tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post5337452209998167127..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Rage Against the White ElitesStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-32356545596903970462015-11-16T05:53:31.378-08:002015-11-16T05:53:31.378-08:00I generally like spell check, but there are times ...I generally like spell check, but there are times when I would like to do damage to the people who came up with it especially when it tries to think for you.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-84195552546199318252015-11-16T05:41:16.552-08:002015-11-16T05:41:16.552-08:00I would suggest that the most apt term I have seen...I would suggest that the most apt term I have seen for much of the drivel that emanates from academe and its environs is "The Salem Witch Trials." I would also, by extension, define what has been pushed by feminism is a larger form of the same philosophy. NOTE all of the various rights like due process, free speech, et al under attack by those who lack the intellectual skill to operate in a free society.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/opinion/sunday/a-crisis-our-universities-deserve.html?_r=1<br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/on-american-campuses-freedom-from-speech/2015/11/13/98d33faa-8966-11e5-9a07-453018f9a0ec_story.html?postshare=391447638790718&tid=ss_fb<br /><br />When one has, in academe, a professoriate that lacks the courage of their convictions then one gets graduates the reflect that. Sadly, too many of these people have had freedom without consequence that, even with the example of Paris and terrorism,they don't realize how quickly it can disappear. There seems to be a disconnect in the recognition of the how where, what they take for granted came about.<br />If they want to know how Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini et al came about all they have to do is look in the mirror for they are the dictators and fascists of today.<br /> with the same desire for power and control.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-47145781899351903592015-11-15T06:17:48.713-08:002015-11-15T06:17:48.713-08:00One thing I notice is that these episodes of compl...One thing I notice is that these episodes of complaining and venting are associated with schools with a critical mass of females in the student population.<br /><br />It is hard to imagine that this foolishness would occur at an institution that is mostly male. If males get riled up, it is usually real and serious.<br /><br />This is what happens when you get large groups of women together. That is why there are no successful all-female corporations, bands (other than some flash in the pan novelty group) or otherwise serious organizations. If you had your own business and were serious about success, would you hire an all female staff? If you were a female owner, would you hire all girls?<br /><br />These campus incidents are pointing to the erosion of university education. The university is now another "stamp" that must be collected and is really a socialization mechanism. The black students are there to get a social approval stamp. When they sense that they still cannot "fit in" they feel sold out. The males will accept it, work hard and move on. The females will shout out and complain - asking for male support in a way.<br /><br />Anyway, the internet is going to transform education in the next generation. The bricks and mortar institutions will slowly degrade and will remain as a means of social proof. The really bright people will learn everything they have on on line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-88066826227771652742015-11-12T19:10:20.263-08:002015-11-12T19:10:20.263-08:00The 1 minute video clip (and transcript) at Reason...The 1 minute video clip (and transcript) at Reason is instructive, although I'm not sure what lesson we can learn. My personal lesson would be "Don't argue when you're angry, and if you do, hope no one is recording your incoherence for the world to see."<br /><br />But I could also go to George Bernard Shaw's quote against "being reasonable":<br />"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."<br /><br />Somehow these loud angry people are forcing issues to the forefront that are never convenient to talk about. So all of us who want to "be reasonable" and step back and see what truth we can find in that rage we can't personally endorse. At least we know creativity can follow destructive rage, especially if you're suddenly willing to talk about something that previously had to be suppressed.<br /><br />If no one's livelihood was at stake, and everyone's physical safety intact, my preference would be to "let the experiment progress naturally, let the anger work itself out." <br /><br />And usually the loudest people are those who feel powerless in some way, so if you can find a way to give them power or responsibility, the tables will suddenly be turned, and they'll be accountable for other people's immature rage and blaming.<br /><br />The chaos within the Republican party is of a similar reasoned irrationality. That student was only too happy to have that guy resign for failing his responsibility (as she saw it), than to see he had any redeeming virtues within him. <br /><br />Similar the republican voters seem interested in punishing qualified candidates on the grounds that they are qualified, because "the pattern" is clear. You vote for people who say one thing, and do something else. But we'll see how far this "temper tantrum" goes among the republican voters.<br /><br />Sometimes if you just let someone rage and listen, and don't try to contradict them, their rage will become spent, and they'll calm down and look for common ground again rather than scalps.<br /><br />There is some sort of art of leadership, and perhaps the most important part of that art is to not panic, be patience, seeing "This too shall pass."<br /><br />Maybe Yale will rehire Christakis after some process of clarity of purpose for his role.<br /><br />Maybe this will lead to new discussions for all college students, an agreement like: <br />"By attending this school, I take responsibility for my own discomfort, and if I can't handle a space of open intellectual freedom, I will temporarily withdraw or ask for help without making others wrong for being or thinking differently, and if that process fails me, I will acknowledge I am not emotionally suitable for a University education, and I will resign my role as student."<br /><br />Well, something on that line.Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-39593898303497290162015-11-12T16:32:52.231-08:002015-11-12T16:32:52.231-08:00I hope they do succeed in shutting colleges down. ...I hope they do succeed in shutting colleges down. All of them. Consequences create clarity. Layoffs for college professors, administrators, clerical workers, student work-study people, etc. All of them. Cut all subsidies to communist theoreticians. Watch the pain. We're grilling Trump about how awful it will be when immigrants get deported. Let's see what it's like when those head-in-the-clouds workers in higher education are prevented from earning a living. Idiots must suffer so we can carry on as a sensible society, especially when they choose their suffering by filling these minds with such tripe. And who cares? They'll find $15 an hour jobs. They're everywhere. -$$$Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-39792225161992394342015-11-12T13:02:28.534-08:002015-11-12T13:02:28.534-08:00"When many students of color go to Yale they ..."When many students of color go to Yale they feel like they are in a foreign culture. They do not know the rules, do not know the game, and do not know what they should or should not do to belong to the group."<br /><br />One would think that the main rule is 'study hard and plan for the future', but gee, that advice might be 'racist'. What isn't these days? priss rulesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-65253691171595907032015-11-12T13:00:45.349-08:002015-11-12T13:00:45.349-08:00A lot of black students in elite colleges are actu...A lot of black students in elite colleges are actually not members of the black American community. Many happen to be immigrant blacks, often of Igbo background. Igbo of Nigeria are thought to have high IQ compared to most Africans. <br /><br />So, ironically, Affirmative Action is now used to favor the descendants of slave sellers(as blacks captured slaves and sold them to whites). <br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/24/us/top-colleges-take-more-blacks-but-which-ones.html?pagewanted=all<br /><br />Also, it is not true that most black students in colleges come from the ghetto. If anything, Affirmative Action favors affluent and middle class blacks over poor whites(who often score better on tests than blacks). <br /><br />The reason why blacks tend to stick together is because they want to. But it's not unusual for Jewish students to hang with Jews, Asian students to hang with Asians, etc. <br /><br />But in general, the loudest and most disruptive student body tends to be black. <br />I know from experience. <br />But OF COURSE, it is so raaaaaaaaaaacist to say blacks tend to be louder and rowdier. <br /><br />priss rulesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-4068476095280987602015-11-12T12:55:19.600-08:002015-11-12T12:55:19.600-08:00Favorite culture among blacks is rap music. Blacks...Favorite culture among blacks is rap music. Blacks are into thug culture and 'ho' culture. But they complain about how they are such sensitive and scared victims of white bigotry? <br /><br />We also need to redefine 'racism'. Ism means belief, so race-ism should just mean belief in races and racial differences. It should just mean honest talk about race. <br /><br />We need it more than ever. Without such honest talk, we have everything being called 'racist'--like calling any woman a 'witch'--and the automatic conclusion that anything labeled as 'racist' is wrong or evil. <br /><br />But we need honest talk about black violence and black academic failure and why. priss rulesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-24370960949964327512015-11-12T10:49:53.745-08:002015-11-12T10:49:53.745-08:00Given current college debating styles and its conc...Given current college debating styles and its concept of 'justice', today's reality isn't much different from the court scene in IDIOCRACY. <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn200lvmTZc<br /><br />As with illegal immigration issue, the problem is a combination of PC and Corporatization. <br /><br />Yes, PC does rule the university, but the refusal of the football team played a key role in forcing the president to resign. <br />Yes, FOOTBALL. <br /><br />Hollers and Dollars.<br /><br />Likewise, the homo thing and amnesty thing have the backing of both PC and Big Money.priss rulesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-59692407692972857312015-11-12T09:47:50.856-08:002015-11-12T09:47:50.856-08:00I'm pretty sure that the Yale student's pr...I'm pretty sure that the Yale student's problem was not that she was unable to fit in with a group due to lack of affluence or social skills.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.com