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ghoststories
9y ago
I don't know what you mean by "open" or "oppression". How about this? http://www.thetower.org/article/in-the-safe-spaces-on-campus...
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ghoststories
9y ago
The "banning" of media that espouses Nazi ideology is actually very limited in Germany. Hitler's "Mein Kampf", for instance, is not actually banned. Germany may be "one of the freest" countries, but they t
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ghoststories
9y ago
What exactly do you mean by "acting on those beliefs"? Let's say you have a debate and somebody questions the very idea that gay marriage is or should be a right? What do you mean by "not OK", what should be the con
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ghoststories
9y ago
"These days it's women, people of all colours, they can say what they want, express themselves etc." They can only say "what they want" on account of their "oppressed" status. Everybody else has to censo
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ghoststories
9y ago
First of all, don't you know you should not otherize people? You better check your privilige! Sarcasm aside... they aren't getting more respect. You can't force people to respect anything. Here's what actually happen
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ghoststories
9y ago
"His claim to fame is misunderstanding a discrimination law about transgenders." If that was true, why did his university send him a warning letter that essentially confirms his concerns? He consulted a lawyer on the matter, he
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ghoststories
9y ago
What does "more inclusive" actually mean? People are being forced to be overly accommodating to the sensitivities of certain "oppressed" groups, for fear of being ostracized and branded as horrible people. For example, i
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ghoststories
9y ago
What exactly bothers you here? How else would you refer to the processes that lead to forcing professionals at these universities to use dozens of novel non-binary gender pronouns, or to shield students from content that may be considered &