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>My son. If you think that posting a comment on hacker news revealing that your son was forced to take a particular class that you disagree with is going to ha

>My son. If you think that posting a comment on hacker news revealing that your son was forced to take a particular class that you disagree with is going to harm your son, you are being deeply paranoid. >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKkNIOkGtnQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKkNIOkGtnQ I went back to school to finish my CS degree about 5 years ago. I was a libertarian until a few years before that, and until a year ago I was in grad school. I was also one of very few Bush voters in a liberal leaning History department during the start of the Iraq war. I don't need to watch a Youtube video designed to scare conservative parents to understand what is going on in academia. It is most certainly not common at American Universities to require CS students to take an entire class devoted to Marxism. That's why I asked for evidence because it is an extraordinary claim. And it sounds like a claim designed feed the conservative paranoia regarding college.

robomartin 7y ago
Please stop accusing people of that which you know nothing about. It is OK to disagree. To go from there to ascribe intent and motive is, well, unfair at best.
- learc83 7y ago
  Sorry but if you show up on a public forum and start making deragotory statments about the university system as a whole, and then refuse to provide any supporting evidence to back up those claims, I'm going to question your motive. You seem to have a serious axe to grind with college in general.
  - robomartin 7y ago
    There you go, yet another conclusion about something you have absolutely no knowledge about. I'll tell you what, the forum is yours. Conclude anything you want. Not my problem. Live long and prosper.
    - learc83 7y ago
      > There you go, yet another conclusion about something you have absolutely no knowledge about. From your public comments this is my conclusion. You have an axe to grind with academia, because you believe that academia is indoctrinating kids with Marxist philosophy. If that's not what you believe, feel free to retract your statements.

robomartin 7y ago

Please stop accusing people of that which you know nothing about. It is OK to disagree. To go from there to ascribe intent and motive is, well, unfair at best.

learc83 7y ago
Sorry but if you show up on a public forum and start making deragotory statments about the university system as a whole, and then refuse to provide any supporting evidence to back up those claims, I'm going to question your motive. You seem to have a serious axe to grind with college in general.
- robomartin 7y ago
  There you go, yet another conclusion about something you have absolutely no knowledge about. I'll tell you what, the forum is yours. Conclude anything you want. Not my problem. Live long and prosper.
  - learc83 7y ago
    > There you go, yet another conclusion about something you have absolutely no knowledge about. From your public comments this is my conclusion. You have an axe to grind with academia, because you believe that academia is indoctrinating kids with Marxist philosophy. If that's not what you believe, feel free to retract your statements.