Of course, that paper is not a fabrication! Why would you think I would say it is? Barnard Harcourt is one of the leading scholars in his field. He’s the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, a distinguished critical theorist, legal advocate, and prolific writer and editor. In his books, articles, and teaching, he focuses on punishment practices and political economy, critical theory and praxis, and political protest. I just heard him on the radio explaining the problems with capital punishment in the state of Alabama. Brilliant and compassionate without ever deviating from critical thinking in the application of the law. Harcourt is the founding director of the Initiative for a Just Society at the Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought. Thank you so much for posting the paper. I enjoyed reading it very much. He embraces the complexity that is inherent in our culture and seeks to dispel the simplistic myths about who is who and who thinks what and why, exposing things like that fake quote as he does so, while questioning the efficacy of spending too much time debunking the raving of unstable individuals disseminating misinformation and disinformation.
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