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Apropos of several things floating across my TL, I just want to say as somebody… |
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Post #AuWZ1mFq2WQY6a2UyG by [email protected] |
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I can guarantee that a student who is…I don’t know, say, a devoted communis… |
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Post #AuWZ1mMvcA6ASZMA1Q by [email protected] |
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But there’s a wrinkle here, one that’s crucial to unwrinkle: the word “co… |
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Post #AuWZ1mUNAU3Mpeq6cq by [email protected] |
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In •public discussion• about conservatives supposedly being oppressed on ca… |
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Post #AuWZ1mcAhUI9DqUKmW by [email protected] |
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@inthehands Ah, yes, the classic:Conservative: I have been censored for my cons… |
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Post #AuWZ1mkKDAoVd8IqUS by [email protected] |
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@pooserville @inthehands came here to post this. It's funny because it'… |
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Post #AuWZ1nNfqsHzbAiGp6 by [email protected] |
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And this is where the discussion gets hard.There are some mission-based things … |
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Post #AuWZFVPVSioHv06jgm by [email protected] |
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@inthehands I see lots of special little snowflakes on the far ends of the poli… |
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Post #AuWcvBkrEPMwyyf6lE by [email protected] |
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@inthehands In many conservative circles, especially among families, it’s con… |
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Post #AuWnn5um9xR636e012 by [email protected] |
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One of the ground-level premises of my institution of higher ed — and of mos… |
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Post #AuWnn62DiHOIQC7wcS by [email protected] |
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And yeah, if you use racial slurs, or sexually harass people, or refuse to call… |
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Post #AuWnn68bKYUkjz72Z6 by [email protected] |
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This is messy and complicated in practice. Keeping each other safe is real work… |
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Post #AuWnn6FKvVsn4sGQ40 by [email protected] |
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So if you want to argue that we need poltiical diversity on campus, that we nee… |
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Post #AuWnn6MmTppzRxkMfQ by [email protected] |
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@inthehands This is a fantastic thread Paul, thank you for being so good with w… |
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Post #AuWnn76VjoPvjn8swi by [email protected] |
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@kims correctly guessed that this was one of the posts that sparked this thread… |
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Post #AuWnyVGsE2CPsNQ87E by [email protected] |
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@mothninja @pooservilleAnd then there’s the poor handful folks (yes, they exi… |
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Post #AuWnyVNFqJIsCAPE3s by [email protected] |
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@inthehands @pooserville right, exactly - I have a longstanding but not particu… |
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Post #AuWp9VWdii53nvbd3Y by [email protected] |
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@inthehands The "Motte and Bailey" fallacy is one of the most pernici… |
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Post #AuWpLZJ1UTdZ0IzJgG by [email protected] |
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@inthehands I keep pointing out that I was asked to affirm that I was not a mem… |
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Post #AuWpLZPP6kk1K5yPcu by [email protected] |
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@michael_w_busch @inthehands Though arguably we should. |
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Post #AuWs42tL3JvFPdJIum by [email protected] |
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@inthehands Thank you sir. This colleague agrees 100%. |
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Post #AuWsf2WdNQoczWKZ0q by [email protected] |
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@mothninja @pooservilleOne of my best friends is an honest-to-god actual libert… |
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Post #AuWsf2d0zhv5JJJexU by [email protected] |
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@inthehands @pooserville right, exactly (again). He sounds like a cool dude :) |
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Post #AuWt4Wnxw3UI8oaiO0 by [email protected] |
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@inthehands Thank You! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Well said!I loathe that… |
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@onorio @inthehands #bothsidesism is boring and cowardly why don't you just… |
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@ambiguous_yelp You know I could be wrong but I doubt it's right wing extre… |
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@onorio Elon Musk is a nazi, I see no problem with destroying wealth used to bu… |
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Post #AuYPRSiOhNUNoBvU8m by [email protected] |
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@ambiguous_yelp Let me set you straight on a few points.1.) I despise Trump. Th… |
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Post #AuYPllOkwcqzXrQ4oq by [email protected] |
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@ambiguous_yelp 2/2 240 characters at a time (or whatever the Mastodon limit is… |
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@inthehands I like inverting the "conservative" argument here and arg… |
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@Uair @inthehands Also "Socialism" definitely needs to be in there; I… |
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@WhyNotZoidberg @inthehands I cheerfully identify as a Democratic Socialist.All… |
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Post #AuZHnVqJ975hP7acWu by [email protected] |
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@Uair Imagine Reagan losing the election in 1980? |
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@WhyNotZoidberg Nothing would be different. He was the head on the pimple, not… |
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@Uair Respectfully disagrees. Carter was a completely different person with com… |
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@WhyNotZoidberg Respectfully: Ronnie was a hood ornament. He didn't wield … |
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@Uair Oh of course; by the time Clinton rolls around, America had already moved… |
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@WhyNotZoidberg I think we're on the same page. |
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Post #AuZHnWTemoZBNA02rY by [email protected] |
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@Uair Yep. |
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@Uair Btw, fun historic tidbit: business administration turned out to be so rid… |
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Post #AuofB8xX5e7HhPbZdw by [email protected] |
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@riley The Communists were a lot like MAGA--totally lacking in any kind of resp… |
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Post #AuofB93uhvDk1Cafaa by [email protected] |
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@Uair The *Bolsheviks. The Communists at large, which roughly corresponded to t… |
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@inthehands And yes the very last statement… we don’t need to make room for… |
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Post #AuofHqoiwMFZSYgPfU by [email protected] |
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@inthehands "I'm being oppressed for my political views!":goose_h… |
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Post #AuofI7ZOeb5hPwdudc by [email protected] |
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@inthehands Definitely.What so many call conservatives today are people conserv… |
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Post #AuofIX1G29EQLas12G by [email protected] |
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@inthehands thanks for the whole thread. Really nice to hear somebody articulat… |
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@inthehands @kims can't imagine why people who don't think universities… |
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@inthehands But there are plenty of people on campus telling people they will g… |
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Post #AuofQH5n8K49GegPk8 by [email protected] |
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@inthehands Why would you call fascists or right-wing extremists conservatives?… |
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@TobiWanKenobi They like to self-ID as conservatives. It comes with the "t… |
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Post #AuofQbL3rGAE3nytJw by [email protected] |
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@inthehands @Flux I hear lots of variations on this, and while I get the intent… |
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@inthehands @Flux And yet these ideas persist. They persist because they aren�… |
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@inthehands @Flux And we look at those think tanks and say “yes, diversity of… |
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@inthehands @Flux When talking about academics, at least in sciences (including… |
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@inthehands still I don't find the two meanings of "conservative"… |
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@inthehands @kimsA concept that might be useful is that a person learns best wh… |
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@inthehands that first brand of “conservative” you mention doesn’t really… |
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@inthehands This defense of scholarly safety seems true enough, but insufficien… |
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@inthehands @kims Yup to all this. |
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@inthehands @kims Fugsache ... professors, as a class of things, are as conserv… |
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@riley Nice comment. Thanks. |
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@TobiWanKenobi @kimsRef unc: who is “you” in that sentence?If by “you” … |
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@inthehands I was referring to "In •public discussion• about conservat… |
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@TobiWanKenobi @kimsYes, this is very much the point of my “be specific” ca… |
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@inthehands Thank you so much for taking the time to discuss this!!! I apprecia… |
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@inquiline @inthehands @kims Put an orange wig on the Goose, and it still work… |
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@inquiline @buca @inthehands @kims this meme keeps on giving |
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@lffontenelle It does. It may be the best meme of all time |
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@inthehands The one thing that makes the modern(or vehemently anti-modern)conse… |
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@inthehands :pink_this: |
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@inthehands current problem is that I'm trying to get a broader diversity o… |
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@inthehands I'd like to add that the muddying of the term is intentional, a… |
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@benhamill excellent combo of emoji and meme! |
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@inthehands Conservative in the sense that they want to go back to the good old… |
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@mothninjaThank you! |
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@inthehands stealing ‘piss off into the sun’ ;-) |
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@TobiWanKenobi @inthehands @kims That’s /usually/ their self-identification. … |
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@inthehands I feel like this is going to go the same way as the NYT a few years… |
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@JuavanZyl Thank you for this post. @inthehands |
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@inthehands As someone who came from a very conservative, rural background, I&#… |
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@inthehands @kims Probably why an X campus decided to ban all politics and reli… |
