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Re: Political Correctness Devours yet Another College, Fighting Over Mini-Sombreros

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Post by danharaj » Sat, Mar 05, 2016, 8:49 PM UTC

gherkin0 wrote: post #57

danharaj wrote: post #42

If there's an issue, it's that university administrations are fundamentally authoritarian bureaucratic institutions. But being outraged about political correctness is more emotionally satisfying than wondering whether university power structures could be rethought in order to be more democratic, i guess. free speech is not threatened by people with opinions you disagree with; free speech is threatened by power. peopl…

> satisfying than wondering whether university power structures could be rethought in order to be more democratic University power structures shouldn't be entirely democratic. The students need to be clearly subordinate to their teachers. I think what's happening here is that, through fear of student power or laziness, the administration is using its power to appease the overreacting students rather than control and…

I don't think the ideal relationship between students and teachers is at all subordination. In any case, the real subordination relationship is "Investors/Trustees/Donors > Administrators > Teachers/Students".

Re: Political Correctness Devours yet Another College, Fighting Over Mini-Sombreros

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Post by fweespeech » Sun, Mar 06, 2016, 1:24 AM UTC

cgriswald wrote: post #89

fweespeech wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Russians and communists are protected groups? o.O

I'm not sure how you got that from my post. I'm saying people who pick and choose which stereotypes feel okay do so by justifying their actions with 'privilege' versus 'protected'. In this context, the Russian group would be considered 'privileged' and the Mexican group 'protected'.

Yeah just I can't wrap my mind around the idea that being Russian == priviledged.

Re: Political Correctness Devours yet Another College, Fighting Over Mini-Sombreros

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Post by vasilipupkin » Mon, Mar 07, 2016, 4:29 AM UTC

monochromatic wrote: post #35

vasilipupkin wrote: post #23

I am sorry, perhaps I am being obtuse. Why do you need to party with sombreros? When you wear a sombrero, what is that supposed to mean? why is it funny or amusing?

Why does anyone need to do anything? The point is that actions are generally permitted, and there had better be a damn good reason before anyone tells me "you're not allowed to do that."

well, in this case, the reason would be that I imagine Mexicans are not too thrilled when other people dress up as Mexicans because they think its somehow amusing to look like a Mexican. I am not for banning this, but it does seem to me in poor taste

Re: Political Correctness Devours yet Another College, Fighting Over Mini-Sombreros

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Post by spriggan3 » Fri, Mar 11, 2016, 11:06 PM UTC

jeremysmyth wrote: post #82

spriggan3 wrote: post #77

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> And if you can't find a real job, just look for another "minority" to "support" at all costs. You're being downvoted but that's exactly why "modern" feminists call themselves "intersectional". They need to spread the "patriarchy" narrative in all social spheres. By "patriarchy" they off course means "white straight men" exclusively. Like being white straight and male makes you automatically rich, powerful, racist a…

Like being white straight and male makes you automatically rich, powerful, racist and a misogynist No, but being white, straight, and male means you don't have to navigate barriers formed by even slightly racist, homophobic, or sexist people. And there are lots of slightly racist, homophobic, or sexist people to navigate[1]. In motor racing, even a tiny advantage lets you win disproportionately more races than your c…

Does this test acknowledges bias against fat or ugly people? lol no ...