The battle for new college

There is no way I'm wrong that it's happening. I've seen evidence of it with my own eyes and I've seen admissions of it from the horse's mouth, as though they're bragging about it.

The question is to what extent it's happening. And we can discuss that all day, but I tend to think it's an incredibly common problem that is only going to get worse if it isn't addressed.

 

I didn't say it means "nothing," but it shouldn't conclusively end the conversation and prove that you're right. That's ridiculous.

 

My profession has been hospital recruiting and outside sales. Been doing it for different companies, including self-employment for 20 years. My expertise is in studying human behavior and interpersonal communications.
In my experiences, know it all braggarts do not fare well in the private sectors. They may excel in academia.

 

Source: LibsOfTikTok

 

I forgot, remind me who is writing these articles again?

 

You're on fire with the memes/gifs today. Two iconic movies in a row.

 

That’s great and I believe you. But if you made a point that didn’t jibe with my experience, I hope I wouldn’t pound my chest and argue incessantly over your point.
I like to think I could learn something new from anyone.

 

And Ibram X. Kendi... and Nikole Hannah-Jones... and my own eyeballs from when i was at UF.

 

I'm not saying the entire university is propagandizing this stuff. I'm not saying I got an equity lecture in Chemistry. That's not my point. My point is that there are certain departments and certain offices with certain initiatives created that spread these ideals onto students, then these students are placed on pedestals by these departments and offices so that they gain influence. That influence dramatically affects the culture, and the ideas spread like wildfire. And it really starts at an even earlier level than that, it's not like these values just start being brought up in college. They start in K-12.

To stick to your analogy. It's more like I've seen a vital organ for the elephant. That vital organ is failing. I say the elephant is unhealthy based on the vital organ. You say it's healthy and as evidence to support that it's healthy, you show me all of the things that aren't wrong with the elephant. Doesn't change the fact that when the vital organ fails, the elephant probably dies.

 

Nah, I think it’s just that you realize your “point” was generally absent. While you accuse the other poster of one possible logical fallacy (appeal to authority), your own range of arguments in this thread is approaching a different type of “bad debaters” tactic, the old gishgallop.

Gish Gallop: When People Try to Win Debates by Using Overwhelming Nonsense – Effectiviology

The fact you refused to clarify a point and cut off my quotes when replying is revealing here.

 

For large values of 2

 

What is the vital organ that you believe is failing?

 

I would say the culture is failing for the aforementioned reasons. If the culture is failing to the point of tremendous blind spots and creating this intellectual bubble, I would say that defeats the core purpose of higher education. It makes groupthink the norm in an environment where everyone is supposed to have their ideas challenged.

So considering that this is severely harming the core purpose, I would say the vital organ is really the heart. Having competent and intelligent academics would be the brain and I don't think that's the issue.

 

This ONE THING is causing a chilling effect where people can't safely speak their mind without being ostracized as racist. And if you need more evidence that the term "racist" or "racism" is used recklessly, look no further than Ibram X. Kendi tethering racism to capitalism and look no further than inequality of outcome (something that is normal across throughout all free and prosperous cultures and countries) between races/genders being seen as explicit evidence of racism/sexism.

You have mainstream civil rights lawyers saying a vote for DeSantis is a vote against Black people. You have the President of the United States saying if you don't vote for him, then you aren't Black. Then you wonder why conservatives keep their eyes open and their mouth shut when they go to college. It's not that they're this tiny minority of people. It's that there's a serious price to pay if you openly and publicly speak even mainstream conservative views.