The Woke Police

[Michael Hardner]

55 minutes ago, Argus said:

 

People today lack a sense of belonging to something greater than themselves. They lack a sense of community, of community. 

That is something that I can agree with. 

Nietzsche did it, I blame him.

[Argus]

On 4/9/2021 at 8:49 PM, Michael Hardner said:

I don't think people are faithlessly engaging in this to make money.
 

Not even self-proclaimed Marxists?

As protests broke out across the country in the name of Black Lives Matter, the group’s co-founder went on a real estate-buying binge, snagging four high-end homes for $3.2 million in the US alone, according to property records.

Inside BLM co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors’ million-dollar real-estate buying binge | Fox Business

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Argus said:

Not even self-proclaimed Marxists?

As protests broke out across the country in the name of Black Lives Matter, the group’s co-founder went on a real estate-buying binge, snagging four high-end homes for $3.2 million in the US alone, according to property records.

Inside BLM co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors’ million-dollar real-estate buying binge | Fox Business

It's so she doesn't have to go too far to set fire to some rich bastard's house the next time anyone upsets her.

[Argus]

Don't you dare even mildly question academic bosses about their belief in micro-aggression or you'll quickly find yourself expelled and banned from campus.

Kieran Bhattacharya is a student at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine. On October 25, 2018, he attended a panel discussion on the subject of microaggressions. Dissatisfied with the definition of a microaggression offered by the presenter—Beverly Cowell Adams, an assistant dean—Bhattacharya raised his hand.

Within a few weeks, as a result of the fallout from Bhattacharya's question about microagressions, the administration had branded him a threat to the university and banned him from campus. He is now suing UVA for violating his First Amendment rights, and a judge recently ruled that his suit should proceed.

https://reason.com/2021/04/07/microaggressions-uva-student-kieran-bhattacharya-threat/

[Michael Hardner]

12 hours ago, Argus said:

Don't you dare even mildly question academic bosses about their belief in micro-aggression or you'll quickly find yourself expelled and banned from campus.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/he-questioned-microaggressions-then-his-university-gaslit-him-claiming-he-was-a-threat-and-suspending-him-from-campus

Another take on it. 

 

The manifestation of administration nervousness through systems of "red cards" is not conducive to an open society.

[Infidel Dog]

Just checking out this thread and it reminded me of this one:

 

Edited April 13, 2021 by Infidel Dog

[Argus]

8 hours ago, Michael Hardner said:

https://www.dailywire.com/news/he-questioned-microaggressions-then-his-university-gaslit-him-claiming-he-was-a-threat-and-suspending-him-from-campus

Another take on it. 

 

The manifestation of administration nervousness through systems of "red cards" is not conducive to an open society.

The story really does resemble something from Franz Kafka. Or maybe some of the people tried during the cultural revolution for counter-revolutionary beliefs.

And this is one of America's top universities which is training their future elites.

Edited April 13, 2021 by Argus

[Argus]

The woke police came for a Lebanese immigrant woman last week. She's an associate professor at Mount Allison University. And she had the temerity to say Canada wasn't a racist country in her private blog, and also criticized BLM as a radical group. The woke at Mount Allison shrieked and cried. They desperately sought relief from the 'unsafe learning environment'. Naturally, the administration instantly suspended her without pay. Academic freedom? Ha! What an outmoded concept! Academic freedom only applies to those who say horrible things about people and Canada on the far left of the political spectrum. 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/mount-allison-suspension-professor-1.6016047

[Michael Hardner]

9 minutes ago, Argus said:

The woke police came for a Lebanese immigrant woman last week. She's an associate professor at Mount Allison University. And she had the temerity to say Canada wasn't a racist country in her private blog, and also criticized BLM as a radical group.  

OOOPS... missed something "Burke said blog posts that condemned the Black Lives Matter group were among those concerns, as were incidents of "students who were taught by this professor being called out by name" in her blog.  "

[Argus]

9 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:

OOOPS... missed something "Burke said blog posts that condemned the Black Lives Matter group were among those concerns, as were incidents of "students who were taught by this professor being called out by name" in her blog.  "

What actually happened was that students didn't like her comments on the blog and went hunting through her blog to dig out everything they could find which was politically incorrect. She responded in her blog to a public comment made by a graduating student.  And not one of her own.

"Oh, one quick question to Mr. Husoni Raymond: Upon your graduation from St. Thomas University, you have been named the 2020 recipient of the Tom McCann Memorial Trophy for your 'strong leadership and character' … If NB is as racist as you are claiming, would one of its prestigious universities be honouring you like that?"

If you think the 'calling out' a student is responsible please explain why she has been ordered to take diversity training. And why that former student's response had nothing to do with him being called out but rather  "Disappointing to see a professor who's still ignorant to what racism is and will be using her power within the institution to uphold racists ideologies. Racism IS in Canada. Racism IS in NB."

Edited May 12, 2021 by Argus

[Michael Hardner]

23 minutes ago, Argus said:

If you think the 'calling out' a student is responsible please explain why she has been ordered to take diversity training. And why that former student's response had nothing to do with him being called out but rather  "Disappointing to see a professor who's still ignorant to what racism is and will be using her power within the institution to uphold racists ideologies. Racism IS in Canada. Racism IS in NB."

Well you have a valid point there.

The university, of course, would love to have other reasons to buttress the real reason the demote them: they said something that is vastly unpopular with the students.  It's not the same thing as academic freedom, though, and you won't find too many people to defend the idea that professors can say whatever they like and still teach in front of a class.

Does it bother me ?  I think in some cases it does, yes.  

[Argus]

2 hours ago, Michael Hardner said:

Well you have a valid point there.

The university, of course, would love to have other reasons to buttress the real reason the demote them: they said something that is vastly unpopular with the students.  It's not the same thing as academic freedom, though, and you won't find too many people to defend the idea that professors can say whatever they like and still teach in front of a class.

Does it bother me ?  I think in some cases it does, yes.  

We've seen plenty of professors say outrageous things which the universities have actually defended because those things are coming from the far left. Also, there's no evidence what she said was even mildly unpopular with the student body as opposed to vastly unpopular with a very small cadre of politically extremist students.

Edited May 12, 2021 by Argus

[Argus]

Jonathan Kay writes about how the cancel culture of the outraged left destroyed the career of a woman over a mistaken belief she had lied about her native heritage. Everyone from the CBC to the National Film Board joined in, along with various and sundry 'arts' organizations, and the CBC actually cancelled her successful show over it!

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jonathan-kay-the-cancelation-of-michelle-latimer-has-become-another-disgrace-to-the-cbc

 

Edited May 14, 2021 by Argus

[Michael Hardner]

"Contrary to the self-valorizing platitudes that emanate daily from Canada’s media leaders" ... well that's rich, coming from the NP.  

I concur that people haven't figured out what to do about 'oral tradition' and there is a urge to make an example of people who don't check the right boxes.

I think she resigned from her show, though.  Hopefully she is not 'done'.  

[Argus]

The dangers of the woke attack on western values are fairly clearly enunciated here. And two specific passages struck a chord with me.

Foreign and domestic policy is profoundly shaped by national identity and culture. A nation’s identity draws from its past, and so disputes over history have significant implications.

This, I think, is important. A nation's identity draws from its past. So if we are inundated with dark and dramatic horror stories, usually wildly out of context, about how horrible and cruel and racist our ancestors and the country they built was, then what do we have to draw on for a national identity? People are asked what they're proud of in Canada and they say "national health care." Good god! 

Whether in the case of China and Russia today, or possibly some future Islamic state, a prerequisite for their rise is a degree of confidence and civilizational purpose. What does the West have to offer to counter these highly illiberal states and social forces? What is the glue that holds free countries together with a common purpose to defend their shared institutional order, upon which their rights and freedoms — all highly fragile and historically contingent — now rest?

I think the dissolving of our national narratives under the continuing sanctimonious, self-righteous assault from the Left has undermined our sense of national purpose. That is why we're seeing democracy weakening down south and in other countries. People who are losing faith in who they are and in the governments which are so bad at leading them.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/opinion-the-woke-onslaught-is-a-war-on-the-west-itself

[derfasd]

Amazingly, people have only just begun to notice how radical society is regarding social issues.

[eyeball]

On 6/13/2021 at 9:02 AM, Argus said:

What does the West have to offer to counter these highly illiberal states and social forces? What is the glue that holds free countries together with a common purpose to defend their shared institutional order, upon which their rights and freedoms — all highly fragile and historically contingent — now rest?

This is a no brainer. Earth.

It's like no one's seen a planet before.