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Old 09-26-2018, 11:16 AM   #157
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Default Re: VISA/Mastercard blocks payment to Horowitz Center because of SPLC

the plural of anecdote isn't data but neither is the singular. i think these kinds of classroom environments are more likely to be found in a humanities or social studies field, personally. didn't you study the sciences? i'm not trying to disregard your experiences but I think the kinds of discussions being had given the environment and the timeframe may have been different than say, the kinds of topics that might appear in a college level Philosophy class today. The kinds of topics where disagreeing with certain types of people might place you on the end of a doxxing campaign, or have you labelled as something you're not on campus, etc etc. I think thats part of the "Trump Effect". Its had a major impact on psychology and peoples stress levels. I found this good article: https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics...a-13145645.php

As Northwestern University professor Laura Kipnis writes,
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"Emotional discomfort is [now] regarded as equivalent to material injury, and all injuries have to be remediated."
Often, these emotional injuries are remediated by backlash at the offending party in the form of harassment campaigns, threats, and overall attacking their quality of life on campus. This is where I believe the fear/stigma to discuss ideas openly on *some* campuses lies.

theres really no way to quantify this data outside of anecdotes that I can find, at least for students. I already linked to studies that claim a 12:1 liberal bias in campus educators in America though. I'd be willing to bet its even worse in Canada by virtue of the majority of our country being more economically and politically socialist to begin with.
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