Political Correctness

[Mrs. Garrison]

Cruz is a homophobe

[Oregoropa]

Originally Posted by Mrs. Garrison

Cruz is a homophobe

BVS requires a citation LOL

[BVS]

So I'm beginning to see the pattern; professors that made you cite your papers, websites that fact check, and posters that ask for sources = evil liberals trying to curb speech. Presidential candidates that don't fact check and use stats developed by organized hate groups and posters that constantly use numbers that have no backing = good decent conservative real Mericans.

Do I have that right?

Keep mocking those that function using facts. You don't really do the far right any favors by constantly attacking those in pursuit of facts, demonizing science and higher education.

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[Bluer White]

Originally Posted by Oregoropa

By your rules then everybody must provide citations.

When somebody says "Cruz is a homophobe" I'll expect you to ask them for some kind of link. Amirite?


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Discussion guidelines in the forum, Oregoropa,

depend entirely on your position.

[BVS]

Originally Posted by Bluer White

Discussion guidelines in the forum, Oregoropa,



depend entirely on your position.

Ah, the oppression card. How original. You've become quite the master of it.

Are you in the minority view? Yes
Is that the problem? No
The problem is engagement; most with the minority view in here don't, they just do drive bys. The one or two that try and engage they don't know how to do so. If you want a source for something I post, ask me and you'll receive, without any complaint.

The fact that this has even turn into an issue speaks volumes.


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[Vlad n U 2]

Get a load of this all encompassing stench of Big Liberalism here on FYM.

[Oregoropa]

All hail the word of the Blue Face

[Galeongirl]

Originally Posted by Oregoropa

By your rules then everybody must provide citations.

When somebody says "Cruz is a homophobe" I'll expect you to ask them for some kind of link. Amirite?


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That's kinda how debates work in real life. Just as how the Scientific world works. If you're making a bold statement, you are going to need to provide the facts. This could be citations, examples, videos, anything factual and objective. Opinions and other subjective matter aren't quite useful in this case.

When calling someone a homophobe, yes, that would require backing up as well. So if there's a news article or video where this person is spouting shit against homosexuals, that would count as backing up and therefore make the statement legit. Of course it also depends on interpretation of facts, but that's a whole other discussion. On forums we usually take the general interpretation. So in this example, if someone posts on social media about hating them gayz, not wanting them to get married, then yes, people generally assume that this person is homophobic.

[LemonMelon]

So we're really encouraging people to thoughtlessly throw shit at the wall to see what sticks, huh? No substance required?

Gotta say, I've never heard of the debate format that forces someone to substantiate their opposition's arguments for them. That's a new one.

[PhilsFan]

Originally Posted by Oregoropa

The right isn't pushing hate speech legislation. College campuses are no longer a place where you can go to engage in dialogue and have your beliefs challenged, unless you are of conservative thought. Even liberal professors are scared of offending hyper-sensitive students. Colleges and academia are left wing enclaves. Their Frankenstein thought experiment students are now running the joint.

If it's a lie prove it from your point of view.

PS: Iron Horse, you started this so don't duck out of the argument because I'm giving you some back up.


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The left is pushing for it to be illegal for you to beat up gay people while screaming "Faggot!" The left wants that to be more than just simple assault. It's a hate crime. The left wants it to be illegal for you to deny gay people jobs for no other reason than they're gay. Same with firing them.

If you think that's propaganda, if you think that's a restriction on free speech, engage me on that. But your sweeping claims of "left wing enclaves that are squeezing out debate" is laughable and not something I'm going to bother arguing with because you're just making shit up.

[Oregoropa]

So the big stink is that I said "liberal professors are scared of their own students". Here's where I got that shit to throw at the wall.


http://www.vox.com/2015/6/3/8706323/...ofessor-afraid


It's fairly self-evident that most colleges are bastions of liberal thought. I suppose there is nothing wrong with that if you're a student you know what you're signing up for in academia.




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[BVS]

Originally Posted by Oregoropa

So the big stink is that I said "liberal professors are scared of their own students". Here's where I got that shit to throw at the wall.


http://www.vox.com/2015/6/3/8706323/...ofessor-afraid


It's fairly self-evident that most colleges are bastions of liberal thought. I suppose there is nothing wrong with that if you're a student you know what you're signing up for in academia.




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Do you honestly think that's the "big stink"?

And do you honestly think one story from one person who went under a pseudonym proves a nationwide problem? This is the equivalent of claiming fraud based on assumptions of your mom's church.


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[BVS]

And yeah, college's are bastions of liberal thought. But that is more of an embarrassing stain on the current far right movement not on colleges.

When you all define science as socialism and get pissed that you're asked to source your arguments, and that you can't use personal religions to justify hateful legislation then of course higher education will be considered liberal.


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[Irvine511]

Originally Posted by Oregoropa

So the big stink is that I said "liberal professors are scared of their own students". Here's where I got that shit to throw at the wall.


I'm a liberal professor, and my liberal students terrify me - Vox

and did you read this?

I was a liberal adjunct professor. My liberal students didn’t scare me at all. - Vox

[PhilsFan]

Originally Posted by Oregoropa

So the big stink is that I said "liberal professors are scared of their own students". Here's where I got that shit to throw at the wall.


I'm a liberal professor, and my liberal students terrify me - Vox


It's fairly self-evident that most colleges are bastions of liberal thought. I suppose there is nothing wrong with that if you're a student you know what you're signing up for in academia.




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One op-ed on shitty ass Vox? Alright.

Bastions of thought, yes. Liberal thought? Well, only if you are of the belief that conservative viewpoints aren't really "thought," I suppose.

[Bluer White]

Originally Posted by PhilsFan

The left is pushing for it to be illegal for you to beat up gay people while screaming "Faggot!" The left wants that to be more than just simple assault. It's a hate crime. The left wants it to be illegal for you to deny gay people jobs for no other reason than they're gay. Same with firing them.

If you think that's propaganda, if you think that's a restriction on free speech, engage me on that. But your sweeping claims of "left wing enclaves that are squeezing out debate" is laughable and not something I'm going to bother arguing with because you're just making shit up.

Who is your beef with, anyway?

[Oregoropa]

Originally Posted by Bluer White

Who is your beef with, anyway?

Probably me and Fe Horse

[Bluer White]

Originally Posted by Oregoropa

Probably me and Fe Horse

Straw man, maybe.

Phils?

[PhilsFan]

I don't have any idea what the last three posts are supposed to mean.

[BVS]

Yeah, all I can gather is that they still think it's personal, Bluer doesn't know the definition of 'straw man', and Oregoropa came up with a clever way to write IronHorse's name.


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