MIT是辯論男人能懷孕嗎？來參加這活動了解真相！
文章來源: 陌上美國 於 2024-04-17 10:32:01

4月17日晚美東時間7點，MIT將在王（Wong）禮堂，就美國大學當紅炸子雞話題，性別是2元的嗎，以牛津辯論規則展開大辯論。

發現也有華人平台在傳播這個事，但是不知道是故意惡搞還是個性問題，把辯論主題翻譯成男人是否能懷孕。還加了個小醜的符號。也不做其他說明，不明就裏的，當然會以為是極左搞出來的活動而避開。

辯論主辦方MIT Free Speech Alliance@mitfreespeech（MFSA，麻省理工言論自由聯盟）是個中立的組織，致力於校園，尤其是MIT的言論自由、學術自由，思想多元。主張用文明的辯論等手段而不是激進革命來改變大學校園思維僵化，一個意識形態掛帥這類日益嚴重的問題。筆者是MFSA的國際問題委員會head，我的一些讀者也通過我多次對MFSA的介紹加入了該組織。

https://mitfreespeech.org/?

歡迎MIT的學生及員工注冊，如果暫不想成為會員，可以先注冊他們的email list，並選擇匿名。

我們知道文革是從最好的大學清華北大開始的，美國這場文化戰，也需要防範於未然，尤其大學校園已經是重災區。

（視頻：華人向美國比較文革跟美國當下極左革命第一人）

MFSA這樣的組織雖然是中立的，但是目標是致力於刹車年輕人被一些不良校園文化傳染的情況，給保守派在校園裏與左派、中間派的聲音同樣的發聲權利，值得支持。有的華人平台或許從來不必深入極左環境爭取做成一些事情，以至於操作手段隻適合在非常回音壁的情況下自娛自樂。如果是真的保守派，希望不要無端對自己陣營及實質上在幫助保守派的力量和他們的活動，隨便冷嘲熱諷。

請大家自己上線或者到現場去觀看這個辯論。我也無需多費口舌。

四位辯手和主持人的信息介紹：
Aaron Kimberly有著感人的故事，他在加拿大一個小農業社區長大。

Holly Lawford-Smith來自新西蘭，在澳大利亞當教授，為大家帶來一個充滿新西蘭特色的觀點，解釋這些爭議在她所在的半球是如何發展的。

Alex Byrne是麻省理工學院的哲學教授，他剛剛出版了一本名為《性別問題：性事實，性別虛構》的書。

Alice Dreger在跨性研究方麵的工作包括寫了三本書和做過一次TEDx演講，觀看次數超過一百萬人次。

Nadine Strossen是大家熟悉的前ACLU主席，她在MFSA最近的兩場辯論中擔任了出色的主持工作。

Dear MFSA members and friends,

The MIT Free Speech Alliance (MFSA), the Sloan School Chapter of the Adam Smith Society, and the MIT Students for Open Inquiry are hosting a debate on the proposition “[t]hat sex is biological and binary and gender identity is no substitute for sex in social policy,” at MIT's Wong Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow, April 17. The event will also be livestreamed, and later posted at MFSA’s YouTube page. For watching the livestream, no registration is needed. Full details are available at this link.

You may want to consider organizing a “watch party”, since it’s most fun to watch a debate with other people. Here’s how: 

  1. Figure out how to get your TV or a friend’s to show YouTube (many of today’s smart TVs have the functionality built right in). Or, if your computer has a giant MIT-alum-style monitor, you can use that. 
  2. Invite a friend, or a dozen friends, to join you. In doing this, you may consider inviting someone with a wall-sized TV or projector and then suggesting that they host the event at their place. 
  3. Buy lots of potato chips, beer, bourbon, and soft drinks in various permutations of caffeinated, diet, and fizzy. 
  4. Watch the show Wednesday night!

If you’re short on friends to watch with, let us know and we’ll send you the emails of some MFSA members in your locale whom you can invite. Feel free to contact me at erasmuse61@gmail.com. 

As usual for MFSA, this will be a real debate. Both sides have top-notch people–no ringers here. All four debaters and the moderator are eminently googleable. Aaron Kimberly has a fascinating story from his upbringing in a small Canadian farming community. Holly Lawford-Smith is from New Zealand and teaches in Australia, bringing a kiwi-inflected perspective on how these controversies have played out in her hemisphere. Alex Byrne is an MIT Philosophy professor who has just written a book titled Trouble with Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions. Alice Dreger's work on intersex studies includes three books plus a TEDx talk viewed over a million times. Nadine Strossen you will know from her superb moderation of MFSA’s last two debates. 

We hope you’ll join us and bring some friends along for the ride. 

Regards, 

Eric Rasmusen, Ph.D. ‘84
MFSA Director and Chair, MFSA Communications Committee