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“…committed to ideological diversity and academic freedom.” I mean… isn’t that a way to describe the charter of many universities? It’s practically a definition of the tenure model. Perhaps they are arguing that’s been lost in many universities, to which I would question why they believe a new university is a) the answer to the question and b) likely to somehow do any better. Smacks of someone who simply has a differ…
“…committed to ideological diversity and academic freedom.” I mean… isn’t that a way to describe the charter of many universities? It’s practically a definition of the tenure model. Perhaps they are arguing that’s been lost in many universities, to which I would question why they believe a new university is a) the answer to the question and b) likely to somehow do any better. Smacks of someone who simply has a differ…
“…committed to ideological diversity and academic freedom.” I mean… isn’t that a way to describe the charter of many universities? It’s practically a definition of the tenure model. Perhaps they are arguing that’s been lost in many universities, to which I would question why they believe a new university is a) the answer to the question and b) likely to somehow do any better. Smacks of someone who simply has a differ…
Yes, that's the usual ideals of universities. The difference is that usually it comes along with not being allowed to make extremely hateful or racist or sexist comments. There's a certain part of american society that has lost their ability to see this distinction and thinks that they should be able to attack other people, say they are not legitimate humans. They think, wrongly in my view, that they aren't free if t…
Unless that hatred, racism and sexism is targeted at white males. Then it's "punching up" (even though those doing it are usually far better off than those targeted) and is perfectly ok!
Both the left and the right reject "illegitimate humans." They just define legitimacy differently.
It’s frustrating how much culture wars content is posted and upvoted on Hacker News these days. I feel like we can’t go a single day without these dog-whistle style articles.
“…committed to ideological diversity and academic freedom.” I mean… isn’t that a way to describe the charter of many universities? It’s practically a definition of the tenure model. Perhaps they are arguing that’s been lost in many universities, to which I would question why they believe a new university is a) the answer to the question and b) likely to somehow do any better. Smacks of someone who simply has a differ…
Yes, that's the usual ideals of universities. The difference is that usually it comes along with not being allowed to make extremely hateful or racist or sexist comments. There's a certain part of american society that has lost their ability to see this distinction and thinks that they should be able to attack other people, say they are not legitimate humans. They think, wrongly in my view, that they aren't free if t…
1. https://freebeacon.com/campus/a-yale-law-student-sent-a-ligh...
It’s frustrating how much culture wars content is posted and upvoted on Hacker News these days. I feel like we can’t go a single day without these dog-whistle style articles.
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... alt-right? Would that not be pretty neo-nazi and white supremacy esque? This story hardly seems that. I do get tired of low-key culture war content, but we're always surrounded by it. The left or the right trying to push their perspectives on the masses. It's gross, annoying, and probably bad in the long run but people love the left and the right like it's their favorite football team. They get buzzed on how the…
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... alt-right? Would that not be pretty neo-nazi and white supremacy esque? This story hardly seems that. I do get tired of low-key culture war content, but we're always surrounded by it. The left or the right trying to push their perspectives on the masses. It's gross, annoying, and probably bad in the long run but people love the left and the right like it's their favorite football team. They get buzzed on how the…
> alt-right? Would that not be pretty neo-nazi and white supremacy esque? I don't really want to engage in the shit-slinging that this thread will inevitably turn into/has turned into, but: alt-right, by many accounts, is a response of neo-reactionary thought and neo-reactionary writers were a common part of online silicon-valley-adjacent communities. It's not just tiki torches. > I do get tired of low-key culture wa…
It’s frustrating how much culture wars content is posted and upvoted on Hacker News these days. I feel like we can’t go a single day without these dog-whistle style articles.
Your side (and I know it's your side because "dog-whistle") started it. Don't be upset when when you kick someone and they fight back.
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