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By Bert Olivier, published 16/10/2025From Socrates to Charlie Kirk, those who dare to speak truth to power risk martyrdom — and reveal the enduring struggle between reason and tyranny.
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You’ve outdone yourself - misquoting, psychologising, and misunderstanding all in one post. But I was waiting for you to quote that line of mine so that I could once again explain it to you.
The line you dragged up about nuclear plants was accurate then and remains accurate now: yes, small emissions occur during normal operation. That’s not the same as claiming "nuclear power stations cause people harm." It’s called acknowledging empirical reality - something you keep mistaking for activism.
If you think that citing peer-reviewed research like the KiKK study is a "psychiatric condition," then your problem isn’t my mental health, it’s your allergy to data. There’s a difference between "detectable risk" and "significant harm." You’ve blurred them on purpose because your argument can’t survive nuance.
We've gone through this over and over again. At this point, the fact that you keep brining it up can only suggest wilful dishonesty - not to mention desperate, given how much I've said since then that you ignore because it's inconvenient.
As for Euthyphro - amusing that you invoke a dialogue about self-delusion while congratulating yourself for missing its point. Socrates exposed false certainty dressed up as wisdom. You’ve done a flawless Euthyphro impression here.
And no, the High Court didn’t vindicate Ridd’s conduct; it upheld JCU’s right to enforce its code of conduct and found no unlawful dismissal. You might try reading the judgment rather than an IPA press release. Quoting an activist think tank about "academic freedom" doesn’t turn spin into law.
You keep invoking Socrates, but Socrates valued clarity over comfort. If you think parroting political talking points counts as philosophy, you’re not following in his footsteps - you’re chasing his shadow.