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Education is not a platform for personal politics and activism. Political activism suppresses the very idea of education, it creates a culture that only certain
by devwastaken 5y ago
Education is not a platform for personal politics and activism. Political activism suppresses the very idea of education, it creates a culture that only certain ideas are acceptable, and creates insular groups that remove diversity of thought. We are arriving to a Reagan 2.0 McCarthyism culture where disagreement on a number of issues equals unforgivable immorality. Where reaction is held higher than critical thought in 280 characters or less.
This is even worse considering these colleges receive public funding, these lawsuits are paid for by the tax payer one way or another. It makes fiscal and moral sense to bar funding to such institutions.
- hedora 5y agoI guess we should start by burning all textbooks written after 1500? Nothing good ever came from admitting the world is round, or letting women vote. Don't get me started on the heresy of orbital mechanics...
- devwastaken 5y agoNone of those are relevant comparisons to what modern 2022 activism is. Orbital mechanics can be proven, offense over words or actions far less so.
- mindslight 5y agoSure, but that's orthogonal to the question of whether an institution has a duty to censor speech flash mobs perpetuated by its members. Two wrongs don't make a right.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoGiven which side is doing the activism here, calling it "Reagan 2.0 McCarthyism" seems really odd...
- asguy 5y agoIt’s strange how the pendulum swings isn’t it? Almost like the Horseshoe Theory has validity.
- throwawaylinux 5y agoWould that be the "side" which has been busy denouncing their political opponents as Russian traitors, for the past 6 or 7 years?