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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026

If I could, I would occupy the robust state of mind of the natural scientist who has never felt any qualms beyond the negotiable uncertainties internal to science. But we can’t always have want we want, can we?

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

Yep. As I've heard him say in a talk before, he works (or has worked) with terrorist police. The same talk in which he discussed the possibility for doing "liberation philosophy" and gave advising the IDF after Oct 7 as an example doing so... See here (pp.14-15): academic.oup.com/aristotelian...

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Liberation Philosophy

Abstract. Liberation philosophy seeks to contribute to the liberation of the oppressed and to the creation of a more just society. A meliorative philosophy

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

I thought much the same. Half of the “arguments” are rhetorical questions (again, I would mark down a first year undergrad essay for this) and it’s really just a terrible blog post, not a paper.

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

Can someone please explain to me how this passed basic academic standards for this journal? How is it that Quassim is being bankrolled to produce stuff like this? Who dropped the ball? #UN #AmnestyInternational #Genocide #InternationalLaw #HumanRights

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

Perhaps they have this attitude for a reason Quassim? Also, this argument is just question-begging. Discounting their "long-running antipathy towards Israel" only makes sense if you've already decided ahead of time that Israel is totally innocent. I would mark a first year essay down for this.

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

He admits in his own paper that there is consensus among the UN and NGOs on Israel committing genocide but discounts it because of their "long-running antipathy towards Israel".

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

Also, his only supporting reference/evidence for this claim about UN HCR and Amnesty is this crappy article in The Times which criticises Amnesty for their views on trans issues and JK Rowling. Genuinely wtf am I reading. www.thetimes.com/comment/the-... It's not even about UN HRC...

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Amnesty has been captured by a pernicious form of progressivism

Charity’s attacks on JK Rowling and other gender-critical feminists is a sorry turn of events for an organisation that has strayed far from its admirable roots

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

He points this out despite the fact that 25-35% is a normal turnout for IAGS resolution votes. But I suppose this is just irrelevant and the framing/presentation of facts doesn't matter when Israel's reputation is on the line!

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

Later, he says: "There are serious questions about the impartiality of UN [HRC] and Amnesty. The international association of genocide scholars (IAGS) claims a membership of 600, of whom around 28% voted on a resolution accusing Israel of genocide."

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

Note: *no* supporting evidence or references are given to back up the plausibility of these possible scenarios. They are treated as worthy of consideration and plausible *a priori*. Are philosophers simply above the need to provide empirical evidence for their claims?

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

In the body: "how many of the 73,000 [dead] were combatants? How many of the 73,000 were murdered by Hamas or died as a result of being used by Hamas as human shields? How many died when Hamas used civilian buildings for military purposes and thereby made them military objects...?"

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

Some choice quotes (spoiler: context does not absolve him): "... Hamas' conduct has been markedly worse, and there is no basis to the charge that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza."

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

Esteemed philosopher Quassim Cassam is apparently producing genocide denying toilet paper for a living. How does this pass even basic academic standards? See the following thread for more... www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #PhilSky #FreePalestine #Decolonize #AcademicSky

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

My sincere apologies! The name is the same and your topics are quite similar indeed! To correct: Cassam has published his tripe in "Analyse & Kritik: Journal of Philosophy and Social Theory" which does not appear to have an official bluesky accout.

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

Note, the points this out despite the fact that 25-35% turnout for IAGS resolution votes is quite normal and the IAGS allow these votes to go ahead with a minimum of 20% turnout. But then again, who cares about these inconvenient facts, especially when Israel's reputation is on the line?

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

Later on "There are serious questions about the impartiality of UN Human Rights Council and Amnesty. The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) claims a membership of around 600, of whom only 28% voted on a resolution accusing Israel of genocide."

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

I continue "What was the precise military value of the targets whose destruction by Israeli forces collaterally harmed civilians?" No supporting references or evidence are given for these possibilities. They're presented as worthy of consideration *a priori*. Are philosophers just above evidence?

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

Into the body: "how many of the 73,000 [dead] were combatants? How many [...] were murdered by Hamas or died as a result of being used as human shields? How many died when Hamas used civilian buildings for military purposes and thereby made them military objects [...]?"

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

Let's go through some choice quotes from this paper. Note: context does not absolve him: "...Hamas’s conduct has been markedly worse, and there is no basis to the charge that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza."

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 06/10/2026

Wrote some time ago. It shows a prime example of even early "liberal" Zionists being incredibly racist towards Palestinians. Important to remember within the context of #UKGreens declaring (rightly) that Zionism is racism. joeleedoktor.substack.com/p/yitzhak-ep... #AntiImperialism #FreePalestine

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Yitzhak Epstein's Zionism and the Many Faces of Empire

Zionism is a colonial and imperial ideology.

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 06/10/2026

Every political party has "terms and conditions" about the BELIEFS THAT YOU ADVOCATE FOR.

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John Lubbock @jwsal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think it’s very revealing of who the Labour Party are now that they want to criminalise this discussion. I’m somewhat ambivalent on the motion itself but the response to it is showing what some mainstream press/politicians consider unacceptable to talk about. www.thenational.scot/news/2660950...

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Labour MPs report Green party to police over 'Zionism is racism' policy

MORE than a dozen Labour MPs have reported the Green Party to Sussex Police and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) over its "Zionism is racism" policy

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 06/10/2026

The article calls for a "joined up approach" that blends rent controls with, say, building new housing. The left have wanted this for decades. And this is precisely intended to offset other effects of rent controls identified in the main metastudy cited by the FT.

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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 04/10/2026

Congrats to the Green Party for passing the “Zionism is Racism” motion. This was an important test and it passed (if by the skin of its teeth)! #UKPol #FreePalestine #UKGreens #Greens4Palestine #AntiImperialism

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 04/10/2026

Bruh what the fuck this is an LLM. SHOGGOTH ALERT

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 04/10/2026

Well my main point in the article is to identify the source of confusion. But yes, it is not entirely manufactured. Though it’s pretty clear that even “organic confusion even benefits them, and they would want to amplify it. It’s difficult to always distinguish the organic from the manufactured.

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 04/10/2026

People do it. Which points do you disagree with, keeping in mind that I’m talking specifically about LLMs?

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 04/10/2026

The article is specifically about the instantiation of AI in LLMs. So this wasn't a mistake, but a choice...

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Joe Lee-Doktor @ontologicalboi.wsocial.eu · 03/10/2026

W Social fucked up. Let the analytic philosophers' hostile takeover begin.

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