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ccoyote1 t1_iuhpbuy wrote

Or... people who have no interest in having a good faith argument realize they can get publicity by getting protested at a liberal college and run full steam ahead with the plan.

The idea that colleges are places were 'discussions of difficult topic's can['t] happen' continues to be a stupid position. Most of the time it's people who are insisting that 1+1 does not equal 2 and then get annoyed that the person who has dedicated their life to math doesn't feel like spending their time fruitlessly explaining that it always has and always will equal 2.

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ccoyote1 t1_iuhpl44 wrote

There's also the fact that by giving these people a platform attached to Dartmouth they help legitimize their position. These chumps could go on to say 'I have a well attended talk on this topic at Dartmouth,' which will give it an air of legitimacy that it does not deserve. These folks aren't being silenced or cancelled, they just aren't being handed a microphone from a college that doesn't feel like they're worth the trouble and headache.

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Hilarias_Glucose_Cup OP t1_iuhq0bu wrote

I love that a Harvard evolutionary biologist talking about the biology of male and female is summarily dismissed as "these chumps" 😂

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ccoyote1 t1_iuhrvue wrote

I'm sorry, is your position that colleges are coddled playpens or do you believe that every member of faculty at a prestigious university knows best? Pick a lane buddy.

This person isn't new to the game and has been repeated corrected by many people in their field.

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nill0c t1_iuhyakn wrote

“When I’m attacked you’re wrong, when I’m attacking I’m right”.

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G_Orwell_2084 t1_iuhzu8b wrote

I completely agree with you. Anyone who doesn’t want to support the truth should have their platforms taken away. It’s just wasting everyone’s time. We shouldn’t have to fund theories that don’t support the majority of agreed upon science either!

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ccoyote1 t1_iui5opn wrote

Your use of 'majority of agreed upon science' is a convincing argument that you don't understand science. Additionally, you are far less clever, ironic, or pointed than you think you are being. It's not about taking platforms away it's about not having to provide them to people who are bad faith actors. Much like your argument above, you aren't actually trying to think deeply about the issue but rather mock the very serious and complex question. Which... is basically what these stupid fucking content creators were looking to do. Whenever someone claims that they can't have an intelligent debate on campus they have always demonstrated resistance to seeing the other side's position, remained ignorant of the materials surrounding the issue, and really are just hoping to get cell phone footage that can be spun for 15 minutes on fox news and a little fawning over at CPAC next year.

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asuds t1_iuhr89j wrote

Yes. Well there are 666 floors of fright - they are not always going to be winners.

Look at then occasional fucknut in some election that touts his MIT or Wharton degree. Every once in a while madness takes it’s toll…

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