielke-down...
akhilcacharya 10y ago
Australia and Japan aren't fantastic examples. Canada works better.
- abandonliberty 10y ago
  I don't think we're far away enough
whenwillitstop 10y ago
This couldn't be farther from the truth. People branding the current administration like this are destabilizing the country. The media in this country is on an ideological witch hunt, and you are proliferating it.
- InitialLastName 10y ago
  Friend, if witches are causing irreparable damage, shouldn't do everything we can to proliferate a hunt for them?

cavisne 10y ago

when it comes to Islam Japan goes well past "far right populism". It's not a coincidence there's less than 70k Muslims in Japan.

endisukaj 10y ago
Well, you can't say that Japan is anti-intellectualism at least.
Vintila 10y ago
Genuine question, is there an anti-muslim immigration policy in japan or some other force at play?
- gspetr 10y ago
  That does not seem to be the case: http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/16347/is-islam-banned-in-japan http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/16347/is-islam-b...

thowfaraway 10y ago

An Erdogan style academic purge already happened. By the left in this country. http://www.wsj.com/articles/my-unhappy-life-as-a-climate-heretic-1480723518 http://www.wsj.com/articles/my-unhappy-life-as-a-climate-her...

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nl 10y ago
A "purge" isn't getting criticized for being completely wrong. That's how science works. https://www.skepticalscience.com/fivethirtyeight-pielke-downplay-climate-damages.html https://www.skepticalscience.com/fivethirtyeight-pielke-down...

akhilcacharya 10y ago

Australia and Japan aren't fantastic examples. Canada works better.

abandonliberty 10y ago
I don't think we're far away enough

whenwillitstop 10y ago

This couldn't be farther from the truth. People branding the current administration like this are destabilizing the country. The media in this country is on an ideological witch hunt, and you are proliferating it.

InitialLastName 10y ago
Friend, if witches are causing irreparable damage, shouldn't do everything we can to proliferate a hunt for them?