When an ancient philosopher predating the birth of Jesus is too “woke” for your institution of higher learning, I have to question the educational value of said institution.
You know you're winning in the "marketplace of ideas" when you have to literally ban the discussion, even the mere mention, of anything you oppose. Solid victory guys. Texas degrees aren't worth the paper they are printed on.
Easy to say. Good luck changing politics, the neo liberals have a deathgrip on the left options in politics, running as the plutocracy but the other parties are worse. Making the radicalized right planning of fixing elections, now with the help of russia and the us, an inevitability as they run as reform.
Nothing will break the population from the neo liberal's death grip, not short of a populist alternative, but they kill that in the cradle. Not even 2024 shook the confidence of the sheep in the party, as arrogant as ever they are busy being led to aggressively blame everyone else for their unwinnable strategies, especially blaming those that fought for a new deal of popular reform that could both win and restore the glory of our post war year prosperities. Across the west not just in the US, the US and UK are just the harbingers of the death of liberal democracy in all but name.
Wise men can't solve this, not disparately with the forces aligned against the common good.
I applied there in 2010 for undergrad and was offered to go there if I joined ROTC. I wrote back asking if I could not, since I objected to war and my offer was rescinded.
The regents used AI analysis software to audit syllabi for unapproved content. Thanks to this rude mech, 200 courses have been cancelled, stripped of core curricular credit value, or forced into revision.
Gotta love how AI is calling the shots in so many sectors these days. It makes for the perfect scapegoat. "Well the AI said so" is not a valid response in my mind, but those in charge clearly disagree. I've also read of situations where an AI will be 'in charge' but there will be a human on site to help out (or likely more accurately--take the fall when the AI fucks up)
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Akh@lemmy.world · 180 pts · 231d
When an ancient philosopher predating the birth of Jesus is too “woke” for your institution of higher learning, I have to question the educational value of said institution.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 59 pts · 231d
Texas has to reduce the input of Thomas Jefferson as an Enlightenment philosopher because he was too woke as a slaveowner.
hector@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 230d
Because he beefed with the church.
crusa187@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 231d
It’s Aggies, so no value there to begin with.
scarabic@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 230d
Beware the man with one book.
hector@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 230d
I guess that radical leftist alexander the great will be next, he had man lovers.
radio@sh.itjust.works · 82 pts · 231d
You know you're winning in the "marketplace of ideas" when you have to literally ban the discussion, even the mere mention, of anything you oppose. Solid victory guys. Texas degrees aren't worth the paper they are printed on.
scarabic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 230d
Gotta love that free speech absolutism.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world · 72 pts · 231d
A diploma from Texas A&M is worth less than the paper it's printed on.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 62 pts · 230d
And here we are
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 230d
Are we so out of touch?
No, it was Plato who was wrong.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 231d
Plato: "Everything is a shadowy echo of its perfected nature. Even gender."
Ken Paxton: "Any teacher caught mentioning that last bit is fired."
Canconda@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 231d
Plato: "Man is a featherless biped"
A&M: "He's too dangerous to be left aloud"
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 231d
Round here we gotta cure fer callin anodder man feadderless, hehehe...
pulsewidth@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 230d
"The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government is to live under the government of worse men."
– Plato, Republic book 1 (translated) circa 375 BCE.
darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 230d
diablomnky666@lemmy.wtf · 20 pts · 230d
I only read Cellar Greek. Attic is to high brow for me.
darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 230d
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online · 4 pts · 230d
Also the cellar is where I keep my Hell-enic wine. It had a devilish flavor.
hector@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 230d
Easy to say. Good luck changing politics, the neo liberals have a deathgrip on the left options in politics, running as the plutocracy but the other parties are worse. Making the radicalized right planning of fixing elections, now with the help of russia and the us, an inevitability as they run as reform.
Nothing will break the population from the neo liberal's death grip, not short of a populist alternative, but they kill that in the cradle. Not even 2024 shook the confidence of the sheep in the party, as arrogant as ever they are busy being led to aggressively blame everyone else for their unwinnable strategies, especially blaming those that fought for a new deal of popular reform that could both win and restore the glory of our post war year prosperities. Across the west not just in the US, the US and UK are just the harbingers of the death of liberal democracy in all but name.
Wise men can't solve this, not disparately with the forces aligned against the common good.
kata1yst@sh.itjust.works · 42 pts · 231d
Fuckin football team with a side hustle.
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net · 24 pts · 230d
Famous lefty radical Plato
AA5B@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 230d
Gotta watch that newfangled philosophy - why don’t we just use the classics? /s
devolution@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 231d
Wait till then find out about what the Spartans really did!
Danarchy@lemmy.nz · 18 pts · 230d
Cave wins again
Dorkyd68@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 230d
Aka, Texas a&m is attempting to be one the right wing fascist schools approved by maga
Horsey@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 230d
I applied there in 2010 for undergrad and was offered to go there if I joined ROTC. I wrote back asking if I could not, since I objected to war and my offer was rescinded.
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 231d
I would like to not exist in this reality any longer, please.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 231d
OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 230d
Texas. The One-Star State.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 231d
Lmao, Plato is like a major philosopher for right-wingers, there's literally a propaganda channel named after it.
hitstun@feddit.online · 9 pts · 231d
I hope college football fans start bringing signs with Plato quotes to Texas A&M games.
vane@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 230d
Now please ban all computers because of sexual preferences of Alan Turing.
GhostPain@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 231d
Snowflakes gonna snowflake. lol
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 230d
So dumb
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 230d
Just like A&M graduates!
/jk
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 231d
Someone should start writing Texas “Aggie” jokes!
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 230d
Conservatives want to converse the stupidity they had at birth.
frunch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 230d
From the article:
Gotta love how AI is calling the shots in so many sectors these days. It makes for the perfect scapegoat. "Well the AI said so" is not a valid response in my mind, but those in charge clearly disagree. I've also read of situations where an AI will be 'in charge' but there will be a human on site to help out (or likely more accurately--take the fall when the AI fucks up)
TheBat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 230d
adespoton@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 230d
So they’re banning Plato, but is Socrates still OK?
:D
lechekaflan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 230d
Another day at Y'all Qaeda Texas or Oblast of Texas.
BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 230d
I already despised Texas A&M for ruining the jalapeño pepper. Now we get further dumbassery.
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online · 2 pts · 230d
But will they keep Shakespeare as he is literally the only person to write anything in English?
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 230d
When will the mandatory public book burnings begin?
incompetent@programming.dev · 1 pts · 229d
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 230d
Plato is pretty gay.
Bluewing@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 230d
Plato has never struck me as a particularly happy person.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 228d
I am uncomfortable with how many times I read this as Plano rather than Plato. What would a university banning a city even mean?
ladyofcrypto@lemmy.world · -13 pts · 230d