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I miss having our nation represented by a person with strong command of his tongue and pen.
Hear, hear. Well said.
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Paradoxically, I also have come to believe until the country catches up to the rest of the world in education, politicians should use publicly no language beyond fourth-grade English.
I grew up poor in a poor area of the country. I also moved around a lot. I went to public schools throughout. While there were certainly a few subpar circumstances in the education system, on the whole, I got a good education, one that equipped me well once I got out of my "young adult with a chip on my shoulder" phase.
What astounds me is that it appears that a vast majority of the country did not receive an education that equipped them for adulthood. That we would even need to consider that we have to lower our standards and write at a 4th grade level. To me it's like argumentum ad absurdum.
There was a podcast that I listened to recently, where the islanders mentioned that they knew of the white plantation owners progeny as the dumb and lazy ones - resting on their laurels over generations had made them stupid and ill equipped.
So perhaps this is the circle of life, the meek shall inherit the Earth. All I can think is that the system has failed us, or maybe we have failed ourselves. I dunno.
So perhaps this is the circle of life, the meek shall inherit the Earth.
Perhaps, yes. I'd just rather not be around for when the decadents bring it all crashing down around our ears, which seems to be the step right before that conclusion.
World War 3 will kill the meek, and maybe they deserve it, because we were comfortable doing nothing while fascists not only took complete control, they did it while warning us beforehand.
World War 3 will kill everyone because if it doesn't begin with nuclear weapons it will end with them. Maybe the meek die first, but the strong won't last too long after such an event either.
I think it's a mistake to idolize international war, or any war for that matter, as some great or omnipotent filter that would only affect a specific group.
As long as people exist, so will the meek, the strong, fascists, and everyone else.
That’s a very valid point. They shouldn’t be perceived as talking down to the average person, and the bar is quite low with our public education system.
Unfortunately Harvard is one of the few places that can afford to reject federal funding.
What was he congratulating Harvard for?
Republicans were like, do these crazy things or we'll cut your funding. Harvard said no. This comes after Columbia mostly acquiesced to similar demands.
ah, more modern dystopian bullshit, got it
More like Harvard said: "We get fifty times that much money from elsewhere - go ahead and try me." They also issued a pretty scathing justification, but they really are standing tall on independent funding.
I applaud what they're doing but I fear that this approach isn't viable for the majority of universities.
Trump "cancelled" DEI in all American Universities by saying federal funds would be cancelled if the programs were not eliminated. Nearly all major universities did it, because they really had no choice.
They had a choice. They chose money over principles.
if someone put a gun to my head and said "say you love Trump or I'll pull the trigger", I'd probably say all sorts of shit.
As soon as their eyes are off me I'd try to fight back, but at some point you have to make compromises to ensure you'll be around to keep fighting.
Didn’t they get free money (they used to invest in our future workforce obvy) all along the way until just now? Or have their speech/activities been chilled along the way too :-/
PS: personal knowledge on this is about 0.5/10
And now he’s threatening their tax-exempt status
It is about time he said something about the new administration.
I just find it kinda weird to describe masked government agents showing up to drag people away to a prison in another country where they disappear as "stifling academic freedom".
Maybe brain drain is the best messaging here.
We can import the shitholers and make them work CHEAP on smart people stuff, but it’s like hunting, make too much noise and you don’t get the kill
He was chuckling next to Trump during his inauguration.
Trump hadn't fucked up anything yet (in this term) and Obama was being polite.
I have chuckled with people I hate because it made it easier for me to quickly be done with them.
I would wait a couple of months to see if they bend the knee and suck the dick before singing their praises.
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