I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my perceived political views

Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by dragonwriter on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:27PM (#10748204)

> ...Isn't one of the tropes of the left that you can't just reject the experiences of others offhand in such a manner?

The first paragraph, which appeared to be what was rejected, was a generalization, not a recounting of personal experience.

And, nothing in the post you responded to was any kind of rejection that violates any precept that is particularly common, AFAICT, on the left (it might, I suppose, violate a right-wing stereotype of the left, but, then, that's more a problem of the alignment of the stereotype with reality.)

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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by engi_nerd on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:30PM (#10748228)

I am not sure how else to interpret a post wherein someone relates something personal and then the first sentence of the follow up tells them they're wrong.

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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by dragonwriter on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:36PM (#10748265)

What was called wrong was the generalization about the left which started the post, not the personal experience offered after it. At least, the "unless..." which qualifies the statement about wrongness only makes any sense as a qualifier to a rejection of the generalization, not the specific personal experience story, so there is no other reasonable way to interpret the post.

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Re:I was denied admission to a PhD program because of my per... by engi_nerd on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:38PM (#10748275)

I have gone back and re-read that post again.

You are correct. I was wrong.

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