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One of the things that’s always tickled me about this bent of “conservative thinking” is that they generally believe two things at once: 1. Freedom of speech a
by dangus 3y ago
One of the things that’s always tickled me about this bent of “conservative thinking” is that they generally believe two things at once:
1. Freedom of speech and self-determination are sacred and fundamental rights, and in the economic market that means that everyone is free to make purchase decisions based on closely-held personal beliefs. Private schools have the right to exercise their freedom to make their own curriculum without government intervention.
2. People and private organizations who choose not to buy a product based on closely held personal beliefs that are the wrong ones are childish cancel culture warriors.
Why should you care about Duke’s organizational disruption anyway? It’s a private school and you don’t work there.
- dolni 3y agoI don't label myself conservative. Conservatives also exhibit this behavior, but it is seen as more "socially acceptable" to do this under the banner of liberal values. To address your point, I am not disputing Duke's _right_ to make purchasing decisions for any reason they like. But it is still stupid and childish. I'm calling that out. > Why should you care about Duke’s organizational disruption anyway? It’s a private school and you don’t work there. Because Duke is attempting to normalize toxic behavior. They think this is going to help. It won't. This behavior might achieve "compliance" but it doesn't actually move the needle. It's why places like San Francisco appear to support underserved communities, but when push comes to shove they blockade housing initiatives. This is almost certainly some liberal, white woman's way of looking like a good person without having to risk anything. After work it's back to the gated community!
- dangus 3y agoOk, I fully understand your point of view now. I also agree that you can’t be labeled as conservative. We will finish the discussion here with your final key points: 1. Duke’s behavior is more societally acceptable because the libs agree with it 2. San Francisco is bad and run poorly by the libs 3. This is probably something a lib white woman thought of I totally agree, you definitely aren’t anything like the a mainstream conservative. Perhaps you identify as a libertarian-leaning independent instead.
- orhmeh09 3y agoIt's a private school but it annually receives almost $650 million from the federal government as of 2021: https://governmentrelations.duke.edu/research/ https://governmentrelations.duke.edu/research/
- dangus 3y agoResearch has a return on investment. E.g., I wonder how many military technologies originated from US private universities? Conservatives: We shouldn’t send tax dollars to woke private universities who are biased against conservatives. Also conservatives: We support publicly funded private charter schools because the government can’t be trusted to run public schools efficiently and I’d rather send my child to a religious grade school. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-backs-public-money-religious-schools-maine-case-2022-06-21/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-ba...