Right, Helen, but that petition was *to the APA*, which now seems an unfair and inappropriate target of a petition, was my point. Rebecca On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 2:29 PM, helen lauer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > a trick i learned in Amnesty International -- in the old days when we > actually used to support prisoners of conscience through letter writing > campaigns on a one-to-one basis, or any way adoption group-to-prisoner, > which would be a small many-to-one relation, was that getting inundated > from various and independent sources with an outcry of concerns, the more > heterogeneous the better the outcry, is what gave governments the impetus > to do something on behalf of a prisoner of conscience detained without > trial or undergoing maltreatment, it would get that person released, > because to persist in maintaining the situation of incarceration and > abusing the individual dissident was more embarrassing to the government > than letting the dissident go free and carry on as he might if undetained. > The parallel such as it is, speaks for itself I trust. > The more varied petitions and objections raised in a meaningfully > articulate way from desks claiming authority and gravitas of any sort at > all, the better, be it the NYT, Emory University or the US State Dept or > Homeland Security Office, it all rolls into one anyway, so I'm told by > students of Gramsci. > > "I am George Yancy" -- to rely on a French reference point of last year or > so. > Although I'm not. > But we are. > > Helen > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Rebecca Kukla <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 20, 2016 7:08 PM > *Subject:* Re: George Yancy > > If the APA is already taking action, then should we still sign the > petition? Doing so seems pragmatically odd. I want to be maximally > supportive and helpful here, but not do pointless things. > > So very sorry this is happening. > > Rebecca > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Alison M Jaggar < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Wow! Not your father's (or even mother's) APA! And our dues make possible > this prompt and practical action! Thank you everyone. > > Alison > > > Alison M. Jaggar > University of Colorado at Boulder College Professor of Distinction, > Professor of Philosophy and Women and Gender Studies > Affiliate Faculty in Ethnic Studies > University of Birmingham, UK, Distinguished Research Professor of > Philosophy, > Boulder, CO 80309-0232 > 303-492-8997 (direct line) > 303-492-6132 (dept. office) > 303-492-8386 (fax) > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Feminist ethics and social theory <[log in to unmask]> on > behalf of Eva KITTAY <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 20, 2016 10:26 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* George Yancy > > You all received the email from Sarah Hoagland. 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