On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Maxim Linchits <[email protected]> wrote:
> Great find! It’s a perfect illustration of how American politics has > become completely unhinged from reality. Liberal “anti-racism” is now > essentially the struggle for political correctness, i.e. a war on symbols > rather than substance. What other issues are they working on these days - > writing angry letters in response some insensitive comments by Bill > O’Reilly? > Maxim, Thanks for the note. It is good to know that I am not the only one who finds these things disturbing. Sometimes it gets much worse than just a war on symbols. It can turn into a witch-hunt or censorship. Like what happened to this guy at Missouri. He arguably made a mistake, but the angry reactions to him seem way over the top: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/12/grow-up-tweets-legendary-mizzou-football-star-to-students-who-hounded-hero-professor/ Or this from last year: http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/university-of-iowa-artist-behind-kkk-statue-discusses-fear-of-art-20150224 -raghu. > Have they concluded their campaign to condemn Kanye West Halloween > costumes? They need to save some of that outrage for real issues. With many > people it seldom gets beyond “I can’t believe what I just heard, that’s so > racist.” This is not a struggle against racism; it’s a struggle to save > your own precious little ears and eyes. > > > > Political correctness has it’s value of course. Living in Russia, where PC > is nonexistent, I sort of wish that people here didn’t blurt out the first > racist idiocy to come into their heads, or at least felt some shame > afterwards. But in the US the, elevated importance of PC over all other > issues is truly bizarre. It always reminds me of the example of John > McCain. Killing scores of Vietnamese from the sky is nothing to be ashamed > of. Calling them “gooks”? Now you crossed a line! > > > > End rant > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *raghu > *Sent:* Thursday, November 19, 2015 7:28 PM > *To:* Progressive Economics <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [Pen-l] Princeton protests: misplaced priorities? > > > > I don't know what to make of the actions of student protesters at > Princeton and elsewhere. > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/nyregion/princeton-students-hold-sit-in-on-racial-injustice.html?_r=0 > > On the one hand, it is heartening to see student activism like this. > Apparently inspired by events at Missouri, these events bring attention to > racism and prejudice that would otherwise go unnoticed. > > But on the other hand, look at these demands! > > "Change the title of those who oversee its residential colleges to “head” > from “master”"? > > "Removal of Woodrow Wilson’s name from anything named after him at the > university"? > > That's it??? > > Nothing about opening the doors of that exalted institution to a larger > number and more diverse group of students? > > Nothing about ending legacy admissions? > > Nothing about the obscene size of Princeton's endowment fund? > > Nothing about Princeton's part in EdX and the role the latter is playing > in undermining public funding of higher education in places like San Jose > State U? >
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