A collective of 70 personalities from the academic world is calling on the management of the CNRS to correct the "militant excesses" of its communications team.
As researchers and teacher-researchers, we are very attached to the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and to the high quality of the research that is generally conducted there in both the humanities and hard sciences. We regret, moreover, the too frequent denigration of which this institution is the object on the part of people who do not know it.
This is why we are concerned that its reputation is being tarnished by the militant behaviour of some of its representatives and its communication. The article published in the Journal du CNRS under the title " Inclusive writing beyond the midpoint " is the latest testimony. Written by a journalist who collected the opinions of teacher-researchers and researchers in favor of the use of so-called "inclusive" writing and "language", it is therefore entirely in favor of it, even though this form is highly controversial, including by CNRS linguists.
Outside the scientific framework
Of course, what can be said against a journalist expressing a point of view? Nothing, provided at least that it is presented as such and not as an objective fact. But in this case, this article is published on one of the CNRS showcases, giving it a special status: that of a proven scientific fact stamped by the institution.
