If everyone in a research group thinks the same way and agrees on everything, why do you need a whole group?
If everyone in government is a Democrat, why do you need elections?
If everyone has been so far as to do look like, why do you even?
I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
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Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#22Does 'rationalisation' have some strange meaning in this context that I'm unfamiliar with? As far as I'm concerned any view justifying the matter is a rationalisation, left or right wing politically; agree or disagree it's certainly nothing to be upset about being called a rationalisation.
"Rationalisation" has a negative connotation.
Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#23As someone who grew up in a strongly red area and with beliefs in that vein, I know EXACTLY the kind of exclusion that the author is talking about to a painful degree. For anyone who wants to experience it, walk into any Reddit discussion and tell everyone you're a devout Christian and watch the pseudo intellectuals exercise their "openness." And yes it's true I'm far from the most religious person there is, and I st…
Yeah, pretty much this. It's also often the case with certain media outlets and politicians too, who make the assumption that anyone who's religious, not socially 'left wing' or anything else is a bigot who should be looked upon with disdain at every possible opportunity.
It's great ammunition for certain politicians (like Trump or his UK and European counterparts).
Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#24Does 'rationalisation' have some strange meaning in this context that I'm unfamiliar with? As far as I'm concerned any view justifying the matter is a rationalisation, left or right wing politically; agree or disagree it's certainly nothing to be upset about being called a rationalisation.
"Rationalisation" has a negative connotation.
Specifically, it typically has a connotation of ex post facto.
Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#25Does 'rationalisation' have some strange meaning in this context that I'm unfamiliar with? As far as I'm concerned any view justifying the matter is a rationalisation, left or right wing politically; agree or disagree it's certainly nothing to be upset about being called a rationalisation.
Rationalization is usually said when the conclusion comes first, and the "reasoning" latter. First you decide what you think, then why. This "reasoning" is considered suspect, and called a rationalization.
Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#26If everyone in a research group thinks the same way and agrees on everything, why do you need a whole group?
If everyone in government is a Democrat, why do you need elections?
Do you really want me to start going through the list of Democrat cunts I want out of office such as Dianne Feinstein despite the fact I usually vote for Democrats?
Just because people are in a given group doesn't mean you want them around with the ability to exercise power.
Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
I grew up in the D.C. suburbs, probably the single place in the country that most highly values traditional academic intellectualism. His characterization is entirely consistent with my observations growing up. In my high school, peoples' disdain for the rest of the country was open. Even the snobs in NYC or SF are more tolerable (NYC having a pragmatic undercurrent, and SF at least having a "builder" mentality).
Yes but both you and the person I'm responding to casually ignore the fact you are basically engaging in broad generalizations while complaining about the fact other groups make broad generalizations and his primary justification was the fact it happens on Reddit . The sheer irony involved in that original comment and his choice of example should have been immediately obvious. The fact it wasn't makes me think, frank…
This kind of argument is verboten when it's a white person talking to a black person, say, because it's not OK to tell someone their experience isn't valid. Strangely, that rule seems not to apply when it's a progressive talking to a traditionalist. And progressives wonder why they have such a hard time talking to traditionalists? You'd have to be willfully blind.
Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#28I was blocked by a large mass of people with a shared Twitter block list including a number of comedy feeds I used to like to follow, because one of them disliked my political affiliation I had listed on my Twitter page. The person told me as much before blocking me. I've since removed it to prevent future discrimination, but I shouldn't have to and I don't much care for this brave new world.
Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#29I offer as a hypothesis the belief that graduate study programs, even in hard sciences such as physics, aren't looking for scholars, but disciples.
Re: I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views
#30As someone who grew up in a strongly red area and with beliefs in that vein, I know EXACTLY the kind of exclusion that the author is talking about to a painful degree. For anyone who wants to experience it, walk into any Reddit discussion and tell everyone you're a devout Christian and watch the pseudo intellectuals exercise their "openness." And yes it's true I'm far from the most religious person there is, and I st…
>most of whom can't even swap a tire for a donut without calling AAA.
There's a certain irony here I can't dismiss. You write three paragraphs about being victimized by stereotyping Middle America, then end your rant by.... stereotyping everyone on the east coast (or those who sought extended education).