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I'm a liberal professor, and my liberal students terrify me
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:08 pm
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:08 pm
https://www.vox.com/2015/6/3/8706323/college-professor-afraid
I think this is a good, sensible piece. Please read the entire article before commenting ( ). Credit to LSU8654722.
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I think this is a good, sensible piece. Please read the entire article before commenting ( ). Credit to LSU8654722.
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2009, the subject of my student's complaint was my supposed ideology. I was communistical, the student felt, and everyone knows that communisticism is wrong. That was, at best, a debatable assertion. And as I was allowed to rebut it, the complaint was dismissed with prejudice. I didn't hesitate to reuse that same video in later semesters, and the student's complaint had no impact on my performance evaluations.
In 2015, such a complaint would not be delivered in such a fashion. Instead of focusing on the rightness or wrongness (or even acceptability) of the materials we reviewed in class, the complaint would center solely on how my teaching affected the student's emotional state. As I cannot speak to the emotions of my students, I could not mount a defense about the acceptability of my instruction. And if I responded in any way other than apologizing and changing the materials we reviewed in class, professional consequences would likely follow.
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This shift in student-teacher dynamic placed many of the traditional goals of higher education — such as having students challenge their beliefs — off limits.
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his sort of misplaced extremism is not confined to Twitter and the comments sections of liberal blogs. It was born in the more extreme and nihilistic corners of academic theory, and its watered-down manifestations on social media have severe real-world implications. In another instance, two female professors of library science publically outed and shamed a male colleague they accused of being creepy at conferences, going so far as to openly celebrate the prospect of ruining his career. I don't doubt that some men are creepy at conferences — they are. And for all I know, this guy might be an A-level creep. But part of the female professors' shtick was the strong insistence that harassment victims should never be asked for proof, that an enunciation of an accusation is all it should ever take to secure a guilty verdict. The identity of the victims overrides the identity of the harasser, and that's all the proof they need.
This is terrifying. No one will ever accept that. And if that becomes a salient part of liberal politics, liberals are going to suffer tremendous electoral defeat.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:09 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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s the strong insistence that harassment victims should never be asked for proof, that an enunciation of an accusation is all it should ever take to secure a guilty verdict.
will be the norm soon enough, if we arent there already.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:10 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
DR;Liberals piss me off
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:14 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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This is terrifying. No one will ever accept that. And if that becomes a salient part of liberal politics, liberals are going to suffer tremendous electoral defeat.
so whats the problem?
sounds like a good thing to me
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:14 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Wait until Ezra Klein finds out this shite was published by HIS libsplaining publication
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:20 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
I appreciate the cred.
I like how he explains that, in today's society, causing emotional discomfort is equal to physical harm.
I weep for the future.
I like how he explains that, in today's society, causing emotional discomfort is equal to physical harm.
I weep for the future.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:24 pm to LSU8654722
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:26 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:That's it, in a nutshell. Your validity is solely based on your victim status. White men = always wrong. Black transgendered vegan homosexuals = always right.
The identity of the victims overrides the identity of the harasser, and that's all the proof they need.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:38 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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This shift in student-teacher dynamic placed many of the traditional goals of higher education — such as having students challenge their beliefs — off limits.
Maybe the professor should stick to presenting facts then.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:38 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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This is terrifying. No one will ever accept that. And if that becomes a salient part of liberal politics, liberals are going to suffer tremendous electoral defeat.
So...win/win?
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:39 pm to Robin Masters
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Maybe the professor should stick to presenting facts then.
These pathetic students complain about reading classical literature.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:42 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:Wouldn't that be an example of harassment right there?
two female professors of library science publically outed and shamed a male colleague they accused of being creepy at conferences, going so far as to openly celebrate the prospect of ruining his career
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:42 pm to CocomoLSU
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So...win/win?
yeah...I don't get why people are mad at this article
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:43 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:They will eat their young.
students challenge their beliefs
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:44 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Meh, this is exaggerated, like always. Pretty soon there will be no tenure, the profs will all be adjuncts, and college education will take place online, provided by private business milking the gubmint teat.
Not sure how they'll maintain SEC football though. Might be the only reason public universities continue to exist.
Not sure how they'll maintain SEC football though. Might be the only reason public universities continue to exist.
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:46 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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liberals are going to suffer tremendous electoral defeat.
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