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18 minutes ago, Damor said:

I don't disagree with you in principle, and my poorly organized thoughts don't convey it well, but I am mentally picturing the flood of brain rot on TikTok and what's considered within bounds to shout at your derrrp buddies while playing Helldivers.

A "professional" comedian who will be held accountable socially and economically for their hot takes is another fair issue for discussion, but not what I was envisioning, but thank you, as I was very unclear.

Yeah I just think the same principle applies, albeit maybe a bit differently. Most people aren't going to yell at you in person or at the poker table or in your video game if you're joking around and not being a dickhead, you know?

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41 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

I might get some push back on this but I think it's important to draw a distinction between racial humor and racism. Racial humor is fine, as long as it's actually funny, isn't punching down, isn't mean spirited, and isn't leaning into actually harmful stereotypes. The same goes with things like LGBT topics and beyond.

Can you give an example of some good racial humor that doesn't lean into harmful stereotypes?

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12 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Here's some actual footage of the incident.  Almost without doubt a political plant.  And the student in question is a dumbshit.

Is this an actual student? I mean aggy is dumb but I don't think they are this dumb. 

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20 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

Yeah I just think the same principle applies, albeit maybe a bit differently. Most people aren't going to yell at you in person or at the poker table or in your video game if you're joking around and not being a dickhead, you know?

I guess I just feel that the sheer volume of it on stupid social media and relative lack of accountability allows the gradual ratcheting down and blurring of lines between what's intended as ironic humor and what's just racism veiled in humor.  Particularly because the "humor" is usually really stupid and/or absurd either way.  In other words, the dismal tide.

But there I go just being old again. /principalskinner

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16 minutes ago, Laguna said:

Can you give an example of some good racial humor that doesn't lean into harmful stereotypes?

There are plenty of examples.

Bill Burr is very good at this. Dave Chappelle, even though I criticized him earlier, is probably the GOAT at using racial humor in this way. Chapelle's Show used racial humor probably better than any other medium ever has. Hell, the very first episode had one of the greatest comedy sketches of all time that, taking the awful, degrading language of racial hatred and using it in the most ironic way possible. He used racial humor and stereotypes to hold up a mirror to America to try and showcase how ridiculous they were.

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3 hours ago, Brian Fantana said:

Bill Burr is very good at this. Dave Chappelle, even though I criticized him earlier, is probably the GOAT at using racial humor in this way. 


Ironically, Bill Burr’s wife worked on the Chappelle Show during its first season (but he wasn’t on there until a  year later when she had moved on)  Her dad worked at the Apollo and that’s how he knew Burr (she met him through her dad or something along those lines).  She was working on Colin Quinn’s show on Comedy Central when he guest-started on it as well and they started dating or something - he’s talked about it a lot

And pretty sure she’d beat his ass if he crossed any lines.

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7 hours ago, F250 said:

Is this an actual student? I mean aggy is dumb but I don't think they are this dumb. 

shit's sad man.

and i found evidence of the course description that is from an archive before they changed it and the more recent one both indicating that the professor did not diverge from the course description.

I just wish more people understood the negative impact all this crap is having on Texas higher education regardless of someone's political/religious belief. It is scaring talent from wanting to work here.

This was the course description on February 23rd before it was removed.
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Current one:

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10 hours ago, Vegas64 said:

Going to college used to be a Rumspringa for our young.

Go out to the world for 4 years and be quasi-autonomous and independent.

Go explore.

Try on new ideas and new strategies, learn new things, stretch yourselves and experience things in a quasi-safe place. It typically has a beginning and an end, and you will be better, more well-rounded and thoughtful for the wear. Maybe some things get unlocked or perhaps you just get to validate and reinforce some things you held dear already. Whatever. The point is to actually engage in experience(s).

In a digital world dominated by online, parasocial and social media relationships where life is experienced through screens (even a lot of classes via zoom, apparently), we've lost a lot of the experiential aspects of college I think.

And with the lose of real life, physical experiences I think we've lost the critical mass aspects that now, in a sort of vicious cycle, make those experiences more risky and dangerous. 

I'd add two elements to this... 

Protective parenting and an extensively online culture have dimished the capacity and capabilities for engaging in face to face conversations with people who hold different ideas or have different life experiences. Combined with the worship of 'tolerance' rather than understanding, boundaries are drawn and enforced with overreactive responses. 

The valid and important conversation about the cost of higher education can shift expectations away from learning and towards certification. The latter sees college as a commodity, and it follows that expectations for return on investment would support egocentric behavior (which is also still developmentally appropriate for young adults). Put differently... "I'm paying your salary, do what I want and get me a job". Colleges are deeply responsible for this mindset, particularly in their focus on 'investment' language and the arms race of amenities that many *resorts* campuses have pursued. You can't treat people like customers and then be surprised when they want to always be right. 

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The younger generation is so intolerant because they are tolerant of a lot of bullshit nonsense ideas. Their bullshit detection meters are low to non-existent because they spend the majority of their lives on the internet instead of sniffing out bullshit the old fashioned way in person. This lack of real world interaction creates the opportunity for all the bullshit nonsense to take root in their minds.  

I recently had to explain to my nephews that they shouldn’t buy things from a guy who is constantly saying how “legit” his products were. They were surprised at the notion that someone using the word “legit” was not selling a decent product. Maybe they’re just stupid kids,  but hearing a guy say something is “legit” on the Internet doesn’t ping your common sense meter the same way a sleazy salesman does saying the word “legit” during an in-person interaction. That’s what kids are lacking these days. 

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42 minutes ago, NWBuck said:

I'd add two elements to this... 

Protective parenting and an extensively online culture have dimished the capacity and capabilities for engaging in face to face conversations with people who hold different ideas or have different life experiences. Combined with the worship of 'tolerance' rather than understanding, boundaries are drawn and enforced with overreactive responses. 

The valid and important conversation about the cost of higher education can shift expectations away from learning and towards certification. The latter sees college as a commodity, and it follows that expectations for return on investment would support egocentric behavior (which is also still developmentally appropriate for young adults). Put differently... "I'm paying your salary, do what I want and get me a job". Colleges are deeply responsible for this mindset, particularly in their focus on 'investment' language and the arms race of amenities that many *resorts* campuses have pursued. You can't treat people like customers and then be surprised when they want to always be right. 

Preach it brother. The irony (to me) is that protective parenting has actually been more harmful to the brain chemistry and abilities of the youth to interact in today's society, as the kids fell into screens and sink into the abyss of online.

However, maybe when they are in their prime earning years, they will have been served well, as everyone will be productive with AI agents and the only humans needed in organizations will be the aging forward deployed engineers of today.

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12 hours ago, Brian Fantana said:

There are plenty of examples.

Bill Burr is very good at this. Dave Chappelle, even though I criticized him earlier, is probably the GOAT at using racial humor in this way. Chapelle's Show used racial humor probably better than any other medium ever has. Hell, the very first episode had one of the greatest comedy sketches of all time that, taking the awful, degrading language of racial hatred and using it in the most ironic way possible. He used racial humor and stereotypes to hold up a mirror to America to try and showcase how ridiculous they were.

Chapelle has talked about regretting the racial humor in Chappelle's show. Talks about being out with his family and a bunch of white college dudes yelling out the N word and he had the realization that not everyone in his audience was laughing at the irony, they were just happy to hear the word and have an excuse to repeat it

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4 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

A student who is disrupting a class like this should be told to sit down and STFU or leave. Don’t like the content or disagree? Professors have structured times for students to question or push back. If you’re really pissed you can leave, you can write letters to the paper or dean, you can stand outside with a placard.

I would like to add on to this that typically it is against student conduct to film your colleagues in class (even if from the back) but as this student was most likely intentionally clout chasing, and doxxing the lecturer was also most likely the intent-- what is doubly concerning is if that type of behavior (specifically the filming/editing) is normalized, welcome to surveillance McCarthyism vers. 2. The lecturer has been canned, but I imagine the death threats that she received and the chatter around that will serve as the methodology going forward. Because indoctrination is their buzzword and that is only allowed by those holding the purse-strings. The way viewers and readers often accept the 'news' wholecloth with a lack of skeptical inquiry as to how colleges, the departments within those colleges, curricula, and courses work (the claim that the instructor was 'teaching' educators how to 'groom' children was one of the more frequent charges I saw online and by alumni of the institution) proves the point that many may attend college but few actually bother to learn anything while they are there. At this point, certificates issued by state higher education campuses are probably the best way to go even if it is to the detriment of the state and country and individuals not in the top wealthiest classes. Pay your money and the State will give you a piece of paper. Now wipe your butt and leave.

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Edit to add: this may seem a little Cloaky, but considering it was a state senator that brought out the tar and feathers, it is a blurry blurry line these days.
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3 hours ago, cmontexas said:

Chapelle has talked about regretting the racial humor in Chappelle's show. Talks about being out with his family and a bunch of white college dudes yelling out the N word and he had the realization that not everyone in his audience was laughing at the irony, they were just happy to hear the word and have an excuse to repeat it

I remember him talking about this and honestly, that's just not something you can control. Some people are going to take your humor in the wrong way.

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38 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

I would like to add on to this that typically it is against student conduct to film your colleagues in class (even if from the back) but as this student was most likely intentionally clout chasing, and doxxing the lecturer was also most likely the intent-- what is doubly concerning is if that type of behavior (specifically the filming/editing) is normalized, welcome to surveillance McCarthyism vers. 2. The lecturer has been canned, but I imagine the death threats that she received and the chatter around that will serve as the methodology going forward. Because indoctrination is their buzzword and that is only allowed by those holding the purse-strings. The way viewers and readers often accept the 'news' wholecloth with a lack of skeptical inquiry as to how colleges, the departments within those colleges, curricula, and courses work (the claim that the instructor was 'teaching' educators how to 'groom' children was one of the more frequent charges I saw online and by alumni of the institution) proves the point that many may attend college but few actually bother to learn anything while they are there. At this point, certificates issued by state higher education campuses are probably the best way to go even if it is to the detriment of the state and country and individuals not in the top wealthiest classes. Pay your money and the State will give you a piece of paper. Now wipe your butt and leave.

Maybe she initially tried office hours, scheduling a meeting with the Dean, emails back and forth to the dean in July, meeting with the President, and nothing happened. Maybe she only resorted to filming and recording the content to he them the finally believe her? Maybe after the leadership saw the videos, heard the audio, did they finally fire the professor?

no way. She just filmed it from day one and went straight to doxxing everyone online. Right? 

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Something did happen; the Head of English, the Dean, and the person in charge of faculty affairs had a sit down with the instructor when the issue first arose. IIRC, this specific student as well as others in the short course were offered opportunities to receive credit and it should've ended there. The DH was already working with faculty in that department to ensure that course descriptions, curricula, and course content were more in alignment for fall semester but this type of process has to work its way through protocols and scheduling (fall schedules are determined and set by early spring usually). So, yeah, this news was going to go this way regardless because the end result was what they wanted--exposure and a firing and it will continue as it gives more impetus for the governor to implement the overarching plan to remold universities.

 The whole thing was arranged and done stupidly by all, but it's A&M so my expectations were met.

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6 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Something did happen; the Head of English, the Dean, and the person in charge of faculty affairs had a sit down with the instructor when the issue first arose. IIRC, this specific student as well as others in the short course were offered opportunities to receive credit and it should've ended there. The DH was already working with faculty in that department to ensure that course descriptions, curricula, and course content were more in alignment for fall semester but this type of process has to work its way through protocols and scheduling (fall schedules are determined and set by early spring usually). So, yeah, this news was going to go this way regardless because the end result was what they wanted--exposure and a firing and it will continue as it gives more impetus for the governor to implement the overarching plan to remold universities.

 The whole thing was arranged and done stupidly by all, but it's A&M so my expectations were met.

If the end result was firing, why did it not happen back in July before the videos and audio were released? The Dean and Professor only were fired this week after the release? 

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5 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

There’s been a slide towards accepting almost all outbursts of opinion, no matter how incoherent or disruptive, as legitimate expression that must be accommodated. To the point where disruption of others‘ free expression or preventing people from hearing ideas you don’t like is elevated to an equal level of expression.

And it speaks to a deeper trend - we see really stupid fucking ideas being accommodated.  We have a President who, when caught lying, immediately shouts out "FAKE NEWS FAKE NEWS" and the media doesn't push back. We see dumbasses in our government talking about chemtrails as if they were real or saying maybe we shouldn't be too harsh on the flat earthers or moon landing deniers, and they aren't being mocked for that, or worse, that 9/11 was a false-flag operation (look at how Laura Loomer was around Trump and how much influence she wields). The most popular podcaster adopts whatever beliefs the person sitting in front of him has, so tens of millions of people who think he is an authority figure are nodding along say "well maybe we didn't land on the moon!"

40 years ago, these people used to have an audience that consisted of themselves, hanging out in the back of a bookstore, and occasionally a kid in junior high who was bored at the mall and hanging out in B.Dalton and looking at all of the spiffy covers and blurbs on their books.  We used to shove these people's heads in the toilet and flush it or give them wedgies. Here in 2025, these people are pushing the dumbest fucking conspiracy theories on platforms that spread their bullshit around to millions, unchecked, within seconds, and they are spreading it to people who are vulnerable to this bullshit - our parents/aunts/uncles who, for whatever reason, have lost whatever critical thinking skills they had when it comes to the internet. And when they hit the mainstream (MTG, etc.), they don't get pushback from the media because the media is afraid of them. We should not have state legislatures "banning chemtrails" and they should be routinely mocked, but they aren't outside of the Jon Stewarts. 

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I'm still a bit confused on the "facts" of this story.

1. Student films professor in class.

2. Student meets with school President who says, "what do you want me to do fire her?  That ain't happening!! [correct response in my opinion]

3. Student goes public or at least reaches out to her state rep

4 . School President decides / is compelled to not only fire the professor, but also the department head and the Dean. 

5. Justification for all of the firings is that they are not following the course description / syllabus by including gender discussion when it had been purged over the Summer in an effort to comply with Exec Order.

 

What a shitshow, terrible look for an institution of higher learning, but to be honest in a world where Ivy League joints are paying extortion payments to the neighborhood goons, I'm not sure we should expect principled stands to be the response in SEC outposts. 

SAD!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

 

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4 minutes ago, Texas Fight said:

If the end result was firing, why did it not happen back in July before the videos and audio were released? The Dean and Professor only were fired this week after the release? 

I don't think that's what she meant - she probably meant in today's day and age, as soon as the video was released, the end result was always going to be the professor gets fired. And "they" being Texas political powers, not A&M per say. Correct me if I'm wrong here @Mrs Whiggins

34 minutes ago, Texas Fight said:

Maybe she initially tried office hours, scheduling a meeting with the Dean, emails back and forth to the dean in July, meeting with the President, and nothing happened. Maybe she only resorted to filming and recording the content to he them the finally believe her? Maybe after the leadership saw the videos, heard the audio, did they finally fire the professor?

no way. She just filmed it from day one and went straight to doxxing everyone online. Right? 

What about this student screams "reasonable" to you? Other than that she is on the same side of the transgender issue as you.

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5 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

And there’s undoubtedly been a trend towards accepting and  accommodating disruptive “expression” that has only the goal of silencing voices you don’t like. And every time the curators of spaces intended for dialogue, exchange of ideas, and learning treat that form of disagreement and disruption as acceptable, they send the message that it is effective and legitimate.  

And then we have things like online gaming- those of us who play the various online games see and hear a lot of stupid shit coming out the mouths of middle-schoolers (or younger).  A lot of racist and misogynistic bullshit, but overall just a lot of stupid shit, and these little shits get used to this - if they behaved this way during PE or with other kids in-person, they'd get their asses beat.  But they do it for hours every day online, with no pushback, and in fact encouragement from their peers and while they initially may not realize the impact of what they are saying at their age, eventually, down the line, it has to influence their personality. It becomes normalized.

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4 minutes ago, orange dream said:

I'm still a bit confused on the "facts" of this story.

1. Student films professor in class.

2. Student meets with school President who says, "what do you want me to do fire her?  That ain't happening!! [correct response in my opinion]

3. Student goes public or at least reaches out to her state rep

4 . School President decides / is compelled to not only fire the professor, but also the department head and the Dean. 

5. Justification for all of the firings is that they are not following the course description / syllabus by including gender discussion when it had been purged over the Summer in an effort to comply with Exec Order.

 

What a shitshow, terrible look for an institution of higher learning, but to be honest in a world where Ivy League joints are paying extortion payments to the neighborhood goons, I'm not sure we should expect principled stands to be the response in SEC outposts. 

SAD!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

 

6.  Governor Broken Dick gets involved because he hasn't yet seen a stupid culture wars fight he can roll his wheels through

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1 minute ago, dieucla98 said:

I don't think that's what she meant - she probably meant in today's day and age, as soon as the video was released, the end result was always going to be the professor gets fired. And "they" being Texas political powers, not A&M per say. Correct me if I'm wrong here @Mrs Whiggins

What about this student screams "reasonable" to you? Other than that she is on the same side of the transgender issue as you.

If a professor is told to teach evolution and not creation, but says fuck it, I’m teaching creation, then the professor is wrong. If they believe in creation, go find a school that allows that to be the content.

This school, in this course, says you can only teach 2 genders. Period. That’s it. Nothing more/less. The professor didn’t like/ageee with it. She can teach it and face consequences or she can find an institution that allows her to teach it.

The student, by all accounts, tools this through the appropriate channels. She was offered an A in the class. She didn’t want that. She wanted the content taught. The department continued to teach the content contrary to the school approved curriculum and has been fired.  

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2 minutes ago, Texas Fight said:

If a professor is told to teach evolution and not creation, but says fuck it, I’m teaching creation, then the professor is wrong. If they believe in creation, go find a school that allows that to be the content.

This school, in this course, says you can only teach 2 genders. Period. That’s it. Nothing more/less. The professor didn’t like/ageee with it. She can teach it and face consequences or she can find an institution that allows her to teach it.

The student, by all accounts, tools this through the appropriate channels. She was offered an A in the class. She didn’t want that. She wanted the content taught. The department continued to teach the content contrary to the school approved curriculum and has been fired.  

LOL. Ok. Keep those eyes blinded.

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28 minutes ago, orange dream said:

I'm still a bit confused on the "facts" of this story.

1. Student films professor in class.

2. Student meets with school President who says, "what do you want me to do fire her?  That ain't happening!! [correct response in my opinion]

3. Student goes public or at least reaches out to her state rep

4 . School President decides / is compelled to not only fire the professor, but also the department head and the Dean. 

5. Justification for all of the firings is that they are not following the course description / syllabus by including gender discussion when it had been purged over the Summer in an effort to comply with Exec Order.

 

What a shitshow, terrible look for an institution of higher learning, but to be honest in a world where Ivy League joints are paying extortion payments to the neighborhood goons, I'm not sure we should expect principled stands to be the response in SEC outposts. 

SAD!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

 

I think that's a bullshit, childish response. She never asked for the prof to be fired so why would anyone but a stupid aggy bring it up? He should have told her this is what the syllabus description. This is what the prof is going to teach. This is departmental policy. This is school policy. If you don't like it, you can go to school at a different school.

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Answer to the OP:

 

Because you liberal boomers have sat back and let the West fall apart while you benefitted from a beautiful system and we are the ones that have to deal with trying to survive with inflation, immigration etc. 

It is not more difficult than this.

Oh look, a neg, instead of discussion. How tolerant the people are!

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7 minutes ago, Hard Times said:

I think that's a bullshit, childish response. She never asked for the prof to be fired so why would anyone but a stupid aggy bring it up? He should have told her this is what the syllabus description. This is what the prof is going to teach. This is departmental policy. This is school policy. If you don't like it, you can go to school at a different school.

What is the BS childish response?  The student's response to the content? The President asking if student wants the professor fired? The Student saying "yes" I want her fired? The school's reversal of its initial response and ultimately deciding to fire the professor, the dept head and the dean?

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18 minutes ago, Texas Fight said:

This school, in this course, says you can only teach 2 genders. Period. That’s it. Nothing more/less.

Oh...it says that?  Where.  Show us the prohibition on a class examining YA literature -- contemporary versions of which can include different gender recognition and constructs -- that actually PROHIBITS recognizing that and reflecting it in a class on YA literature.  Can you do that?  Or is this just the broad say-so of "the legislature banned 'DEI,' and that means no talking about anything some reactionary legislator in Conroe says is 'woke?'"  Because if that's the rationale....yeah, we're in full-on "thought-police," and anything the regime or its mouthpieces declares to be apostasy must be punished immediately and to maximum effect.

God, this is all so dumb.

And also, the video gotcha bullshit is toxic as hell.  My son was just talking about this to me the other night, as we were discussing generational differences.  He and his friends have observed that Gen Alpha and young Gen Z are TERRIFIED of being caught on video being "cringe," which is often going to be something taken wildly out of context etc.  As in, they are even afraid of letting loose if they're dancing at a club, because some asshole will record you dancing with your arms flailing, post a tik-tok of "look at this retarded octopus dance!", it goes viral and gets 20 million views and for the rest of your days, because you were goofing off with your chick on a dance floor for 30 seconds, you're "retarded octopus guy."  Or, you say something that in isolation sounds cringey, racist, cruel, what have you, and that 20 second clip of you goes viral and defines your identity and life forever.  It's paralyzing.

And yeah, he and his friends have observed on multiple occasions someone trying to surreptitiously record their conversation, activities, etc., maybe for the purpose of posting a tik tok or somesuch.  Back in our day....this shit wasn't recorded.  We had the security of being silly, even stupid, as we were young and growing up and learning behavior and boundaries.

As for tolerating stupid ideas, yeah, that's a problem as well.  Shutting down performative idiocy is a healthy thing.  I remember in undergrad, there was a gal in my philosophy class (teacher was the dep't chair) who was super-crunchy liberal feminist.  I mean, EVERYTHING came back to feminism.  You couldn't order a cup of coffee without her lecturing you on the patriarchy of coffee plantations or some shit.  So, during a lecture on Kant, she raises her hand and asked some long-ass narrative question about "wasn't Kant's theory on blah blah blah as it relates to blah blah blah really just a statement of feminist power?"  Prof just looks at her... "No." Then continues his lecture.  It was magnificent, and totally deflated her self-important balloon.  

Stupid ideas are stupid.  Stop treating them as anything but stupid ideas.  "You have to admit, chemtrails are worth discussing."  No they aren't.  They are a fever dream of imaginary bullshit spouted by abject morons who are terrible at logical reasoning.  End of discussion.  We aren't going to debate utter idiocy.  We're going to say "No," and move on.

 

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25 minutes ago, Texas Fight said:

If a professor is told to teach evolution and not creation, but says fuck it, I’m teaching creation, then the professor is wrong. If they believe in creation, go find a school that allows that to be the content.

This school, in this course, says you can only teach 2 genders. Period. That’s it. Nothing more/less. The professor didn’t like/ageee with it. She can teach it and face consequences or she can find an institution that allows her to teach it.

The student, by all accounts, tools this through the appropriate channels. She was offered an A in the class. She didn’t want that. She wanted the content taught. The department continued to teach the content contrary to the school approved curriculum and has been fired.  

Holy shit you’re pathetic. Like sadly stupidly pathetic. Even if you don’t like it on a personal level, transgenderism exists, in practice and in literature. What legitimate basis does a government have to say you can’t mention it at all? Why should a professor be forced to avoid discussions of real issues? What kind of bitchass little student would have such a visceral reaction to it even being mentioned? It’s all cloak room. Creationism is taught in public schools by the way, in religious and historical studies discussing various world beliefs, it just can’t be preached as truth to the exclusion of other beliefs. And evolution is taught as a theory based on scientific research, not religion. This issue is so sad and pathetic. 

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4 minutes ago, Baldwin said:

Answer to the OP:

 

Because you liberal boomers have sat back and let the West fall apart while you benefitted from a beautiful system and we are the ones that have to deal with trying to survive with inflation, immigration etc. 

It is not more difficult than this.

Oh look, a neg, instead of discussion. How tolerant the people are!

The classic "it's your fault that I had to vote for a child rapist!"

Been seeing this a lot now.

 

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5 minutes ago, Baldwin said:

Answer to the OP:

 

Because you liberal boomers have sat back and let the West fall apart while you benefitted from a beautiful system and we are the ones that have to deal with trying to survive with inflation, immigration etc. 

It is not more difficult than this.

Oh look, a neg, instead of discussion. How tolerant the people are!

So, it is your position that prior generations of "The West" has never dealt with inflation or immigration prior to the current era?  That's a take.

Also, I'm certain that the OP is NOT a boomer. You probably have him on liberal though. ha ha

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7 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Oh...it says that?  Where.  Show us the prohibition on a class examining YA literature -- contemporary versions of which can include different gender recognition and constructs -- that actually PROHIBITS recognizing that and reflecting it in a class on YA literature.  Can you do that?  Or is this just the broad say-so of "the legislature banned 'DEI,' and that means no talking about anything some reactionary legislator in Conroe says is 'woke?'"  Because if that's the rationale....yeah, we're in full-on "thought-police," and anything the regime or its mouthpieces declares to be apostasy must be punished immediately and to maximum effect.

 

Everything I don't like/agree with/understand is DEI! 

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5 minutes ago, orange dream said:

So, it is your position that prior generations of "The West" has never dealt with inflation or immigration prior to the current era?  That's a take.

Also, I'm certain that the OP is NOT a boomer. You probably have him on liberal though. ha ha

No he means DEI and woke and therefore all bad things are cause libruls. Oh and Mexicans are all criminals therefore inflation. He’s a typical maga dipshit.

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15 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Oh...it says that?  Where.  Show us the prohibition on a class examining YA literature -- contemporary versions of which can include different gender recognition and constructs -- that actually PROHIBITS recognizing that and reflecting it in a class on YA literature.  Can you do that?  Or is this just the broad say-so of "the legislature banned 'DEI,' and that means no talking about anything some reactionary legislator in Conroe says is 'woke?'"  Because if that's the rationale....yeah, we're in full-on "thought-police," and anything the regime or its mouthpieces declares to be apostasy must be punished immediately and to maximum effect.

God, this is all so dumb.

And also, the video gotcha bullshit is toxic as hell.  My son was just talking about this to me the other night, as we were discussing generational differences.  He and his friends have observed that Gen Alpha and young Gen Z are TERRIFIED of being caught on video being "cringe," which is often going to be something taken wildly out of context etc.  As in, they are even afraid of letting loose if they're dancing at a club, because some asshole will record you dancing with your arms flailing, post a tik-tok of "look at this retarded octopus dance!", it goes viral and gets 20 million views and for the rest of your days, because you were goofing off with your chick on a dance floor for 30 seconds, you're "retarded octopus guy."  Or, you say something that in isolation sounds cringey, racist, cruel, what have you, and that 20 second clip of you goes viral and defines your identity and life forever.  It's paralyzing.

And yeah, he and his friends have observed on multiple occasions someone trying to surreptitiously record their conversation, activities, etc., maybe for the purpose of posting a tik tok or somesuch.  Back in our day....this shit wasn't recorded.  We had the security of being silly, even stupid, as we were young and growing up and learning behavior and boundaries.

As for tolerating stupid ideas, yeah, that's a problem as well.  Shutting down performative idiocy is a healthy thing.  I remember in undergrad, there was a gal in my philosophy class (teacher was the dep't chair) who was super-crunchy liberal feminist.  I mean, EVERYTHING came back to feminism.  You couldn't order a cup of coffee without her lecturing you on the patriarchy of coffee plantations or some shit.  So, during a lecture on Kant, she raises her hand and asked some long-ass narrative question about "wasn't Kant's theory on blah blah blah as it relates to blah blah blah really just a statement of feminist power?"  Prof just looks at her... "No." Then continues his lecture.  It was magnificent, and totally deflated her self-important balloon.  

Stupid ideas are stupid.  Stop treating them as anything but stupid ideas.  "You have to admit, chemtrails are worth discussing."  No they aren't.  They are a fever dream of imaginary bullshit spouted by abject morons who are terrible at logical reasoning.  End of discussion.  We aren't going to debate utter idiocy.  We're going to say "No," and move on.

 

Not sure if you are serious but here you go:

 

if you aren’t aware, Texas A&M is a state government institution.

Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to Texas state agency heads directing them to follow state and federal law, including President Donald Trump’s executive order, in rejecting radical sexual orientation and gender identity ideologies.
 
“The State of Texas recognizes only two sexes—male and female—and sex discrimination consists in treating a member of one sex less favorably than the other, absent some pertinent difference,” reads the letter. “Others have sought to distort the guarantee that men and women must be treated equally in order to impose mandates concerning sexual orientation and gender identity. On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order, Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, rejecting similar efforts by the Biden-Harris Administration to distort commonsense notions of biological sex. As the Chief Executive Officer of the State, I direct you to follow state and federal law. All Texas agencies must ensure that agency rules, internal policies, employment practices, and other actions comply with the law and the biological reality that there are only two sexes—male and female.”

 

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LOL! I bet you also think the “DEI ban” means college professors can’t teach slavery as though it was bad. I’m sure that’ll be the next snowflake outburst. Fucking pathetic.

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37 minutes ago, Baldwin said:

Answer to the OP:

 

Because you liberal boomers have sat back and let the West fall apart while you benefitted from a beautiful system and we are the ones that have to deal with trying to survive with inflation, immigration etc. 

It is not more difficult than this.

Oh look, a neg, instead of discussion. How tolerant the people are!

Aging baby boomers. A generation defined by their unwavering liberal values and not a "fuck me, got mine" worldview.

Do I have that right? 

This thread has really brought the lulz

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6 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

Aging baby boomers. A generation defined by their unwavering liberal values and not a "fuck me, got mine" worldview.

Do I have that right? 

This thread has really brought the lulz

Fuck me, fuck you, whatever it takes

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45 minutes ago, Baldwin said:

Answer to the OP:

 

Because you liberal boomers have sat back and let the West fall apart while you benefitted from a beautiful system and we are the ones that have to deal with trying to survive with inflation, immigration etc. 

It is not more difficult than this.

Oh look, a neg, instead of discussion. How tolerant the people are!

When the liberal backlash against this klan bullshit hits and we're all saying "you made us do this," I hope you remember this post.

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46 minutes ago, Baldwin said:

Answer to the OP:

 

Because you liberal boomers have sat back and let the West fall apart while you benefitted from a beautiful system and we are the ones that have to deal with trying to survive with inflation, immigration etc. 

It is not more difficult than this.

Oh look, a neg, instead of discussion. How tolerant the people are!

The West fell apart before MAGA set out to burn it all down? This made me laugh. Inform me how that is, and I’ll stop laughing.

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