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Professors can’t stay silent about this extremist moment on campuses

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Re: Professors can’t stay silent about this extremist moment on campuses

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Post by evanlivingston »

The author is referring to students protesting the mandatory freshman lecture on Western Civilization, which has a history of being protested at Reed.

There's a list of demands as well. http://reediesagainstracism.tumblr.com/demands

Students typically have an incredibly small say in shaping the institutions that shape their future.

If protesting wasn't uncomfortable, it wouldn't be effective.

Re: Professors can’t stay silent about this extremist moment on campuses

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Post by gozur88 »

>We introduced ourselves and took our seats. But as we were about to begin, the protesters seized our microphones, stood in front of us and shut down the lecture.

I'm not sure who gave these people the idea the heckler's veto is a legitimate tactic on a college campus or why the administration puts up with it. Those students should be summarily expelled.

Re: Professors can’t stay silent about this extremist moment on campuses

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Post by agumonkey »

jostmey wrote: post #5

I worry about an increasing movement toward radicalization on all ends of the political spectrum. I think Trump represented a shift to the far -right. Now I worry liberals might shift to the far -left. The middle ground seems to be disappearing

Human reality aside, it's an interesting tension phenomenon; like stormy weather.. voltage difference grows and then thunder.

What impresses me more, in less than a decade we went from "ohhh web 2.0 and iphones" to "brexit, catalout, djt vs kju, nazi rallies". That's a quick and vast change.

Re: Professors can’t stay silent about this extremist moment on campuses

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Post by justinzollars »

jostmey wrote: post #5

I worry about an increasing movement toward radicalization on all ends of the political spectrum. I think Trump represented a shift to the far -right. Now I worry liberals might shift to the far -left. The middle ground seems to be disappearing

Having lived in Ohio, the far right is exactly the same as the far left here in San Francisco. What is funny is they do not realize this. So I think its more a personality type selection than actual thought process or belief.

The result of believing the other side is evil, is no one is willing to work together so we all lose.

I think this could be a function of things we've built on the internet such as the ability to "hide" or "block" - even moderators are bad I, an elected DNC delegate is banned from the DailyKos because I disagreed with the Democrats proxy war policy on Syria.

We are in trouble.

Re: Professors can’t stay silent about this extremist moment on campuses

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Post by drjackyll »

evanlivingston wrote: post #3

The author is referring to students protesting the mandatory freshman lecture on Western Civilization, which has a history of being protested at Reed. There's a list of demands as well. http://reediesagainstracism.tumblr.com/demands Students typically have an incredibly small say in shaping the institutions that shape their future. If protesting wasn't uncomfortable, it wouldn't be effective.

Students shouldn’t have any say in shaping institutions they attend to gain knowledge. They are not smarter than their professors. Or if they disagree, they should attend another university and vite with their wallet/loan/whatever.
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