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Should MENSA be shutdown on the grounds of it's discriminatory membership model?
by ShorsHammer 7y ago
Should MENSA be shutdown on the grounds of it's discriminatory membership model?
- afterburner 7y agoMENSA seems upfront about their requirements, and doesn't rely on tricking the masses to make them think they have a chance.
- mwfunk 7y agoNobody's talking about shutting anyone down. People can do shitty things even if they have a right to do them, and everyone else can think they're assholes. No contradictions. Same with free speech- people can say whatever they want, but if they say something that makes someone else think they're an asshole, the other person has a right to call them an asshole. Assholes are not criminals, they're just assholes and deserve to be treated as such.
- Quarrelsome 7y agoI'm not sure that's a great example because its probably a better experience to be outside of MENSA than inside it.
- CraigJPerry 7y agoDiscriminating on mental agility seems an eminently useful thing to do.
- badcede 7y agoThey're not mentally agile enough to avoid MENSA.
- Fauntleroy 7y agoMENSA should voluntarily shut down, for other reasons.
- Mountain_Skies 7y agoA bit of a tangent but Mensa is not an acronym and should not be written in all capital letters. Some of their typeface choices over the years may have created confusion about this.
- klyrs 7y agoAmusingly, my mom and grandma were both MENSA members. My mom hated it 'cause it was a meat market. My grandma loved it for the same reason.