Comments on: Racism and Sexism at Duke University http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/01/17/racism-and-sexism-at-duke-university.html All of us against the machine Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:18:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/01/17/racism-and-sexism-at-duke-university.html/comment-page-1#comment-244434 tdaxp Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:16:10 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/01/17/racism-and-sexism-at-duke-university.html#comment-244434 Porky, Well said. The leftism of 'critical theorists' at universities is rarely counteracted. This weakens academic freedom, the health of our society, and tragically puts lives in danger. The Missing Child Alert for Andrew Thompson, that your blog links to [1], is a good demonstration of the real harm such leftism can cause. Abraham, Excellent points. Often, pro-left 'speech codes' became an end in themselves, and the few victories against them are only half-won and in cases of exceptional hypocracy. [1] http://en-gb.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39465030948 [2] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/12/29/multiculturalism-v-free-speech.html Porky,

Well said. The leftism of ‘critical theorists’ at universities is rarely counteracted. This weakens academic freedom, the health of our society, and tragically puts lives in danger. The Missing Child Alert for Andrew Thompson, that your blog links to [1], is a good demonstration of the real harm such leftism can cause.

Abraham,

Excellent points. Often, pro-left ’speech codes’ became an end in themselves, and the few victories against them are only half-won and in cases of exceptional hypocracy.

[1] http://en-gb.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39465030948
[2] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/12/29/multiculturalism-v-free-speech.html

]]> By: Porky - The Counter Feminist Pig http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/01/17/racism-and-sexism-at-duke-university.html/comment-page-1#comment-244308 Porky - The Counter Feminist Pig Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:46:56 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/01/17/racism-and-sexism-at-duke-university.html#comment-244308 The group of 88's original ad, which your link http://www.concerneddukefaculty.org/ tells us is available at http://listening.nfshost.com/listening.htm. is gone. How convenient for them that all that remains is their excuses and not the original statement. The group of 88’s original ad, which your link http://www.concerneddukefaculty.org/

tells us is available at http://listening.nfshost.com/listening.htm. is gone. How convenient for them that all that remains is their excuses and not the original statement.

]]> By: Abraham Mehti Anthony http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/01/17/racism-and-sexism-at-duke-university.html/comment-page-1#comment-54943 Abraham Mehti Anthony Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:16:55 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/01/17/racism-and-sexism-at-duke-university.html#comment-54943 I have an interest in the subject of racism and sexism. I am very supportive of women, ethnic minorities, disabled and just about any other group wrongly treated as subordinate. I try my very best not to be biased towards or against any particular group, however, when it comes to comedy, I have no problem with jokes about stereotypes. Often the jokes are about the way we look at different groups as opposed to the actual groups. If people made jokes and friendly banter about my race, I’d laugh. The fact is, controversy makes good comedy in my view. In your opinion, should there be a clear distinction between comedy and blatant attack on different groups or should such issues be banned from comedy altogether? I have an interest in the subject of racism and sexism. I am very supportive of women, ethnic minorities, disabled and just about any other group wrongly treated as subordinate. I try my very best not to be biased towards or against any particular group, however, when it comes to comedy, I have no problem with jokes about stereotypes. Often the jokes are about the way we look at different groups as opposed to the actual groups. If people made jokes and friendly banter about my race, I’d laugh. The fact is, controversy makes good comedy in my view. In your opinion, should there be a clear distinction between comedy and blatant attack on different groups or should such issues be banned from comedy altogether?

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