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If UATX officials want to prevent their school from operating merely as a high-concept redoubt for conservative culture warriors, they should re-commit to the school’s own founding principles, and leave the vitriolic “anti-wokeness” fusillades to podcasters and YouTubers.

Yes.  "If."

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A long but informative article from a former student, they are who we thought they were.

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I speak of the school’s true target audience, of the young neoconservatives who seemed to think trans athletes and immigrants were the greatest threat to the Union, whose high school tuition had cost 4x a degree from a public university, who nodded at UATX speakers with graduate degrees from Berkeley or UChicago as they railed against “elites” and “elite culture” on the office complex of a billionaire. At lunch or between class sessions, you could hear them say interesting things. Consider the remarks of a single afternoon. One student, bravely reviving the pseudoscience of physiognomy, said that if your index finger was longer than your ring finger, that probably meant you were gay. Someone else claimed that 20% of Gen Z identified as LGTBQ. “There’s no way a society can evolve if 20% of its population is gay,” another student added, shaking his head. “Evolve,” in this case, seemed to mean “stay the same” or “turn back the historical clock.” Later, yet another statistic was cited: “7% of France is Muslim.” “Yeah,” a peer replied, “that’s a problem because they don’t want to integrate.”

https://thenewinquiry.com/an-american-education-notes-from-uatx/

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2 hours ago, Blotto said:

https://quillette.com/2025/05/16/is-the-university-of-austin-betraying-its-founding-principles/

Free speech and free thinking, huh? Well, alrighty then. I dont feel any sympathy for the author, as she was too stupid to realize what she was signing up for, and it was pretty obvious all along. 

This is really well written and I think it very difficult to nit pick given the author's history and disclosure levels. Thanks for posting.

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1 hour ago, Hank Scorpio said:

said that if your index finger was longer than your ring finger, that probably meant you were gay

Well that might track 

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3 hours ago, Blotto said:

https://quillette.com/2025/05/16/is-the-university-of-austin-betraying-its-founding-principles/

Free speech and free thinking, huh? Well, alrighty then. I dont feel any sympathy for the author, as she was too stupid to realize what she was signing up for, and it was pretty obvious all along. 

 

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Still, it never crossed my mind that, at UATX of all places, I’d feel pressured to conform to any kind of institutional dogma; or that a more moderate perspective about DEI could be considered what Orwell called thoughtcrime. On the contrary, I assumed that opinions such as mine proved the university’s rule: I could freely express a critique—not just of the university, but of the federal government—believing that my (admittedly rather unoriginal) perspective added to the intellectual diversity of the university.

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14 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

 

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seriously. What on earth makes her think a “university” that is basically founded by the Ben Shapiro group wants diversity in thought? 

Im so tired of these people acting like they had no idea they’d suffer consequences for doing stupid things. Or worse, being so entitled they assume they would Be allowed to be the one allowed who is different. 

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Man.  Go back to, say, page 8 of this thread, and see the usual suspects calling us out for noting the obvious bullshit of the "free speech" and "free thinking" claimed mission of this outfit.  The nature of this endeavor was fully apparent from the get-go.  Surprising to me that some relatively smart people (see the author of the piece above) instead took the institution at its word, and presumed it would actually follow the values it proclaimed (instead of using them as a smokescreen and excuse for being exactly as right-wing dogmatic and anti-free thinking as anyone with a lick of sense knew they would), but some people like to trust.  I get it. But their experience gives us a clear and clean window into the actual function that we all expected.

"Free speech and free thought" my ass.  And fuck anyone who defended this bullshit at its outset, when it was obvious to all exactly what was happening.

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30 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Go back to, say, page 8 of this thread, and see the usual suspects calling us out for noting the obvious bullshit of the "free speech" and "free thinking" claimed mission of this outfit

Does your quote function not work?

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45 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Man.  Go back to, say, page 8 of this thread, and see the usual suspects calling us out for noting the obvious bullshit of the "free speech" and "free thinking" claimed mission of this outfit.  The nature of this endeavor was fully apparent from the get-go.  Surprising to me that some relatively smart people (see the author of the piece above) instead took the institution at its word, and presumed it would actually follow the values it proclaimed (instead of using them as a smokescreen and excuse for being exactly as right-wing dogmatic and anti-free thinking as anyone with a lick of sense knew they would), but some people like to trust.  I get it. But their experience gives us a clear and clean window into the actual function that we all expected.

"Free speech and free thought" my ass.  And fuck anyone who defended this bullshit at its outset, when it was obvious to all exactly what was happening.

It's such a burden being right all the time. 

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3 hours ago, Js1 said:

seriously. What on earth makes her think a “university” that is basically founded by the Ben Shapiro group wants diversity in thought? 

Im so tired of these people acting like they had no idea they’d suffer consequences for doing stupid things. Or worse, being so entitled they assume they would Be allowed to be the one allowed who is different. 

This person got a doctorate of education from Harvard and elsewhere in that article she explains that getting an MBA was what really opened horizons for her intellectually. 
 

So yes she is very stupid and it reflects poorly on Harvard that they gave a PhD to someone who appears completely incapable of recognizing grifting charlatans when she sees them and who also thinks she really got challenged ethically and intellectually at fucking business school. 

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6 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

This person got a doctorate of education from Harvard and elsewhere in that article she explains that getting an MBA was what really opened horizons for her intellectually. 
 

So yes she is very stupid and it reflects poorly on Harvard that they gave a PhD to someone who appears completely incapable of recognizing grifting charlatans when she sees them and who also thinks she really got challenged ethically and intellectually at fucking business school. 

She seems to be one of those certain types of Jew that seem to be quite gullible.  I'm not sure what the defining characteristic is, but it seems a goodly percentage of those with Hebrew surnames outside Israel are a bit whacked out.

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3 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

She seems to be one of those certain types of Jew that seem to be quite gullible.  I'm not sure what the defining characteristic is, but it seems a goodly percentage of those with Hebrew surnames outside Israel are a bit whacked out.

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On 4/2/2025 at 10:05 AM, wildcat09 said:

Sidis makes several thoughtful posts full of really substantive analysis about issues with college admissions

Ana: "oh you're just being antisemitic!" 

Oh that was directed squarely at you bitch and you know it. Not sidis. 

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That Quilette article is entirely too long and needed a better editor. Here is the r key takeaway which speaks for itself and perfectly encapsulates the UATX ethos:

 

”I firmly believed in UATX’s stated mission of fostering free exchange of ideas, academic debate, and constantly challenging members of the academy to defend and discuss their beliefs and principles.  I created an entire institute dedicated to these ideals and partnered with them to advance that mission. Then I made a LinkedIn post about DEI that upset one of the institution’s wealthy financiers and they fired me.” 

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I don’t understand what she’s trying to say. They never even remotely hid the ball about what they were doing. It’s been crystal clear what “academic freedom” means to this group, same as “free speech” and “freedoms of religion.” They’re arguing it to the Supreme Court and winning. What on earth could lead anyone to believe that this school was anything other than maga u?

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27 minutes ago, 'stache said:

I don’t understand what she’s trying to say. They never even remotely hid the ball about what they were doing. It’s been crystal clear what “academic freedom” means to this group, same as “free speech” and “freedoms of religion.” They’re arguing it to the Supreme Court and winning. What on earth could lead anyone to believe that this school was anything other than maga u?

This idiot is the equivalent of an LGBT+ student enrolling in Liberty and being surprised Pikachu face that they won't let you start a Gay-Straight Alliance or Pride event. 

Or enrolling in Baylor and refusing to attend chapel services because you're an atheist. 

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19 hours ago, Blotto said:

https://quillette.com/2025/05/16/is-the-university-of-austin-betraying-its-founding-principles/

Free speech and free thinking, huh? Well, alrighty then. I dont feel any sympathy for the author, as she was too stupid to realize what she was signing up for, and it was pretty obvious all along. 

A Conservative University would squash opposing thoughts while touting free speech and free thinking?

 

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18 hours ago, Hank Scorpio said:

A long but informative article from a former student, they are who we thought they were.

https://thenewinquiry.com/an-american-education-notes-from-uatx/

I'm on chapter 74 of this article, and just came across this quote.

 

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In the ensuing Q&A, however, at least one person in the audience evinced disappointment. This student asked Bari Weiss why a school that promised “constructive debate” had failed to invite any speakers who were left-of-center. Weiss had difficulty with that one. Perhaps because it so plainly pointed to what most attendees knew but blithely kept unspoken. UATX quite clearly embraces some “truths” over others, and the discussions it fosters are like those that might take place at the Hoover Institution or a rightwing message board. There was only the most superficial range to the opinions and ideas held. Almost all the speakers droned smugly on about the same points. DEI is ruining higher education. Women’s Studies and Ethnic Studies are worthless. “Gender ideology” is destroying America’s social and moral fabric. IQ is the best measure of merit. These positions have as their end the maintenance—the naturalization—of existing race and class hierarchies. Inviting speakers from the left would pose an obstacle to that naturalization.

I wonder if there are two people dumb enough to attend that didn't realize what it was, or if this was the author of the prior article?

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18 hours ago, Hank Scorpio said:

UATX speakers with graduate degrees from Berkeley or UChicago as they railed against “elites” and “elite culture” on the office complex of a billionaire

This part always makes me laugh the most 

The people who attended those institutions and are the elite rail against those institutions and the elite and the drones in the audience just clap and nod 

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3 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

That Quilette article is entirely too long and needed a better editor. Here is the r key takeaway which speaks for itself and perfectly encapsulates the UATX ethos:

 

”I firmly believed in UATX’s stated mission of fostering free exchange of ideas, academic debate, and constantly challenging members of the academy to defend and discuss their beliefs and principles.  I created an entire institute dedicated to these ideals and partnered with them to advance that mission. Then I made a LinkedIn post about DEI that upset one of the institution’s wealthy financiers and they fired me.” 

Leopards, face, yada yada yada...

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30 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

I wonder what percentage of that student body walks around with calipers in their pocket. You know it's not 0.

Only when attending class at their new medical school.  Can't remember who they named it after... 

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Can’t we sue for copyright infringement or trademark infringement or some legal shit where they are forced to say “The University of Austin - brought to you by MyPillow” just so people don’t get fooled? And by people I mean the ones who need the legal disclaimers on things so they don’t ingest poison because it wasn’t clearly written on the label. 

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4 hours ago, Js1 said:

This part always makes me laugh the most 

The people who attended those institutions and are the elite rail against those institutions and the elite and the drones in the audience just clap and nod 

We need Men of the People to defend us against elite institutions, men like Ted Cruz and George W. Bush who attended...*checks notes* well, never mind.

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