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  1. Aug 2018
    1. entered its decadent late phase, and it is deeply vulnerable,”

      Oh my god. I sure hope so. But I wouldn't be so optimistic. The alt-left has a strangle hold on universities and many aspects of education. And what if it were to fall, would there be a shift to the alt-right? That is just as scary.

    2. The young men on campus contemptuous of safe spaces with cookies and coloring books to soothe anxiety, who despair of “trigger warnings” preventing insight into the human condition, who despise rabble-rousers shouting down visiting lecturers with a different point of view, who are weary of the LGBTQ domination of discussions of morality, find the professor and others of the “intellectual dark web” of ideas refreshing. Theirs is “a parallel curriculum” to what they’re fed on campus and in the mainstream media.

      That's me! Although, I don't hate the safe spaces. I just don't think they are very good, and they could be much better. Mindfulness pales to the great religions of our world.

    3. It’s the identity politics, which Hillary defends, that he loathes. He thinks identity politics corrupts the culture at a time when men, both white and not, need a strong moral doctrine to guide them through their lives and in their relationships with women.

      Why wouldn't you want strong, tested principles to guide mans behavior towards woman? I need to understand. Wouldn't we want men to behavior appropriately towards woman? And if our biology is all the same, would we not be able to find out what that best behaviour is? It might be really difficult to do so, but I think society should try and discern proper behaviour from improper behaviour.

    1. “I think that at the bottom of this diversity, inclusivity, equity nonsense is a true hatred for competence,” said Peterson.

      I need to understand if this is really the case. Lot's of people speak to diversity, inclusivity, and equity and and say the mantras like 'equality of outcome' and show that picture of the three kids of different height trying to look over the fence and 'believe' all the rhetoric... but they act as if they value competence. I think there might be an element of selfishness in this too. Especially from young academics. Imagine if you were 21 or 22 years old and you got accepted into social justice phd and you spend 4 years writing a garbage thesis on critical race theory and pick-your-oppressed-group. Now, you've graduated and your just shy of 30 and you get a job teaching at university because you are lucky, wrote a 'decent' thesis, and satisfied the university's equity quota. You landed a job that is very hard to achieve, and you got it by equity discourse. But by now, since your almost 30 you've gotten a little smarter. You start to see the flaws of your equity discourse theory, especially if you have been given the chance to travel, or are finally living alone, far enough away from your parents. But what do you do? You keep publishing equity discourse garbage because you got a job at a university dammit and your going to keep it.... Or maybe that doesn't happen at all. lol. I wonder if by 'true hatred' Peterson means an unconscious hatred? Or do they know it deep down inside? ... It's fascinating. I wish I knew more.

  2. www.easyke.com www.easyke.com
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      Be careful!!!

      The pay is based on what you put for you phone number.

      It is determined by area code. And you get paid in the currency of you country. 15 bucks USD is way more than 15 bucks CAD. Put down an american number if you need to choose b/w Canada and USA

    1. . It is therefore misleading to use divisive terms such as races and racial groups.

      I totally agree, but most equity discourse literature (c. 2018) perpetuates notions of race. Scholars write about about combating "Whiteness" and social justice articles consider how minority groups can act against oppression. These notions perpetuate a race based mode of thinking. We can do better.

    2. Social justice leaders in education strive to ensure equitable outcomes for their students.

      That's why at OISE everyone gets an A. If you write an essay and it takes you 50 hours because you planned your time and were responsible, you get an A on your essay. If you spend 5 hours before the deadline to write your essay, you also get an A.