Liberal Professor Speaks Out
Professor speaks out against the condition of being the new American condition. Powerful read. What makes it true for me, more then just seeing it on TV, is a small test group AKA, Killer Movies, where more people are concerned about "feelings, then issues."
http://www.vox.com/2015/6/3/8706323/college-professor-afraid
Originally posted by Time Immemorial
Professor speaks out against the condition of being the new American condition. Powerful read. What makes it true for me, more then just seeing it on TV, is a small test group AKA, Killer Movies, where more people are concerned about "feelings, then issues."http://www.vox.com/2015/6/3/8706323/college-professor-afraid
So this bogeyman complaint he's worried about hasn't actually happened. Perhaps this overblown sensitivity he fears is not as widespread as he thinks.
Originally posted by Time Immemorial
So the complaint was filed..why did you say it wasn't?
No, he is specifically talking about that he didn't get a complaint by a liberal, but by a conservative, who accused him of being a communist. He talks about how he is afraid that he'll be accused by a liberal, but he hasn't yet. Did you read the whole article?
Originally posted by Robtard
So in nine years he's only received one complaint and he's acting like Henny Penny over it? Do I have this correct?He seems like a sensitive little bitchboy to me on top of possibly being a LINO.
Even worse. He's only received one complaint and it wasn't by the people he is so afraid of.
At any rate, I do think it is an interesting piece altogether. There's definitely a discussion that could be had about identity politics in liberal circles. But I don't think he'd be interested in this being used as a cheap shot against liberals generally, that kind of simplification seems exactly like what he is speaking out against, albeit from the other side this time.
Originally posted by Bardock42
No, he is specifically talking about that he didn't get a complaint by a liberal, but by a conservative, who accused him of being a communist. He talks about how he is afraid that he'll be accused by a liberal, but he hasn't yet. Did you read the whole article?
I did, he never said a complaint was filed by a conservative..that would dismiss the whole article then.
Originally posted by Time Immemorial
I did, he never said a complaint was filed by a conservative..that would dismiss the whole article then.
He didn't say it was filed by a conservative, but he made it clear that the complaint wasn't filed by someone in the camp that he is now worried about.
The next week, I got called into my director's office. I was shown an email, sender name redacted, alleging that I "possessed communistical [sic] sympathies and refused to tell more than one side of the story." The story in question wasn't described, but I suspect it had do to with whether or not the economic collapse was caused by poor black people.My director rolled her eyes. She knew the complaint was silly bullshit. I wrote up a short description of the past week's class work, noting that we had looked at several examples of effective writing in various media and that I always made a good faith effort to include conservative narratives along with the liberal ones.
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In 2009, the subject of my student's complaint was my supposed ideology. I was communistical, the student felt, and everyone knows that communisticism is wrong. That was, at best, a debatable assertion. And as I was allowed to rebut it, the complaint was dismissed with prejudice. I didn't hesitate to reuse that same video in later semesters, and the student's complaint had no impact on my performance evaluations.
I don't agree that it dismisses the article though, his point is still one that can be considered and discussed. In fact, as a badge wearing SJW and in your opinion probably an overemotional Liberal, I can tell you that in the media I have been consuming lately the question of how people within the community striving for social justice treat each other regarding disagreements has been a very common one.
You changed your story twice, pretty unfair.
First:
Originally posted by Bardock42
So this bogeyman complaint he's worried about hasn't actually happened. Perhaps this overblown sensitivity he fears is not as widespread as he thinks.
When it was filed.
Second:
Originally posted by Bardock42
No, he is specifically talking about that he didn't get a complaint by a liberal, but by a conservative, who accused him of being a communist. He talks about how he is afraid that he'll be accused by a liberal, but he hasn't yet. Did you read the whole article?
When it wasn't clear what political affiliation the student was.
If you want to dismiss the whole article because it has some unclear idea's, up to you. Has tons of other good info in it.
Originally posted by Time Immemorial
You changed your story twice, pretty unfair.First:
When it was filed.
Second:
When it wasn't clear what political affiliation the student was.
If you want to dismiss the whole article because it has some unclear idea's, up to you. Has tons of other good info in it.
Hmm, I don't think I changed my story. I think this is based on a misreading of what I said initially. The bogeyman I am referring to is a complaint by a liberal about how he hurt their feelings. He has never received such a complaint.
The only complaint he has received is from someone who's politics are anti-communist (likely a conservative of some shade in the US) who complained about the content of his class being wrong.
The article doesn't have much info really, it's an opinion piece. I do share part of the opinion though, I just think it is interesting that he is so afraid of this thing that has never happened to him.
Originally posted by Bardock42
Hmm, I don't think I changed my story. I think this is based on a misreading of what I said initially. The bogeyman I am referring to is a complaint by a liberal about how he hurt their feelings. He has never received such a complaint.The only complaint he has received is from someone who's politics are anti-communist (likely a conservative of some shade in the US) who complained about the content of his class being wrong.
The article doesn't have much info really, it's an opinion piece. I do share part of the opinion though, I just think it is interesting that he is so afraid of this thing that has never happened to him.
Fair enough, but you don't have to be anti-communist to be conservative though.