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I'm a fairly liberal / progressive person today ; I was way more ideologically so in my university days. There were a million and one parties events social grou

I'm a fairly liberal / progressive person today ; I was way more ideologically so in my university days. There were a million and one parties events social groups et cetera that I had no inclination to be a part of. Some didn't interest me, some I dislike, some I vehemently opposed. But you go to university to experience and learn. Get exposed to ideas. We all have to be at least slightly charitable and try to take an invitation in spirit intended. Maybe this guy is a racist supremacist asshole. Maybe he's a nice friendly inclusive conservative chap. Invite was an invite. How far are we trying to right-think university experience? If I attended today I feel I'd be more scared of my liberal colleagues. I am mildly surprised vegetarians are not the offended parry given references to fried chicken. I wish that were a snarky statement but I'm genuinely waiting for them to join the clamour.

me_me_me 5y ago
This trend saddens me deeply. I was religious person when entering university, and via exposure to idea that there is no god and discussion of the topic I lost my faith. I was also exposed to and talk to a fascist (quasi-nazi), but somehow I am not a nazi. Its because bad ideas die when exposed to the light of day and debate. Suppressing those only entrench people who believe in them. All of those 'well intentioned' students are doing way more harm then good. They also strike me as profoundly unprepared to what real life looks like.
kcplate 5y ago
> I feel I'd be more scared of my liberal colleagues. That’s because in a lot of cases they are no longer liberal despite using that word to describe themselves. What many are nowadays is damned scary intolerant authoritarian leftists hell bent on destroying the liberal values that a lot of us have been fighting for decades to achieve.

me_me_me 5y ago

This trend saddens me deeply. I was religious person when entering university, and via exposure to idea that there is no god and discussion of the topic I lost my faith. I was also exposed to and talk to a fascist (quasi-nazi), but somehow I am not a nazi. Its because bad ideas die when exposed to the light of day and debate. Suppressing those only entrench people who believe in them. All of those 'well intentioned' students are doing way more harm then good. They also strike me as profoundly unprepared to what real life looks like.

kcplate 5y ago

> I feel I'd be more scared of my liberal colleagues. That’s because in a lot of cases they are no longer liberal despite using that word to describe themselves. What many are nowadays is damned scary intolerant authoritarian leftists hell bent on destroying the liberal values that a lot of us have been fighting for decades to achieve.