the open mindness of colleges

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And people think that college students leading revolts in the Middle East is a good thing. College students are among the most close-minded, intolerant people on earth.
 
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MG1968 said:
And people think that college students leading revolts in the Middle East is a good thing. College students are among the most close-minded, intolerant people on earth.
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they think they're suddenly grown up because they don't have a curfew. of course you can't totally blame them, most have been taught in government schools.
 
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MG1968 said:
And people think that college students leading revolts in the Middle East is a good thing. College students are among the most close-minded, intolerant people on earth.
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Didn't college students in Tehran give us a thriving democracy in Iran?
 
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Yeah, screw it. Any place of higher learning should be abolished. Colleges should only serve to train people in order for them to make more money.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Didn't college students in Tehran give us a thriving democracy in Iran?
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i thought they tried to do it last year and it was stopped. oblabla basically blew off the protesters and did not support them.

it really funny oblabla was so quick to support unions but when it comes to overthrowing dictators he isn't too worried about it.
 
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milohimself said:
Yeah, screw it. Any place of higher learning should be abolished. Colleges should only serve to train people in order for them to make more money.
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guess you didn't read the story linked to in the OP. Perhaps the students booing the Iraq War veteran are in the minority on Columbia's campus, unfortunately, they have a disproportionately loud voice that is often amplified by their professors and parents.
 
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I did. I can tell you that tact is not usually considered by liberal arts students when it comes to voicing their opinion. It's important to develop for classes and open, honest discussion or else we'd all be beating around the bush all the time.

Kids will eventually learn their time and place to speak.

So, the op is essentially calling out a bunch of 19 year olds for not knowing when to shut up. How's that news?
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MG1968 said:
guess you didn't read the story linked to in the OP. Perhaps the students booing the Iraq War veteran are in the minority on Columbia's campus, unfortunately, they have a disproportionately loud voice that is often amplified by their professors and parents.
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I haven't heard of professors booing veterans, merely voicing their constitutionally protected opinions on whether ROTC belongs on campus.

I think they do, but everyone has opinion. Especially at college. And there is as
much variety in opinion among faculty as anywhere.
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We can criticise teachers and police officers, but not military personnel that served in a war so many people don't support?
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milohimself said:
Yeah, screw it. Any place of higher learning should be abolished. Colleges should only serve to train people in order for them to make more money.
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Colleges should have far more diversity among the faculty than they have. Conservatives and Christians are very under-represented. Hostility toward conservative and Christian ideals is common.
 
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We can criticize anybody we want. The only thing that matters is the time and place.
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VOLatile said:
We can criticise teachers and police officers, but not military personnel that served in a war so many people don't support?
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What occurred doesn't fall under criticism, it was being buffoonish , shouting down, and taunting. A tried and true tactic for the crowd that is incapable of debate, throw a hissy.
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VOLatile said:
We can criticise teachers and police officers, but not military personnel that served in a war so many people don't support?
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He wasn't actually being criticized... he was being shouted down. They were trying to prevent him from stating his case. If this were done to a Muslim, a feminist, an atheist, a communist revolutionary, or any of a number of other pov's... It would be getting roundly criticized as suppression of free speech.

In Philadelphia, Christian counter-protesters at a homosexual rally were jailed for doing far less.
 
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sjt18 said:
Colleges should have far more diversity among the faculty than they have. Conservatives and Christians are very under-represented. Hostility toward conservative and Christian ideals is common.
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Depends entirely on who exactly you're talking about. I'm sure business, economics, engineering, etc majors won't care. Womens studies majors? Of course, common doctrines amongst conservative Christians is antithetical to them and some other parts of collegiate population.
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unless you're at a religious univ the religion of the professors shouldn't make a difference. It's not like they're teaching Islamic math
 
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Thoughts -

1. Shows the ignorance and arrogance of 19 and 20 year olds at college. I saw "similar" (not to the level) crap happen at UT. I also knew some of the people doing it and 10+ years later they are ashamed of their actions even if their beliefs may not have changed.

2. I had several open and active Christian professors at UT, albeit in the business school. I would venture to guess that the low number of Christian professors in liberal arts areas are because of the low number of Christians who go into this field.

3. I'd also love to hear where joe went to college. I'm sure it was after his decorated military days and he graduated cum laude.
 
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sjt18 said:
Colleges should have far more diversity among the faculty than they have. Conservatives and Christians are very under-represented. Hostility toward conservative and Christian ideals is common.
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There's hostility towards any given group of people in a diverse atmosphere such as college. It's just something that's always going to happen.

Why would you think those two groups are under-represented when you have colleges specifically designed for those of faith? Also, those colleges are predominantly conservative since the faith goes hand in hand with the ideology most of the time.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
You realize that you're being equally close-minded by generalizing an entire group of young, ambitious, educated people based on the actions of a few loudmouths, right?

I'll ask the question that's been asked numerous times already... where did YOU go to college?
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Joe's a bonehead, but the university tacitly endorsed the stupidity on display and I'm not sure how you avoid lumping it and the crowd in.
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BigPapaVol said:
Joe's a bonehead, but the university tacitly endorsed the stupidity on display and I'm not sure how you avoid lumping it and the crowd in.
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Sorry, I was referring to the student body around the country. Joe's criticized anyone who attends or at one point attended college a few times before.

Yes, bonehead move by this university. Are the majority of other universities that silly? No.
 
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