Re:Abolish Yale
by jacobmischka on Sunday December 12, 2021 @01:39PM
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I don't have a response to the meat of the article, but I admit that the author is quite brave posting that as a Yale student in the Yale paper with their byline clearly at the bottom.
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There's nothing brave in the "This thing wrong, abolish it!" social justice rhetoric. We've been hearing this for the last 20 years and it has become meaningless.
If we've raised a generation that thinks that abolishing something will always do good, then we've done a terrible job for the next generations.
The student should certainly be commended and I do subscribe to their opinion, but be aware that they would probably find plenty (but not universal) support from professors and colleagues. Universities are not some monolith where the administration governs with an iron fist. The student's opinion is not too far from the mainstream, and even part of the university administration is self-aware and feeling similarly.