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In reply to the discussion: College Students Refuse To Read Award-Winning Novel Because It Violates Their Christian Beliefs [View all]hunter
(38,763 posts)142. Any god threatened by a graphic novel or an ancient monument is not a god.
The gods of the grifters are not so sturdy.
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College Students Refuse To Read Award-Winning Novel Because It Violates Their Christian Beliefs [View all]
riversedge
Aug 2015
OP
At least they're merely abstaining. The current trend is for social media mobs to demand censorship.
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#5
Fail the course, period! In college, you are supposed to be adults, developing critical thought! nt
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2015
#79
"Christians" define themselves by their level of insulation from "the gay"
Betty Karlson
Aug 2015
#108
"In its review, the New York Times called it 'a comic book for lovers of words.'”
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2015
#49
Science fiction was also called "s/f," "sci-fi" and "scientifiction," while we're at it.
Orrex
Aug 2015
#103
TY for the link. I have Maus and In The Shadow of No Towers by Spiegelman, also Persepolis....
Hekate
Aug 2015
#139
Yes, because all must conform to received wisdom -- especially at college.
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#7
They bastardize the virtue of tolerance to enforce the vice of their own tribalism. nt
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#97
What on earth? This isn't coursework, it's a sexually explicit novel assigned to incoming freshmen
Yo_Mama
Aug 2015
#132
Exactly. College professors already lament incoming students have poor writing skills
KittyWampus
Aug 2015
#12
In college, I once withheld my "homework" in musical composition because I felt it was inferior.
no_hypocrisy
Aug 2015
#14
Trying and failing. Taking your "lumps". That's how you learn. I am really good
KittyWampus
Aug 2015
#44
If you are going to go to a college it is a good idea to read the books that your college wants you
Botany
Aug 2015
#80
Because it's interesting when people pay to go to college presumably to get a well-rounded education
tabasco
Aug 2015
#116
it's their right to fail a class, yes, they don't have a right to get a passing grade
geek tragedy
Aug 2015
#77
How does their not reading a book deprive others of the ability to read the book?
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#84
Giving critical thought to a subject they are unfamiliar with violates their beliefs?
Initech
Aug 2015
#76
...to tick off the box labeled credentials and to keep their unquestioning faith intact...?
xocet
Aug 2015
#88
well, no "duke did not seem to have people like "you" in mind." of course not. this university
niyad
Aug 2015
#98
These kids are right, they should stick to reading books in which no one sins. Here's a list:
dakota_democrat
Aug 2015
#101
The five words that validate homophobia, bigotry, sexism, intolerance and ignorance while
Feeling the Bern
Aug 2015
#110
They can live however they want, but if they refuse to do the work required or recommended...
Humanist_Activist
Aug 2015
#143
Which makes such material more valuable it allows them to open up to new experiences and how...
Humanist_Activist
Aug 2015
#153
"Christians" who rely on ignorance and never being challenged are weak in faith
Hekate
Aug 2015
#140
As a sophomore in high school, a racist classmate refused to read "Black Like Me."
David__77
Aug 2015
#154
"Freshman Daughter Drop-off" sign banned. "Freshman Daughter Reading List" okay. WTF?
WinkyDink
Aug 2015
#159