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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 37 points 22 hours ago

Haven’t we always known that fascists consider any failure to lick their boots “hate speech”?

[–] Kellamity@sh.itjust.works 27 points 23 hours ago

Where do many of these students come from, who are they, how do they get into Harvard, or even our country - and why is there so much HATE?

The Harvard Corporation is run by strongly left-leaning Obama political appointee Penny Pritzker, a Democrat Operative, who is catastrophic

What a completely normal and professional letter

[–] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 14 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Anti semitism? Na fuck Israel and Zionist. They divided America!!

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago

America divided America. Israel just benefitted from it.

[–] WatDabney@fedia.io 231 points 1 day ago (6 children)

In a 2021 speech titled “The Universities Are the Enemy,” then–Senate candidate J. D. Vance declared that universities, as left-wing gatekeepers of truth and knowledge, “make it impossible for conservative ideas to ultimately carry the day.”

Yes - universities are by their very nature in opposition to irrational positions borne of ignorance, hatred, greed and fear.

That is as it should be.

[–] clonedhuman@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

The weird part is that there really aren't more than a handful of universities that are actually 'liberal.' Since Conservatives see the world in black and white, all an organization has to do to be seen as 'liberal' is just not be Conservative.

That's it. Either you lick Trump's stank butthole, or you're a 'liberal.' There is no such thing as non-partisan in their world. You either repeat the Conservative talking points, restate Conservative beliefs, loudly proclaim the party's talking points, or you're 'liberal.'

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago

The foundation of education is based on the concept on wanting to better yourself and the world around you. Education is about progress, not conserving ideas that are proven to be less useful or harmful. There are words that fit better for not progressing, usually tied to indoctrination.

If you want to conserve shit in your life, that's fine, you just shouldn't force it on others. The Amish prefer to conserve their horse and buggies, that's fine. But it's not fine to force others to not progress to airplanes because of your beliefs. I'm sure there was someone who thought the wheel was to progressive, fine, carry your shit the way you like, but I'm going to use a grocery cart, wheelbarrows and whatever other tools I find more convenient to finish the tasks I want to complete.

Conservative by definition is to not make progress. What would be the point of learning anything new, if you weren't trying to do anything new.

Education will always be inherently progressive

[–] stickly@lemmy.world 18 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

"We dragged the Overton window so far to the right that basic facts are political advocacy"

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago

I mean, just look at how they freaked the fuck out over Amazon merely showing you how much the tariffs are costing you for an item.

"A hostile and political act". That's what the admin said, and you can bet more than a few magabrained believe that knowing what you are being taxed by donvict is "political".

[–] karashta@piefed.social 106 points 1 day ago (13 children)

It's always "liberal indoctrination" to them. Because they can't understand that being more exposed to more ideas tends to make you less conservative. Also, it feels like a tacit admission that their own "education" was really indoctrination. That's probably one reason why they think all education is such.

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm really excited to know I'll finally be going to Harvard Med.

I'm in the anatomical gift program... I'll be dying to get in.

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They want to destroy what they call the Cathedral.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment (See beliefs section)

[–] keegomatic@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It should be called The Endarkenment, just saying

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The Endorkenment is more accurate

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

So true. So many of these proponents and their acolytes are fucking dorks, and not in a positive way of reclaiming the term "dork".

Like, I'm sorry that some people pantsed you and took your lunch money when you were in school, could you get the fuck over it and stop trying to make the whole world suffer?

I mean, watch Curtis Yarvin and just tell me he's some kind of total badass. With that leather jacket. GTFO.

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Endorkenment sounds quite appropriate!

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 3 points 14 hours ago

Sounds about right, given the losers behind it

[–] creamlike504@jlai.lu 11 points 1 day ago
[–] AngrySquirrel@lemm.ee 59 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Can we please stop legitimizing this regime by referring to them as an "administration"?

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[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Trump can suck my liberal asshole.

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[–] Delta_V@lemmy.world 78 points 1 day ago (2 children)

lol, as if Harvard were liberal

they're infamously, thuggishly conservative

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 77 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (31 children)

By Nazi standards, conservatives are too far left.

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