Re:The New Intolerance of Student Activism
by unimpressive on Monday November 09, 2015 @03:24PM
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As much as I'm sure many of us feel this in our hearts, let's not.
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Re:The New Intolerance of Student Activism
by joesmo on Monday November 09, 2015 @03:43PM
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Yeah, let's fire the professor.
Re:The New Intolerance of Student Activism
by martiuk on Monday November 09, 2015 @03:30PM
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Why not, are you afraid of hurting someone's feelings?
Re:The New Intolerance of Student Activism
by matthewmacleod on Monday November 09, 2015 @03:43PM
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I think it's rather a matter of being an unproductive line of discussion. One of the key points to take from this article is that throwing your toys out of the pram because you disagree with others' viewpoints is counter-productive at best and illiberal at worst.
I'm vehemently opposed to the kind of activism described here, but 'if you don't like it then fuck off' is exactly the wrong attitude and will not solve this problem.
Re:The New Intolerance of Student Activism
by AnimalMuppet on Monday November 09, 2015 @04:10PM
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There comes a point, though, when you may have to say that they are disrupting the proper functioning of the university enough that they have to go, for the good of everyone else...