What do you think of speech restrictions in schools?

2015-06-12T03:44:16-04:00

“America is the land of opportunity,” “There is only one race, the human race” and “I believe the most qualified person should get the job” are among a long list of alleged microaggressions faculty leaders of the University of California system have been instructed not to say.

http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/22839/

California professors instructed not to say ‘America is the land of opportunity’ - The College...

That’s one of several phrases deemed a ‘microaggression’ at faculty leader training sessions initiated by University of California President Janet Napolitano.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Jun 12 at 2015 3:47 AM

2015-06-12T03:47:33-04:00

Are you really surprised that this is coming from the Land of Fruits and Nuts, aka California?

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 12 at 2015 5:29 AM

2015-06-12T05:29:37-04:00

It's these re-educators that are having a massive effect on the cancer our society has now.

I personnaly believe that anyone who wants to restrict speech and basically be the thought police should be deported to Siberia or taken out and shot. (Wanting someone to use a little tact is not the same thing)

Response by PO3 David Fries made Jun 12 at 2015 5:30 AM

2015-06-12T05:30:54-04:00

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over!

Response by PO3 David Fries made Jun 12 at 2015 6:06 AM

2015-06-12T06:06:06-04:00

Okay, now that my knee-jerk reaction is out of the way. Isn't all of this backwards from what people like Dr Martin Luther King Jr wanted? You tell someone that anyone can achieve greatness if they work hard, and that is racist? I am blown away.

Response by Cpl Jeff N. made Jun 12 at 2015 6:10 AM

2015-06-12T06:10:32-04:00

This is how the little totalitarian's want to run America too. They want to dictate what is acceptable speech and what is not based upon their feeling of fairness. They cannot win the battle of ideas so they try to go through the back door by polluting the minds of the young and trying to create a climate of fear through language totalitarianism.

This was all predictable and people have been warning about it for decades. Some on the left want to manage speech, thought, ideas, outcomes etc in the cause of fairness instead of greatness. They are the ultimate underachievers.

Reread 1984 by Orwell this is the path we are heading down. Certainly not there yet but many of the concepts Orwell wrote about are developing:

Omnipresent government surveillance: We have cameras everywhere and want to put them on cops too.

Perpetual War: because we are unable to effectively end one due to political ineptness

Doublethink: The idea where people can accept contradictory beliefs without issue

Thought crime: occurrence or instance of controversial or socially unacceptable thoughts

Cult of personality: when an individual uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods, to create an idealized, heroic, and at times, worshipful image

Inner Party: enjoy a quality of life that is much better than that of the Outer Party members and the proles. The inner party is the top 2% of the population.

These are a few examples of what he wrote about in 1949. He certainly saw around the corner when he wrote that one. There is much more too.

All of this (and much more) rolled up under Ingsoc (English Socialism) as the government. We are heading toward Amerisoc.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Jun 12 at 2015 6:29 AM

2015-06-12T06:29:34-04:00

"subconscious racism" Who TF came up with that one???

Response by Maj Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 12 at 2015 7:34 AM

2015-06-12T07:34:33-04:00

I think the pushes from the PC crowd come and go, and I think this one is reaching its peak. Perhaps in a year or few it'll subside and we'll return to another decade or so of less PC nonsense.

Response by SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. made Jun 12 at 2015 8:57 AM

2015-06-12T08:57:07-04:00

I see a symposium.
I don't see any restrictions put in place.

Response by Col Joseph Lenertz made Jun 12 at 2015 9:19 AM

2015-06-12T09:19:07-04:00

Microaggressions! LOL. Yes, we certainly don't want the most qualified person. The loons need some macroaggressions, so they quit worrying about microaggressions.