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Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by kortilla on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:24AM (#35216538)
> This is bullshit. The difference is that today, your own culture e.g. (non-native) American society till the modern day is considered fair game for analysis, whereas 20 years ago there was probably a fair bit of "they are savages to be studied, whereas we are civilized" complex going on.

Emotional temper tantrum - check.

Whataboutism referring to other cultures - check.

> Guess what, things change, and usually in a way that society is better

Unchecked assumption that “new” = “better” - check.

Definitely the product of modern academia lacking any critical thinking skills with a knee jerk reaction to any criticism.

Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by quadrifoliate on Sunday March 19, 2023 @10:30AM (#35219286)
This is hilarious. And I'm assuming that a declaration like:

"Eg I had a class that really critically analyzed native American cultures. Today the class would be considered racist, it would have to a priori be an admiration of those cultures, rather than a critical analysis."

...that makes rather extreme ad-hoc statements about modern academia without citing even a shred of their own or someone else's experience is chock-full of critical thinking skills and a great way to conduct debate?

Definitely the product of an education via Internet Corner Bubble Forum where you can randomly make up controversial statements that get upvoted by like-minded people and expect to not be called out on them.

Re:More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Ap... by kortilla on Friday March 24, 2023 @01:33AM (#35285418)
> like-minded people and expect to not be called out on them.

Read the replies. There was a debate. You just weren’t a part of it because you just had a shit fit and didn’t contribute.