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Hardly surprising that an administration that built its brand on “post truth” has no interest in the good functioning of academic research
by mangecoeur 2y ago
Hardly surprising that an administration that built its brand on “post truth” has no interest in the good functioning of academic research
- yodsanklai 2y agoGenerally speaking, conservatives are ambivalent on the topic of education and research. Why they may benefit from uneducated voters, they understand the value of qualified labour for their businesses.
- highcountess 2y ago[flagged]
- palmfacehn 2y agoI'm inclined to agree on some points. You'll have a hard time communicating your ideas with this audience. Firstly, it is something that many here do not agree with or want to hear. Even the ideally formulated message containing these ideas will inspire a negative reaction. Understanding that, you will get more mileage by tailoring your message. Plainly saying these things is too blunt for most to even consider.
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- cjfd 2y agoMaybe a supremacist mindset is appropriate when the other side has deteriorated into something pretty close to nazism. It is actually not very hard to be better than nazism. Your 'flip around' statement actually makes zero sense and the statement you are responding to is pretty accurate.
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- yongjik 2y agoMaybe traditional conservatives, but they're functionally extinct now, and the only time Trump supporters are "pro-education" is when they can rage about how DEI is ruining education. At least, from what I've seen so far.
- _heimdall 2y agoTraditional liberals are also functionally extinct now, at least in the US. We really need new terms for our political spectrum.
- _heimdall 2y agoDo you actually mean conservatives here, or Republicans? I ask because the parties have functionally flipped at the moment. Democrats are doing whatever they can to keep what was already in place (i.e. "conserve") while Republicans are on a bit of a war path trying to change everything (i.e. "progress").
- pixelbro 2y agoNot all change is progress. Make America Great Again is a fundamentally reactionary platform, and nothing about the goals of Project 2025 is "progressive". Cute wordplay, though, good job using denotation to oppose connotation.
- _heimdall 2y ago"Progress" as a goal is only meaningful with a defined direction. But I disagree with you, definitionally any change is progressing towards something. This is precisely the issue I have always had with considering oneself "progressive". The end goals you are aiming for are the important factor to call out, the fact that you are simply progressing means only that you don't want to stand still.
- robertlagrant 2y agoI agree. Conservative is a slightly less manipulative term than progressive. Progressive implies "we're the goodies"; conservative "we want to keep the current state of things".
- robmccoll 2y agoProgressivism and the idea of being "progressive" or "a progressive" are defined ideologies. Within the political spectrum they have their own meaning. Arguing semantics in this way is not particularly different than saying "I saw a Republican turn left coming out of a doorway, so are they really on the right?"
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