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I'm curious if the direction were themselves Muslim, as this was a pretty brash decision, or if it was out of misguided progressiveness, thinking they were prot
by make3 4y ago
I'm curious if the direction were themselves Muslim, as this was a pretty brash decision, or if it was out of misguided progressiveness, thinking they were protecting freedom of religion when they're instead breaking freedom of expression
- jupp0r 4y agoNothing about this is progressive, in fact it is quite statist.
- throwayyy479087 4y agoProgressivism believes in significantly expanding the role of the state. Social housing, medicare4all, Title IX. It’s diametrically opposed to libertarianism.
- jupp0r 4y agoThe state has no role in this story. This is about a private university firing a private person. "Progressivism arose during the Age of Enlightenment out of the belief that civility in Europe was improving due to the application of new empirical knowledge to the governance of society." according to Wikipedia
- make3 4y agoprogressive in protecting everyone's freedom of religion, which is a good idea in theory but the application here is over zealous
- jupp0r 4y agoThis also has nothing to do with freedom of religion. Freedom of religion is not the freedom to impose your religious beliefs upon other people, nor is it a right of preventing other people's speech offending you religiously. It merely means that you can practice your religion freely without being prevented from doing so.
- anonyfox 4y agoWhat is „progressive“ about firing someone over potential feelings of people believing in some medieval fairytales?
- make3 4y agofreedom of religion in a mostly Christian nation is a start imho, progressive in the acceptation of differences. even if here it goes too far
- throwawayacc3 4y agoIt's extremely "progressive". This is expected behavior for leftist baizuos. So common it's become a meme [0]. [0] https://img.ifunny.co/images/e73e5a1bb4730d79965d1a4860878e52ab457a7941435600c8e4ea628d85430e_1.jpg https://img.ifunny.co/images/e73e5a1bb4730d79965d1a4860878e5...
- hourago 4y ago> I'm curious if they were themselves Muslim, or if it was out of misguided progressiveness You can satisfy your curiosity by reading the article. > However, one student in class that day—the president of Hamline's Muslim Student Association—took offense, complaining first to the professor, and then to school administrators.
- KyeRussell 4y agoOverzealous religious sensitivity obviously vastly pre-dates the culture that you’re pretty clearly critiquing here. Please read the article instead of indulging in the culture wars.
- make3 4y agowhat?! I just assume that people tend to defend their own religion more intensely, whatever it is. & I think that protecting everyone's right to religion is a good thing, just that here it went too far