{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Michael Rowe","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.mrowe.co.za\/blog","author_name":"Michael Rowe","author_url":"https:\/\/www.mrowe.co.za\/blog\/author\/michael\/","title":"Launch of the Journal of Controversial Ideas - Michael Rowe","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3Ir8qDsNTo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrowe.co.za\/blog\/2021\/04\/launch-of-the-journal-of-controversial-ideas\/\">Launch of the Journal of Controversial Ideas<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrowe.co.za\/blog\/2021\/04\/launch-of-the-journal-of-controversial-ideas\/embed\/#?secret=3Ir8qDsNTo\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Launch of the Journal of Controversial Ideas&#8221; &#8212; Michael Rowe\" data-secret=\"3Ir8qDsNTo\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.mrowe.co.za\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"It sounds like the title of an Onion article but it&#8217;s real. The Journal of Controversial Ideas offers a forum for careful, rigorous, unpolemical discussion of issues that are widely considered controversial, in the sense that certain views about them might be regarded by many people as morally, socially, or ideologically objectionable or offensive. I [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.mrowe.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screenshot_2021-04-13-Journal-of-Controversial-Ideas-1024x217.png"}