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People like to blame progressive ideology for these sort of crazy stuff. But actually, the real culprit is consumerism and customer mentality of students. The p
by mola 6y ago
People like to blame progressive ideology for these sort of crazy stuff.
But actually, the real culprit is consumerism and customer mentality of students. The professor was suspended because the faculty is terrified from upset customers. Same goes for all cancel culture incidents.
The hyper producticised media , is using the upset sentiment to get attention (racial clickbait triggers)
But it's riding the tiger, so it needs to keep pace with its own click bait to not get the customers to hate them and boycott them.
This dynamics spills onto the academic realm. Students
at US colleges consider themselves customers. So they must never be made upset. They have silly optic based notions of justice. And the faculty have to comply.
This is what contemporary information capitalism does. Consumes and kill off any sort of idea turning it to plastic product and optics.
- pnw_hazor 6y agoCan't let post-modernism and critical race theory off the hook. Objectively, the statement was not racist and it should not be offensive to anyone. However, objective thought is not in favor anymore as it is associated with whiteness. We must accept the subjective view of the victims as paramount.
- mola 6y agoIf you think that is the reason the dean suspended him, you are being naive. He suspended him because he's afraid of financial repracussions. The post modernism went off the rails because of the reasons I mentioned. Otherwise it could have been a fertile ground for empathy and a way to reconcile our differences. instead it ended up a culture war. Because our culture is war. We are taught to fight and compete from day 1.