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ananda

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32. My bs meter just pinged.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2015, 02:48 PM

Jun 2015

No real liberal would do that.

This whole scenario is very suspect.

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I'm a liberal professor, and my liberal students terrify me (xpost from Good Reads) [View all] KamaAina Jun 2015 OP

how does he know which of his students are liberals. sender's name redacted and would any liberal Romeo.lima333 Jun 2015 #1

That's the contrast case. He's not saying THAT student was liberal alcibiades_mystery Jun 2015 #13

oh ok thanks for the clarification Romeo.lima333 Jun 2015 #17

The OP is confusing on that. eom rogerashton Jun 2015 #37

Communistical ellie Jun 2015 #2

Many "liberals" terrify me as well. Maedhros Jun 2015 #3

Those aren't liberals - they're neo-conservatives who don't understand the difference leveymg Jun 2015 #5

They certainly insist they're liberals, Maedhros Jun 2015 #8

You haven't been called a socialist yet? Or a left libertarian? merrily Jun 2015 #79

Has "left libertarian" become an insult? If only there were more left libertarians. Vattel Jun 2015 #81

The goal seems to be to associate DU's left with "the other," merrily Jun 2015 #82

I see. Well I think we should reclaim the word "purist" and turn it into a compliment. Vattel Jun 2015 #83

Good luck with that. "Even "principle" is apparently a negative word. merrily Jun 2015 #84

God forbid anyone should have principles. It might make them Vattel Jun 2015 #85

Having principles is apparently an ugly thing. Close relative of purist. merrily Jun 2015 #88

Me too MindPilot Jun 2015 #23

"We came, we saw, he died." Maedhros Jun 2015 #29

Editing due to all the correcting :) arcane1 Jun 2015 #4

I was wondering the same thing el_bryanto Jun 2015 #6

Yeah, that really didn't make a whole lot of sense. MindPilot Jun 2015 #9

He doesn't...read the article alcibiades_mystery Jun 2015 #14

II suggest actually reading the article and not just the excerpts. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #18

Yeah, he seems to be worried about hypothetical liberals acting like assholes. arcane1 Jun 2015 #19

No so hypothetical. We see this happen on DU all the time. GoneOffShore Jun 2015 #39

No, he didn't say that student was liberal. TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #67

Maybe the professor didn't "Liberal" in the political sense.... Sheepshank Jun 2015 #7

"communistical" = not college material. moondust Jun 2015 #10

So he got called into the office because he taught that the economic collapse was caused by poor jwirr Jun 2015 #11

It's the opposite: he was teaching that is WASN'T caused by poor black people: arcane1 Jun 2015 #12

That's not what he's saying alcibiades_mystery Jun 2015 #16

Got it. arcane1 Jun 2015 #20

This is the big issue in some areas of academe right now alcibiades_mystery Jun 2015 #22

Thanks for the links! I think I need to read up and get some context here. arcane1 Jun 2015 #24

The Laura Kipnis situation is totally unreal Prism Jun 2015 #33

I was about to link to the second story you linked to. Ms. Toad Jun 2015 #45

I missed that - Sorry. jwirr Jun 2015 #25

Worry not, I missed a good two-thirds of the articles points arcane1 Jun 2015 #26

I would be mad at the teacher as well Mnpaul Jun 2015 #97

I hear Heritage Foundation regurgitated talking points from Cleita Jun 2015 #15

As I posted in the other thread on this topic seabeckind Jun 2015 #21

Blaming the students for management problems? Downwinder Jun 2015 #27

Children of the third way corn. nt raouldukelives Jun 2015 #28

I like it and offer up Close Encounters of the Third Way Kind or maybe, HornBuckler Jun 2015 #57

The people who need to read this won't Prism Jun 2015 #30

Tip: If you have to protect your post with "I'm a liberal", you aren't. jeff47 Jun 2015 #41

Actually, people do need to preface it now Prism Jun 2015 #43

Again, policies don't need protection by labels. jeff47 Jun 2015 #44

I think you mean "opinion" not "policy" romanic Jun 2015 #87

Social Security is a policy. "I like Social Security" is an opinion. (nt) jeff47 Jun 2015 #92

I agree with you. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #60

Excellent post. romanic Jun 2015 #75

A generation of special snowflakes raised on participation ribbons Oktober Jun 2015 #31

Now that is a keeper! Township75 Jun 2015 #66

My bs meter just pinged. ananda Jun 2015 #32

Nope. NCLB and the conservative war on education budgets are what is terrifying this lecturer. n/t Orsino Jun 2015 #34

This part right here got my attention tkmorris Jun 2015 #35

Nailed it. GoneOffShore Jun 2015 #38

Definitely romanic Jun 2015 #74

Uh huh... whatchamacallit Jun 2015 #36

So he's saying the students hurt his feelings? DemocraticWing Jun 2015 #40

Did you actually read the article or are you just taking your stance from the excerpt? GoneOffShore Jun 2015 #42

I've read the article and the similar ones. DemocraticWing Jun 2015 #93

+1 F4lconF16 Jun 2015 #98

That's a cherry picking observation GoneOffShore Jun 2015 #99

You seem to be very paranoid about the motives of certain peoples. DemocraticWing Jun 2015 #100

I really have difficulty in believing that you read and comprehended the article. GoneOffShore Jun 2015 #103

I read the "Schlosser" article even before it was posted here... DemocraticWing Jun 2015 #104

I would argue that the threat is real. GoneOffShore Jun 2015 #105

You might want to choose a different excerpt. Ms. Toad Jun 2015 #46

Maybe, just maybe. . . Springslips Jun 2015 #47

Someone needs to find out who this asshole is and get his silly ass fired AngryAmish Jun 2015 #48

Please elaborate. Why should he be fired? Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #61

He is creating an unsafe enviroment on his campus. AngryAmish Jun 2015 #63

Oh, you were joking. I hope you're not serious. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #64

If hurting someone's feelings is material injury, then the Republicans can accuse gay people... AZ Progressive Jun 2015 #49

I have seen that very argument, in every detail hifiguy Jun 2015 #65

I'm bookmarking this to post when people ask kiva Jun 2015 #50

That's what it was about, all right. Warpy Jun 2015 #52

I was never a "real" professor MosheFeingold Jun 2015 #55

That does seem to have become more prominent in the last few years, I agree. Marr Jun 2015 #51

Those questions didn't come from liberal students. DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2015 #53

Yes, there's a touch of ignorance to that statement Oilwellian Jun 2015 #54

Read the whole article NT Ex Lurker Jun 2015 #56

Thanks. I had only read the excerpt. Now I've read the article. DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2015 #58

yup Skittles Jun 2015 #80

This is horseshit. I've been teaching for 26 years. 6000eliot Jun 2015 #59

I stopped reading at Jonathan Chait Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #62

Cultural experiences? kiva Jun 2015 #69

No. Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #70

Exactly. boston bean Jun 2015 #86

Did you read this article? kiva Jun 2015 #94

Yes, I read the entire article. Wasted 10 minutes of my time in doing so. boston bean Jun 2015 #96

Those remarks do not appear to come from liberals. PowerToThePeople Jun 2015 #68

You didn't read the whole article. Did you? TexasMommaWithAHat Jun 2015 #71

I did. n/t PowerToThePeople Jun 2015 #72

I don't think Vox is a right wing think tank propaganda site. KamaAina Jun 2015 #73

That's the thing with these polls that talk about "liberals" this and "liberals" that. Bonobo Jun 2015 #76

Bullshit. Weird definition of "liberal" this alleged prof has. merrily Jun 2015 #77

Thank you for posting this. Many of the replies are illustrative of what he is saying CBGLuthier Jun 2015 #78

I've read the whole article. Now that I've got that out of the way. kcr Jun 2015 #89

These folks aren't "liberal".. sendero Jun 2015 #90

I had to read the whole article LWolf Jun 2015 #91

This is the left-wing version of hifiguy Jun 2015 #95

Let me say something as one of those solipsistic, narcisstic, bullshit spewing goddamn kids today. DemocraticWing Jun 2015 #101

And the rebuttal... Scootaloo Jun 2015 #102