Toughen up, snowflake. Rural America is destroying itself just fine without Berkeley professors lifting a finger. Farmer suicides are going up because I guess they are tired of winning or whatevs.Highly educated liberals like this guy here promoting their hatred of rural Americans, are worth more to Trump than a thousand poorly educated Proud Boys.
"https://www.rt.com/usa/472995-rural-americans-shamed-berkeley/
Berkeley philosophy lecturer slammed after saying rural Americans made ‘bad life decisions’ & should be SHAMED"
Bad life decisions, wonder where he learned that, doesn't sound to liberal now does it?
It could very well be, but doesn’t change that this guy and many like him exist
He is hardly an outlier. Within the context of this topic, I fail to see how the “deplorables” narrative is going to prevent a second Trump win given how amazingly well that strategy worked last time.
Toughen up, snowflake. Rural America is destroying itself just fine without Berkeley professors lifting a finger. Farmer suicides are going up because I guess they are tired of winning or whatevs.
Every accredited institution has worthless BA (bachelor of arts) degrees...
Like: Philosophy, Art & Music History, Socialism, Theatre, Communications, Psychology, Fashion Design, Fine Arts, and Liberal Arts.
All of these are "basketweaving" degrees from real state run and private universities. Not only are all are useless for gaining real employment other than "Paper or plastic?" and "Would you like fries with that?" jobs, they also leave students less equipped for life outside of academia, than the techie school all the dumb kids in high school took.
BA degrees leave them brainwashed and responsible for today's millennial "me" society, the padded room "safe space" society, and the everyone who is not a "Ikea shopping, scarf wearing, city dwellar" is nothing but a "toothless mountain hick redneck deplorable" society.
Every accredited institution has worthless BA (bachelor of arts) degrees...
Like: Philosophy, Art & Music History, Socialism, Theatre, Communications, Psychology, Fashion Design, Fine Arts, and Liberal Arts.
All of these are "basketweaving" degrees from real state run and private universities. Not only are all are useless for gaining real employment other than "Paper or plastic?" and "Would you like fries with that?" jobs, they also leave students less equipped for life outside of academia, than the techie school all the dumb kids in high school took.
BA degrees leave them brainwashed and responsible for today's millennial "me" society, the padded room "safe space" society, and the everyone who is not a "Ikea shopping, scarf wearing, city dwellar" is nothing but a "toothless mountain hick redneck deplorable" society.
what?
That's what.In farm country, mental health experts say they're seeing more suicides as families endure the worst period for U.S. agriculture in decades. Farm bankruptcies and loan delinquencies are rising, calamitous weather events are ruining crops, and profits are vanishing during Trump's global trade disputes.
As someone who makes a good income with degrees in a liberal art (English Lit, to be exact): get bent.
Many of them are useful, particularly ones like communications and psychology. And importantly, if you're paying attention, you'll learn skills that translate to success in work. Critical thinking, writing and debating, for example.
And for that matter, it's good to have people who aren't just trained to be cogs in the machine, as you want them to be. Some BA degrees are tough sells, but I'd rather have some philosophy majors with regrets than a society that treats education merely as the means to a well-paying job.
“Hey, we need some muscle over here.” - Melissa ClickThat sounds like “feels”, do you have any actual data to back up that claim?
Not only is he an outlier, but he also wasn't even saying what you were tricked into thinking he was saying.It could very well be, but doesn’t change that this guy and many like him exist
He is hardly an outlier. Within the context of this topic, I fail to see how the “deplorables” narrative is going to prevent a second Trump win given how amazingly well that strategy worked last time.
“Hey, we need some muscle over here.” - Melissa Click
Any time there is a protest at Berkeley, some faculty member inevitably says something stupid on Twitter and subsequently has to make their account private.
Let’s not forget the Yale email that set off the whole debate of Halloween costume cultural appropriation.
Then, of course, there are plenty of articles on the topic, some anecdotal, some that quantify this lack of diversity:
How Liberal Professors Are Ruining College
In New England, they outnumber conservatives 28 to 1. Why that’s bad for everyone.www.bostonmagazine.com
Opinion | Think Professors Are Liberal? Try School Administrators (Published 2018)
The ideological bent of those overseeing collegiate life is having the biggest impact on campus culture.www.nytimes.com
I posted articles that cite studies and data. When you’re done moving the goal posts, can you get me a glass of water?So no you don’t have any data to back up that claim.
His words speak for themselvesNot only is he an outlier, but he also wasn't even saying what you were tricked into thinking he was saying.
When taken out of context to imply the opposite point he was trying to make? Okay...His words speak for themselves
His words speak for themselves
I posted articles that cite studies and data. When you’re done moving the goal posts, can you get me a glass of water?
Not only is he an outlier, but he also wasn't even saying what you were tricked into thinking he was saying.
“Hey, we need some muscle over here.” - Melissa Click
Any time there is a protest at Berkeley, some faculty member inevitably says something stupid on Twitter and subsequently has to make their account private.
Let’s not forget the Yale email that set off the whole debate of Halloween costume cultural appropriation.
Then, of course, there are plenty of articles on the topic, some anecdotal, some that quantify this lack of diversity:
How Liberal Professors Are Ruining College
In New England, they outnumber conservatives 28 to 1. Why that’s bad for everyone.www.bostonmagazine.com
Opinion | Think Professors Are Liberal? Try School Administrators (Published 2018)
The ideological bent of those overseeing collegiate life is having the biggest impact on campus culture.www.nytimes.com
That’s a chicken or egg discussion. I would agree that alt-right thinking has no place in academia, but I also think the alt-right is reactionary to the left’s echo chamber, and Trump tapped in to a festering frustration.The problem is that conservatism as it exists in the US today is pretty ill-suited to academia.
Think about it: someone who supports Trump, and most modern Republicans for that matter, believes it's acceptable to suppress science to please corporations (see: climate science, CDC research on gun violence). That's an automatic disqualifier for all academic positions. They may believe rampant, obvious lying is acceptable as long as it's from "their side." And of course, it's pretty difficult to have an open-minded academic culture with professors and admins who think entire cultural groups are invalid (particularly LGBT people and Muslims) and see education as nothing more than obtaining credentials for an accounting or engineering job.
There are certainly conservatives that would be better fits, like the David Frums of the world. But the anti-intellectualism, unaccountability and hatred that seems to dominate present-day American conservatism absolutely must not be allowed to guide colleges.
What context is missing? His statement is fairly straightforward and he later deleted and acknowledged the crassness of his tone.When taken out of context to imply the opposite point he was trying to make? Okay...
We know, we know...everything once distilled to its source is the fault of liberals and Democrats.That’s a chicken or egg discussion. I would agree that alt-right thinking has no place in academia, but I also think the alt-right is reactionary to the left’s echo chamber, and Trump tapped in to a festering frustration.
Read woolfe's comments. He was mocking the absurdity of Trump's statements about immigrants by applying the same logic to rural Americans to demonstrate the stupidity of thinking that way. RT convinced you that he actually thinks that way.What context is missing? His statement is fairly straightforward and he later deleted and acknowledged the crassness of his tone.
What context is missing? His statement is fairly straightforward and he later deleted and acknowledged the crassness of his tone.