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We need an equivalent to the "secession of the plebs" in universities as a way to protest against this kind of administrator tyranny. The administrators alone a
by alwayslikethis 4y ago
We need an equivalent to the "secession of the plebs" in universities as a way to protest against this kind of administrator tyranny. The administrators alone are useless and don't produce anything of value.
- cdot2 4y agoExcept the students largely do not support freedom of expression. The issue is administrators bowing to student outcry.
- alwayslikethis 4y agoAre you sure? I think while there are a lot of vocal "woke" students, there is still a large but less vocal group of students who would support freedom of expression when given a chance to do so.
- jojobas 4y agoGiven the amount of demand for MIT they can afford to shed the students that don't support freedom of expression (then again, MIT is not Oberlin so I doubt there are many pro-censorship student).
- alwayslikethis 4y agoYeah. If there aren't enough top American students, there would be a lot more foreign students who would cherish their freedoms more, having experienced the consequences of the lack of freedom in their home country such as China, Russia, or Iran.
- ShredKazoo 4y agoThis recent WSJ article says Stanford has 15,750 administrative staff for 16,937 students and 2,288 faculty: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-stanford-guide-to-acceptable-words-elimination-of-harmful-language-initiative-11671489552 https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-stanford-guide-to-acceptabl...