Osiris Rankin
@osirisrankin.bsky.social
Clinical psychology PhD student at Harvard. Community college graduate. Current resident of Nova Scotia. I study people’s ideas about life, death, suicide, & seeking support | Science of science | Diversity
But we risk losing more, and we risk these shifts in power becoming permanent, if we stay silent.
September 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
But we risk losing more, and we risk these shifts in power becoming permanent, if we stay silent.
We’re in the #RichLivesMatter era.
To disagree with power, to do anything short of worship the presently powerful, to dare to note the racism of the powerful, to dare to correct the record, to dare to produce facts, to not be seen as one of them, to dissent, to be is to be at risk.
To disagree with power, to do anything short of worship the presently powerful, to dare to note the racism of the powerful, to dare to correct the record, to dare to produce facts, to not be seen as one of them, to dissent, to be is to be at risk.
September 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
We’re in the #RichLivesMatter era.
To disagree with power, to do anything short of worship the presently powerful, to dare to note the racism of the powerful, to dare to correct the record, to dare to produce facts, to not be seen as one of them, to dissent, to be is to be at risk.
To disagree with power, to do anything short of worship the presently powerful, to dare to note the racism of the powerful, to dare to correct the record, to dare to produce facts, to not be seen as one of them, to dissent, to be is to be at risk.
The same goes for late night tv shows.
Canceling was the worst and cancel culture went too far, according to critics, until it did not.
Hate speech was necessary until it was not.
Clarifying facts or being anti-authoritarianism or anti-fascist became “terrorism.”
Canceling was the worst and cancel culture went too far, according to critics, until it did not.
Hate speech was necessary until it was not.
Clarifying facts or being anti-authoritarianism or anti-fascist became “terrorism.”
September 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The same goes for late night tv shows.
Canceling was the worst and cancel culture went too far, according to critics, until it did not.
Hate speech was necessary until it was not.
Clarifying facts or being anti-authoritarianism or anti-fascist became “terrorism.”
Canceling was the worst and cancel culture went too far, according to critics, until it did not.
Hate speech was necessary until it was not.
Clarifying facts or being anti-authoritarianism or anti-fascist became “terrorism.”
To have a museum that is anything less than congratulatory in every way of folks resembling those currently in power… it’s just not allowed.
To have a museum that doesn’t elevate them above all others… it’s just not allowed.
To have a museum that doesn’t elevate them above all others… it’s just not allowed.
September 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
To have a museum that is anything less than congratulatory in every way of folks resembling those currently in power… it’s just not allowed.
To have a museum that doesn’t elevate them above all others… it’s just not allowed.
To have a museum that doesn’t elevate them above all others… it’s just not allowed.
Those stories of striving must go.
But, help us if we dare to change the name of military bases from the names of people who killed American soldiers and civilians to those who instead honored the country.
But, somehow, renaming bases after Civil War generals is necessary not divisive.
But, help us if we dare to change the name of military bases from the names of people who killed American soldiers and civilians to those who instead honored the country.
But, somehow, renaming bases after Civil War generals is necessary not divisive.
September 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Those stories of striving must go.
But, help us if we dare to change the name of military bases from the names of people who killed American soldiers and civilians to those who instead honored the country.
But, somehow, renaming bases after Civil War generals is necessary not divisive.
But, help us if we dare to change the name of military bases from the names of people who killed American soldiers and civilians to those who instead honored the country.
But, somehow, renaming bases after Civil War generals is necessary not divisive.
Even now, entire museums and histories are threatened. Long standing legacies of scholarships named for folks who devoted their lives to helping others uplifting communities “the right way” are being destroyed.
What about the memories of those lives and sacrifices?
What about the memories of those lives and sacrifices?
September 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Even now, entire museums and histories are threatened. Long standing legacies of scholarships named for folks who devoted their lives to helping others uplifting communities “the right way” are being destroyed.
What about the memories of those lives and sacrifices?
What about the memories of those lives and sacrifices?
The pattern keeps playing out again and again. Folks claim that “Facts don’t care about your feelings,” when it favors their leanings. The “your” is doing a lot of work there.
If people accurately quote and condemn racist statements, suddenly sensitivity matters. Rationality must yield to decorum.
If people accurately quote and condemn racist statements, suddenly sensitivity matters. Rationality must yield to decorum.
September 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The pattern keeps playing out again and again. Folks claim that “Facts don’t care about your feelings,” when it favors their leanings. The “your” is doing a lot of work there.
If people accurately quote and condemn racist statements, suddenly sensitivity matters. Rationality must yield to decorum.
If people accurately quote and condemn racist statements, suddenly sensitivity matters. Rationality must yield to decorum.
Folks campaigned on being anti-anti-racist and they won.
It was a freedom of speech issue, a necessary evil, and a key tradition when it came to the need for us to invite folks to say racist things.
But policies emerged to remove our abilities to discuss the harms of racism & how to address them.
It was a freedom of speech issue, a necessary evil, and a key tradition when it came to the need for us to invite folks to say racist things.
But policies emerged to remove our abilities to discuss the harms of racism & how to address them.
September 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Folks campaigned on being anti-anti-racist and they won.
It was a freedom of speech issue, a necessary evil, and a key tradition when it came to the need for us to invite folks to say racist things.
But policies emerged to remove our abilities to discuss the harms of racism & how to address them.
It was a freedom of speech issue, a necessary evil, and a key tradition when it came to the need for us to invite folks to say racist things.
But policies emerged to remove our abilities to discuss the harms of racism & how to address them.
But, if folks dared to bring up facts of history, such as slavery or Jim Crow, then that was a bridge too far. We were told that it may be too distressing to some students to hear stories of how our country came to be.
It was and divisive to explore the history of racism or how to address it.
It was and divisive to explore the history of racism or how to address it.
September 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
But, if folks dared to bring up facts of history, such as slavery or Jim Crow, then that was a bridge too far. We were told that it may be too distressing to some students to hear stories of how our country came to be.
It was and divisive to explore the history of racism or how to address it.
It was and divisive to explore the history of racism or how to address it.
To not have racist speech, and related ideas, on campus was somehow argued as being a bad thing.
After all, traditions, ancients, and market places, and so on.
(As if we had nothing better to do than review and refute ideas such as whether slavery was a bad thing.)
After all, traditions, ancients, and market places, and so on.
(As if we had nothing better to do than review and refute ideas such as whether slavery was a bad thing.)
September 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
To not have racist speech, and related ideas, on campus was somehow argued as being a bad thing.
After all, traditions, ancients, and market places, and so on.
(As if we had nothing better to do than review and refute ideas such as whether slavery was a bad thing.)
After all, traditions, ancients, and market places, and so on.
(As if we had nothing better to do than review and refute ideas such as whether slavery was a bad thing.)
Students’ feelings were particularly irrelevant. People talked about the “marketplace of ideas” and extolled the virtues of the Ancient Greeks. It was for our own good, somehow, and for the good of society to invite speakers bringing hateful and already refuted claims.
September 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Students’ feelings were particularly irrelevant. People talked about the “marketplace of ideas” and extolled the virtues of the Ancient Greeks. It was for our own good, somehow, and for the good of society to invite speakers bringing hateful and already refuted claims.
We’re post post Post.
September 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
We’re post post Post.
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Really good work. Thanks!
September 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Really good work. Thanks!
Great explanation! Thank you for doing what you do.
July 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Great explanation! Thank you for doing what you do.