Sunday, May 01, 2016
I call him Doesn't Like Demagogue
Satan Bloomberg makes a commencement speech. Like all tyrants he hates opposition and firmly instructs the students to avoid supporting heterodoxy, which he calls "demagoguery". The students enjoy this part because they know he's talking about XENOPHOBIC BUFFOON TROLL TRUMP CHALK CHALK CHALK.
Bloomberg then instructs the students to stop being students...
“The fact that some university boards and administrations now bow to pressure and shield students from these ideas through “safe spaces,” “code words” and “trigger warnings” is, in my view, a terrible mistake,” Bloomberg said. “The whole purpose of college is to learn how to deal with difficult situations — not run away from them. A microaggression is exactly that: micro.He correctly places the blame on the admin and faculty, but unfortunately he's not talking to the admin. He's talking to the students, who are just being adolescents. So he has given them a conflicting and pointless message. 1. Diligently Study Correct Party Line. Diligently Suppress Oldthink Chalk Heterodoxy. 2. When your administrators encourage you to diligently study Party Line, don't let them encourage you. Students can't obey both of these commands at once. Rebellion is the purpose of adolescence among social mammals. It keeps things lively and sorts out the serious misfits. FUNCTIONAL CIVILIZATIONS provide many devices to channel rebellion into useful energy. Apprenticeship is the best for most people. Military conscription also works. The Mormon missionary experience is highly effective. Universities were originally designed as a channeler for aristocrats. Give their intellectual rebellion something hard to push against, and simultaneously guide them to develop their own leadership. Current universities fail both sides, and Bloomberg's conflicting recommendations will only make it worse. ¶ 2:35 AM
