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andros_rex@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Texas A&M Bans Plato

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Texas A&M Bans Plato (further updates) - Daily Nous
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Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, was told by university officials today about his upcoming "Contemporary Moral Problems" course, due to start next
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    Texas banning critical thinking. Not surprised.

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      Texas A&M wrongly fired a professor last year for daring to teach that there were more than two genders.

      The Right is attacking the idea of academic knowledge. It’s Curtis Yarvin’s hatred of the “cathedrals.”

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        Only ignorant or evil people elect Republicans.

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    Ctrl-F “plato”

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