Will UT Austin and Texas A&M survive beyond this week?

> Scott Says: Comment #12 April 17th, 2023 at 11:26 pm So, why shouldn’t I cheer the destruction of universities, if they’re full of woke ideologues who hate me? One might just as well ask: why shouldn’t I cheer the destruction of the earth, if it’s full of assholes, and morons, and antisemites who’d probably kill me if they got a chance, and wild animals that would rip me to shreds? In both cases, the answer is simply: because this is my world, and nearly everything I love and cherish is here along with nearly everything I hate, and I believe that the former ultimately outweighs the latter, and if people don’t mind, I’d like to continue living in this world.

Re: Will UT Austin and Texas A&M survive beyond this week?

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Post by Spivak » Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 1:30 PM UTC

quantified wrote: post #4

Lifting for those who don't read the comments in the post: > Scott Says: Comment #12 April 17th, 2023 at 11:26 pm So, why shouldn’t I cheer the destruction of universities, if they’re full of woke ideologues who hate me? One might just as well ask: why shouldn’t I cheer the destruction of the earth, if it’s full of assholes, and morons, and antisemites who’d probably kill me if they got a chance, and wild animals tha…

I would be curious what kind of person feels like they're on the receiving end of hate from "woke" people. Such a thing is practically the anthesis of what it even means to be part of that group. I'm in no way saying this means they're good people or that their legislative direction is good public policy but the only time hippie liberals push back at all is when someone tries to hurt one of their own. Liberals for the past decade have been entirely on the defensive. In my state there are 14 bills right now in the state legislature that explicitly target vulnerable populations. The democrats and our chapter of the ACLU can barely do anything but try to stop them.

Re: Will UT Austin and Texas A&M survive beyond this week?

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Post by a3n » Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 1:41 PM UTC

Spivak wrote: post #5

quantified wrote: post #4

Lifting for those who don't read the comments in the post: > Scott Says: Comment #12 April 17th, 2023 at 11:26 pm So, why shouldn’t I cheer the destruction of universities, if they’re full of woke ideologues who hate me? One might just as well ask: why shouldn’t I cheer the destruction of the earth, if it’s full of assholes, and morons, and antisemites who’d probably kill me if they got a chance, and wild animals tha…

I would be curious what kind of person feels like they're on the receiving end of hate from "woke" people. Such a thing is practically the anthesis of what it even means to be part of that group. I'm in no way saying this means they're good people or that their legislative direction is good public policy but the only time hippie liberals push back at all is when someone tries to hurt one of their own. Liberals for th…

"what kind of person feels like"

It's a quest for victimhood to justify hate.

Re: Will UT Austin and Texas A&M survive beyond this week?

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Post by localplume » Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 1:48 PM UTC

Spivak wrote: post #5

quantified wrote: post #4

Lifting for those who don't read the comments in the post: > Scott Says: Comment #12 April 17th, 2023 at 11:26 pm So, why shouldn’t I cheer the destruction of universities, if they’re full of woke ideologues who hate me? One might just as well ask: why shouldn’t I cheer the destruction of the earth, if it’s full of assholes, and morons, and antisemites who’d probably kill me if they got a chance, and wild animals tha…

I would be curious what kind of person feels like they're on the receiving end of hate from "woke" people. Such a thing is practically the anthesis of what it even means to be part of that group. I'm in no way saying this means they're good people or that their legislative direction is good public policy but the only time hippie liberals push back at all is when someone tries to hurt one of their own. Liberals for th…

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Re: Will UT Austin and Texas A&M survive beyond this week?

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Post by stuckinhell » Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 1:53 PM UTC

Honestly I don't care, I've been using ChatGPT (+ open source variants to get uncensored truth) to learn new concepts radically fast. I think ChatGPT + khan academy is going to be the greatest paradigm shift for anyone self motivated.

I'm half debating introducing CHATGPT based education to my home schooling pod.

I really wonder if Universities will survive the "woke", the "reaction", and the "paradigm shift.

Re: Will UT Austin and Texas A&M survive beyond this week?

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Post by rhaway84773 » Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 1:59 PM UTC

I like the term “Social Justice Fundamentalism”. I’m a fan of social Justice. I’m also a fan of feminism and liberalism.

But some of what we are seeing today isn’t that, and I think using the term fundamentalism to describe it, which, I suspect deliberately, draws a parallel between the efforts to force everyone to adopt these moral views with the attempts by religious fundamentalists to force everyone to adopt their views, makes a lot of sense.

Re: Will UT Austin and Texas A&M survive beyond this week?

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Post by iosono88 » Tue, Apr 18, 2023, 2:02 PM UTC

Spivak wrote: post #5

quantified wrote: post #4

Lifting for those who don't read the comments in the post: > Scott Says: Comment #12 April 17th, 2023 at 11:26 pm So, why shouldn’t I cheer the destruction of universities, if they’re full of woke ideologues who hate me? One might just as well ask: why shouldn’t I cheer the destruction of the earth, if it’s full of assholes, and morons, and antisemites who’d probably kill me if they got a chance, and wild animals tha…

I would be curious what kind of person feels like they're on the receiving end of hate from "woke" people. Such a thing is practically the anthesis of what it even means to be part of that group. I'm in no way saying this means they're good people or that their legislative direction is good public policy but the only time hippie liberals push back at all is when someone tries to hurt one of their own. Liberals for th…

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