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Medical Student banished from UVA campus for questioning Microaggressions
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#12I’m afraid that when the pendulum of public perception inevitably swings away from this insanity, a lot of the social progress we’ve done on discourse and tolerance will be lost. If I’m reading this and saying “what these people are doing is evil, I’d like to affiliate with the opposite group of people”, I won’t have too many outlets that are not far right.
A big reason why the far-right grew is as a rejection of this insanity.
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#13As a European I must say, American universities are weird places...
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#14I so often wonder with pieces like this: what am I missing? I mean, it’s hard to believe this was so one-sided and that he was a little angel through it all. It could be, I suppose. And I am outraged if it is. But the question that keeps nagging me... is it?
Think about how your comment would sit if it was made on a sexual assault case.
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#15> On November 26, this suggestion became a mandate: The student was informed that he must be evaluated by psychological services before returning to classes. You know that something’s wrong when someone is forced to be psychologically evaluated for asking uncomfortable questions. This entire story looks like something straight out of a dystopia.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatr...
They did it in Soviet Union at some point to the intellectuals who questioned their ideology.
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#16Let's pre-empt the inevitable sub-thread: "This is a private educational establishment and they can do what they want. It is not censorship." and "If you have a problem with this, just start your own medical university".
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#17Let's pre-empt the inevitable sub-thread: "This is a private educational establishment and they can do what they want. It is not censorship." and "If you have a problem with this, just start your own medical university".
The University of Virginia is a public institution so I’d imagine you would not see that argument.
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#18Since apparently reason.com gets flagged — I submitted the original lawsuit text which cannot possibly be a biased source.
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#19As a European I must say, American universities are weird places...
Do you consider UK Europe? https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/feb/02/goldsmiths-c...
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#20Let's pre-empt the inevitable sub-thread: "This is a private educational establishment and they can do what they want. It is not censorship." and "If you have a problem with this, just start your own medical university".
The University of Virginia is a public institution so I’d imagine you would not see that argument.
I imagine they will settle with him to avoid the immense damage this would leave them. It would also avoid the case law precedent.