I am clearly writing very badly, because I don't actually disagree with most of your comment.
And yet I disagree with yours, including the part where you claim that we agree.
You keep saying things like "I agree with you [that biases and power imbalances affect how we see the world] BUT [insert something that handwaves such things away because what matters is true knowledge that is for some inexplicable reason being lost]." Or "I agree with you [that context must be taken into account] BUT [insert something that handwaves context away because what matters is true knowledge that can *save lives*]", etcetc.
You came into a post that talked about how hierarchies and power imbalances affect how Western academics see the world and how their work oftentimes serves to reinforce those hierarchies and further tilt the power imbalances because they do not acknowledge them, how what is considered knowledge and who has a right to it and who can interpret it is often a product of where a person is standing, and that these power imbalances must be examined... and you said, and keep on saying, "Yes! I completely agree! But we must not forget that *true knowledge* is important!"
I think your decision to step out of the thread was a good one, and after this comment I'll do the same.
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And yet I disagree with yours, including the part where you claim that we agree.
You keep saying things like "I agree with you [that biases and power imbalances affect how we see the world] BUT [insert something that handwaves such things away because what matters is true knowledge that is for some inexplicable reason being lost]." Or "I agree with you [that context must be taken into account] BUT [insert something that handwaves context away because what matters is true knowledge that can *save lives*]", etcetc.
You came into a post that talked about how hierarchies and power imbalances affect how Western academics see the world and how their work oftentimes serves to reinforce those hierarchies and further tilt the power imbalances because they do not acknowledge them, how what is considered knowledge and who has a right to it and who can interpret it is often a product of where a person is standing, and that these power imbalances must be examined... and you said, and keep on saying, "Yes! I completely agree! But we must not forget that *true knowledge* is important!"
I think your decision to step out of the thread was a good one, and after this comment I'll do the same.