LostCosmonaut Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/ I was fortunate enough not to have to deal with any of the stuff described in the article, although going to a school in the South and studying engineering probably helped. Hopefully it's just a vocal minority of students pushing this, if it actually is a majority the consequences could be quite severe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/ I was fortunate enough not to have to deal with any of the stuff described in the article, although going to a school in the South and studying engineering probably helped. Hopefully it's just a vocal minority of students pushing this, if it actually is a majority the consequences could be quite severe. I went to school in Texas, and it's definitely an issue there. I've spent some time on Eastern campuses, as well, and it's a whole lot worse anywhere liberal-dominated. I am of the firm belief that the modern university system is broken and needs an overhaul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Also LOL I haven't read the article yet. It's on the Atlantic, so I don't know what to expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShamefurDispray Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 http://theweek.com/articles/441474/how-academias-liberal-bias-killing-social-science http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1968042,00.html The problem with liberalism in academia is usually connected to the liberal sense of superiority over others. Combine that with an overwhelming amount of liberalism in academia, it's difficult to express different opinions, especially if you are going to be discriminated against. My old politics professor is the only non-liberal professor in his department and he gets pretty badly discriminated, especially when it comes to getting funding as his papers are usually anti-free market and how unimportant a municipal government is. Tied 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Living in a city where "manspreading" on a public bus is considered a "microaggression" I can affirm that this is the norm among a certain segment of the population. Which is why I opt for macroaggressions in dealing with these schmucks. Most don't know how to react. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tied Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Living in a city where "manspreading" on a public bus is considered a "microaggression" It aint easy having the biggest johnson in town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priory_of_Sion Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Having been at college for 3 days now, I will keep track of any coddling of my precious little mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Not a problem in my part if the world, at least at the moment. The Cape might be more of an issue, given the whole Rhodes statue incident and the statements surrounding it. My worry is that this isn't a liberal university thing, but an internet thing. The internet is, after all, amazing at allowing people to form their own little thin-skinned tribes. That this became a problem right around the time that the Internet-from-birth generation came of age is thus a worrying datapoint. Xlucine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Wearing "hoop skirts" and dressing as a "Southern Belle" is a hate crime. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/removing-the-southern-belle-from-her-inglorious-perch/2015/08/14/ea929b2a-3f96-11e5-9561-4b3dc93e3b9a_story.html?tid=HP_opinion?tid=HP_opinion Never mind the actual history of those dresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Must... resist... urge... to make Sherman... joke... So, if I went to a debutante ball dressed as W.T. Sherman, would that make me the hottest item there? GODDAMNITDays since last W.T. Sherman joke: 10 0 Khand-e and Sturgeon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Another viewpoint: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueReddit/comments/3gl4ci/the_coddling_of_the_american_mind_in_the_name_of/ctz4p9q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Oh, is it new? A. I have no idea since I only went to school within a single decade, and B. No, it's not new.I mean, where do they think Monty Python got all their jokes about academics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 I am too old for this crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 Counterpoint: http://www.salon.com/2015/08/17/so_college_p_c_culture_stifles_comedy_ever_hear_a_comedian_sht_on_the_american_dream_at_a_wal_mart_shareholders_meeting/ I've got to say, corp culture is aggressively risk adverse as well. The result might be better described as the coddling of the executive mind, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 Counterpoint: http://www.salon.com/2015/08/17/so_college_p_c_culture_stifles_comedy_ever_hear_a_comedian_sht_on_the_american_dream_at_a_wal_mart_shareholders_meeting/ I've got to say, corp culture is aggressively risk adverse as well. The result might be better described as the coddling of the executive mind, though. This is something Edward Deming identified as far back as the 1980s; American style management is way more concerned with avoiding loss than it is with making more revenue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 I also have to add that corp and uni event speakers are, like, sad clown central. One guy we had would try to improve his anodyne lessons in 4-sector personality tests (or whatever) by adding in details from his life. Which was sort of horribly funny, because the dude's life sucks. He sucks as a human being, his family is scum, his first wife left him and his second wife was quite obviously well on the way to doing the same. But nope, so blessed because of hard work and a positive attitude. The other memorable guy was trying to teach a course in basic business management. The kicker being that he'd started 5 and gone bankrupt each time. Three times it was because the accountant got the keys to the safe and ran off with the whole damn thing, the fourth time was because his partner did the same (and nabbed his then-wife on the way out). The fifth time was because he decided that investing in art was a good idea when you have no aesthetic sense to speak of. So now he was teaching a short course to post-graduate science students. Those that can't do indeed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 Get advanced degree in electrical engineering, working in basement labs of major telecom company, get paid ridiculous salary, take lots of vacations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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