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Recent content by durangodawood

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    ‘Go to Berkeley’: Ron DeSantis said students seeking ‘woke’ classes should study elsewhere

    How did I miss this part. Cal actually has some of the very best STEM programs in the whole country. Across the board. It is widely known for those - unless your only source of knowledge in this world is recent culture wars axe grinders. Between faculty and alums, the list of Nobel prize...
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    Now does everyone understand why the "right to refuse illegal orders" video was made?

    This is a thread I wanted to see. Day 1: "This stuff about illegal orders is all made up and disingenuous!" Day 3: Someone in the War Department issues a blatantly illegal order to kill obviously shipwrecked suspected criminals. (Day 0: Extrajudicial killing of suspected drug traffickers was...
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    Father, sons drowned teen daughter over her ‘Western lifestyle’

    Generally I agree with this. I don't think the worst of popular Christian theocratic impulses reach 20% of Taliban or Islamic Revolution levels of oppression. And the scriptures of Islam validate theocratic impulses a lot more the Christian scriptures do. Thats hardly comforting tho, when we...
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    ‘Go to Berkeley’: Ron DeSantis said students seeking ‘woke’ classes should study elsewhere

    Wow still no actual comparison of U's to back up your imaginary comparison! There are numbers out there for how many graduates get what degrees from various U's. Its instructive. Youll see Berkeley is not what you think it is - when you compare.
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    ‘Go to Berkeley’: Ron DeSantis said students seeking ‘woke’ classes should study elsewhere

    Thats not a comparison to other schools. And for your comparison look at how many are enrolled in what majors, not taking an elective. Almost everybody takes a humanities elective at any college. Who takes an engineering elective? And just generally, Berkeley is one of the most renown...
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    ‘Go to Berkeley’: Ron DeSantis said students seeking ‘woke’ classes should study elsewhere

    Im gonna go out on a limb highly doubt youve actually compared the current BYU and Berkeley in terms of where the money goes or what degrees students are taking on average. I'll admit youre probably right that BYU is a bit more Mormon focused tho.
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    Father, sons drowned teen daughter over her ‘Western lifestyle’

    Just looking over this discussion, I'd say traditional western liberalism still has a home in America - in a way thats hard to find in the Muslim world. But..... lets not pat ourselves on the back too hard as we see it eroding from within in favor of powerful anti liberty Christian darkside...
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    ‘Go to Berkeley’: Ron DeSantis said students seeking ‘woke’ classes should study elsewhere

    Well the opinion piece isnt exactly a deep dive. But it does sound like the school suffers from competence being replaced by ideology at the admin level. Exactly what I expect from contemporary so called conservatives on a mission. We see this at all levels. Personally I think gender studies...
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    Father, sons drowned teen daughter over her ‘Western lifestyle’

    No. This is just about one family and not larger cultural issues, apparently. (But Im open to being corrected on this).
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    ‘Go to Berkeley’: Ron DeSantis said students seeking ‘woke’ classes should study elsewhere

    The whole comparison is just a mess. Berkeley, like most of the UC system, is mainly about high quality academics in serious subjects. If "New School" could achieve that, then hats off. As I understand it, he contrast New School was trying to set up is to completely ignore various lines of...
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    Trump dispenses with trials, orders military strike on alleged Venezuelan drug-trafficking boat (Now up to 2, 3, 4...)

    I have detected a conspicuous absence of Trump supporters here. I wonder what they make of this. Probably awaiting thinking points from a momentarily bewildered right wing media sphere.
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    Trump dispenses with trials, orders military strike on alleged Venezuelan drug-trafficking boat (Now up to 2, 3, 4...)

    Officially at war. Never. Actually at war.... you could be right. I mean, what are these current attacks? Law enforcement? I dont think so
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    ‘Go to Berkeley’: Ron DeSantis said students seeking ‘woke’ classes should study elsewhere

    Not just one terrible school - but an ideological project specifically contrived to be the counterpoint to higher ed "liberal orthodoxy".