Talk:E. Alex Jung

This is a clear breach of neutrality, and reflects a biased opinion. To see that the page was created by such a significant contributor (reaganaut) poses serious questions about the nature of this wiki and the people who purport to be creating it. What is more, the information posted on Alex Jung is hurtful and seems like a personal attack grounded in animosity. --Sbr2113 11:49, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

Neutrality has never been a WikiCU goal. If it were, we'd never be able to have restaurant reviews, for example. As for my edits... He does hate whites, if you care to read his Spec columns. And his columns are shitty. Oh, and he is a radical. Reaganaut 11:55, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

In my own personal view, I would disagree with your statements that he "hates whites," and "writes shitty columns". My concern, however, is not so much with the validity of your statements, but rather, the motivation for writing those words. If, as you say, Jungs comments seem to you to express a hatred of white people, i would suggest that perhaps you should examine yourself, and consider what it is that makes you so quick to defend whiteness and white people. Jung is pointing to the nature of a society that still practices numerous forms of racism and racialized thinking. Critiqing that mode of thought, which so often privileges whiteness, is something that perhaps we should all do a little bit more often. --Sbr2113 12:43, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

OK, great, I don't care. I have no need to "examine" myself. By the way, I wasn't defending "whiteness" or "white people". Reaganaut 12:56, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

Whoa --- that got pretty flaming pretty fast. Look I have never read a Jung column, and don't know the guy, and don't care about him. But I do like wikicu. So maybe we should try to avoid things that could get wikicu in hot water (for example, the kind wikipedia is facing thanks to biography pages considered defaming) by including things which might appear to require us to speculate (e.g., to his mindset). Honestly let's try to think long term here about what a good tool wikicu could be and limit legal exposure. (cf [1] or [2]) Random 13:12, 26 April 2007 (EDT)