Author Topic: PC run amok in academia  (Read 730 times)

Hawkmoon

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PC run amok in academia
« on: February 15, 2016, 10:43:52 PM »
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/26243/

PC has been taken to a new level (which, IMHO, is a low, not a high). Here's a college that wants anyone whose feelz are hurted to ... CALL THE COPS.
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Re: PC run amok in academia
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2016, 01:31:50 AM »
Sadly, pretty much mandated by the feds.

Please note that I'm a mandatory reporter - somebody reports something to me, I have to report it up.  I'm not a regular employee, but a student employee in a back shop.

This is pretty much an attempt to get these people to report to an authority who actually knows what to do.

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Re: PC run amok in academia
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2016, 03:36:50 AM »
So is there an actual formal "Butt-hurt" report form to fill out?
Can said form be filled out online?

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Re: PC run amok in academia
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2016, 05:23:44 AM »
So is there an actual formal "Butt-hurt" report form to fill out?
Can said form be filled out online?


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Re: PC run amok in academia
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2016, 09:36:09 AM »
The real problem, aside from the fact that this is another sign of the wussification of America, is:

1. You will get cops dispatched on this crap, which will take them away from other duties, some of which might be a bit more important than Susie the Co-ed got her feelings hurt.
2. After while of the cops doing nothing, and people complaining to supervisors/I.A. about the lack of action, cops will start taking reports and sending them to prosecutors, figuring it is easier to let the prosecutor make a decision about charges than it is to deal with an I.A. report.
3.  Prosecutors will at first reject such cases, but after enough complaints get filed against the prosecutors, they will decide it is easier to just file a charge than it is to deal with complaints about them rejecting cases because of alleged sexism, racism, homophobia, trannyphobia,  etc.
4.  Judges may throw out the cases at the start, but appellate courts will send them back telling the trial judges to let juries make the decision (which the appellate courts tend to do far too often, IMHO).
5.  You'll then add to the docket a bunch of cases that never should have had a report taken in the first place, which will result in a bunch of plea bargains out of fear of a possible guilty verdict from a jury of people who don't see this as a problem, or a bunch of trials held in cases that never should have been charged in the first place.

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Re: PC run amok in academia
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2016, 09:49:37 AM »
There was a link to a brief story at Texas A&M.  I heard about it a few days ago.  A group of high school students were touring.  Apparently one or more claimed someone used a racial slur during their tour.  There was no information as to what was said or who witnessed it.  There was also apparently no audio or video.  Makes me wonder if someone was driving by with a rap song playing on the stereo.  I the administration is trying to guarantee it won't turn into what happened at Missouri.  I'll believe the allegation when I see proof.
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Re: PC run amok in academia
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2016, 09:51:52 AM »
I doubt that they would see the irony in having someone arrested for calling them a fascist.
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Re: PC run amok in academia
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2016, 10:00:42 AM »
Once again the High Ignorance and Self Importance of Youth is put on display.  Also on display is that mental aberration which is usually overcome after a few years of reality is kept, nurtured and revered by the keepers of academia.
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