UNC in the news again
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If they want to roll with that then whatever but the following "Most readers no longer understand the word 'man' to be synonymous with 'person,'" is just a flat out lie. Most college students especially understand generic language. I mean, even elementary kids understand it.
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Seriously......academics-types are just moronic. They sit in their ivory tower and have no idea how the real world works.
Seriously......academics-types are just moronic. They sit in their ivory tower and have no idea how the real world works.
This doesn't surprise me in the least. Completely expected, in fact... My beloved school UNC has been a school for politically correct pussies for quite a while now. Sad, but true. We can't even crack 40,000 for a home game against a Big 10 team, for cryin' out loud! We are pathetic. Period.
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Bottom line,I love and support all UNC sports and that's as far as it goes.
So when our announcer is announcing the starting lineups and a freshman is in there, does he announce him as "first year student" now?
I love and support my alma mater period. Both its sports teams and its fundamental mission of providing quality education for the people of our state. Something silly like this doesn't change that.
But yes, this is quite silly.
But yes, this is quite silly.
I beg to differ. The total capitulation to political correctness in every facet of student life and academics eroded my support for UNC academically over many years. I used to give money to UNC, but I don't anymore. In addition to the rank political correctness imposed across the spectrum - and, frankly, the straw that broke the camel's back for me - was the consistent suppression of conservative points of view on the faculty and tolerance of students shouting down conservative speakers at campus. When I went to UNC, conservatives were tolerated. They certainly weren't in the majority, but their views were respected and given voice. They aren't anymore as far as I can tell. That is something I will not tolerate, so I stopped giving. If you want to think that a monolithic, politically correct and liberally indoctrinated student population constitutes providing a quality education to North Carolinians, go right ahead. That is exactly the opposite of what I believe should exist.I love and support my alma mater period. Both its sports teams and its fundamental mission of providing quality education for the people of our state. Something silly like this doesn't change that.
But yes, this is quite silly.
Here's the thing -- the University's stated goal is to be a university of the people and for the people of North Carolina. With its far-left slant, UNC is failing in this endeavor. Yes, North Carolina is more and more a 'purple' state.....but that still means roughly half the population is Republican/conservative. The University does not reflect or embody that. I won't give any to the academic side until this is addressed.I love and support my alma mater period. Both its sports teams and its fundamental mission of providing quality education for the people of our state. Something silly like this doesn't change that.
But yes, this is quite silly.
It's asinine, frankly. The student government routinely shits on the College Republicans, denying them budgetary request and the like. And the whole mess with Tancredo is absolutely unacceptable. You preach the first amendment right to protest and make your voice heard and in the process, deny other people their first amendment right to express their points of view. It's a sick culture.
To be perfectly honest, unless my son/daughter is an amazing athlete, I don't want them going to UNC. That's kinda sad and depresses me a bit, but I shudder to think how left-skewed UNC will be in ~25 years when I have a kid that's college age.
Hence why I only give $ to the Kenan-Flagler business school directly and not to general university anymore.
It's a college campus. There's plenty of room for dissenting views. This Writing Guide thing is misguided (pun intended) in my opinion, but you're blowing it way out of proportion. UNC provides one of the best values in education, especially for in-state students, and I'd be thrilled and proud for my daughter to be accepted and attend UNC, if that's where she wants to go. Fortunately, if you feel differently, there are lots of other choices.
"There's plenty of room for dissenting views."
No, it is simply NOT true that there is not plenty of room for dissent on the UNC campus. That is the point. There is basically only room for one voice on that campus these days - the voice of Liberals. Maybe it was that way when you or I went there; that is no longer the case. That's why I won't give UNC money.
I just don't see that being the case. There are students from all kinds of backgrounds on campus and all kinds of groups with all kinds of views and objectives. Just like almost any college campus anywhere. Part of that liberal agenda you hate so much is that everyone has a right to their views, unless and until it steps on someone else's rights.
Certainly there are cases where particular issues have been handled poorly or when the university makes decisions or has policies that I don't agree with. (And I'm sure moreso for the Fox News set.) But by and large UNC's campus is a more accepting place for various and diverse people and views than you'd find on Main Street in any other N.C. town.
As far as where you give your money, thanks for letting me know over and over, but I really don't care. I'm sure Liberty is accepting donations.
Certainly there are cases where particular issues have been handled poorly or when the university makes decisions or has policies that I don't agree with. (And I'm sure moreso for the Fox News set.) But by and large UNC's campus is a more accepting place for various and diverse people and views than you'd find on Main Street in any other N.C. town.
As far as where you give your money, thanks for letting me know over and over, but I really don't care. I'm sure Liberty is accepting donations.
I graduated much more recently than you, and I'm telling you there is virtually no room for Republican viewpoints to be publicly expressed.
UNC is what it is: a very, very liberal campus that attracts liberals from the Northeast as well as liberal "in-state" students who are the offspring of Northeast transplants. And it won't change.
The DTH is the most left-leaning thing I read regularly. Frankly, I've stopped reading it actually. I realize the DTH is *technically* unaffiliated with the university, but it is the de facto mouthpiece of the school and it's as liberal as you can be.
OK. Name ONE openly conservative professor currently on the UNC payroll. When I went to UNC, there was even healthy debate among the FACULTY between liberal and conservative viewpoints. There were symposiums and talk-ins and all sorts of gatherings where conservative and liberal professors and students openly discussed the issues of the day without either side being shouted down. That doesn't happen anymore. UNC is a liberal echo-dome these days, completely devoid of intellectual honesty and diversity. Ethnic diversity? Yes. Intellectual and political diversity? Absolutely not. Makes you wonder if the entire academic scandal isn't related to bad karma resulting this lack of political diversity... Who knows...
Liberty University should be commended for having Bernie Saunders speak. Not once was he shouted down or heckled. You think that would happen at UNC? Would UNC invite Donald Trump to speak? If so, what are the odds he would be shouted down and heckled as soon as he took the stage? I'd take 90:10 odds in favor of Trump being shouted down and heckled by UNC students and faculty. No doubt in my mind...
Liberty University should be commended for having Bernie Saunders speak. Not once was he shouted down or heckled. You think that would happen at UNC? Would UNC invite Donald Trump to speak? If so, what are the odds he would be shouted down and heckled as soon as he took the stage? I'd take 90:10 odds in favor of Trump being shouted down and heckled by UNC students and faculty. No doubt in my mind...
I completely agree. But that's not unique to UNC. Most major state funded universities are all liberal havens selling that twisted propaganda. So I'm with you. I would love to think that my kids would be able to get scholarships and if so, that will certainly play a part in where they attend college. But absent that, if I'm paying, I will look long and hard to find a college that doesn't promote (actually, forcefully endorse) that garbage.
And some people have the nerve to demonize Liberty University. SMH
They certainly should be commended for having Bernie on campus. And the Flames would love to have your support. You'll look great it red!
Can't name a conservative professor on staff at UNC, ehhhh... And, this is the standard liberal argument - if you don't like our cozy little liberal echo-chamber, GTFO... How typical. You and BillyL in bed together this morning?
Can't name a professor on staff at UNC, period. And Billy's busy making my lunch.
And this is the standard conservative argument - Don't agree? Make gay jokes.
And this is the standard conservative argument - Don't agree? Make gay jokes.
Hey, and you wonder why there aren't any conservatives at UNC! OBTW, it wasn't a joke
