Whenever I think we've reached the point of political immutability I read some quotes of Will Rogers. I've done that for most of my life. He's almost my spiritual icon.
Gosh. That makes me thankful I was able to have honest, thought provoking discussions with my professors and classmates when I went to the university. We had a great time. Some professors would even invite us to a local club and have drinks to continue some of our conversations.
I started to see this change when I was at Portland State back in 2012, during the Obama election. Even the professors would openly talk during class about how it was just assumed that everyone there was going to vote for Obama. I always felt like I couldn't be open with my own political opinions, and I even had a professor that punished me because I think she didn't like me. She dropped me a full letter grade because of my participation, even though I was one of the only students who actually spoke up in class quite a bit. She couldn't explain why I didn't get 100% in participation. I can't even imagine what that place is like now. Thank god I got out of there before things got really bad.
Whether the students are upset or not shouldn't matter, the problem is the schools. They're giving them this power. The guy in the video even said it. The school put up flyers on how to anonymously report a teacher. The schools are encouraging the behavior.
Plus, a lot of these kids grew up in the "See something, say something" era after 9/11. So they have been raised to report everything.
Its all about "making politics cool", so they start virtue signaling, shit gets way out of control. Then they take it upon themselves to try to change everyone's mind and their identify is tied to their politics.
Funny how the social justice that the right fights for isn't labeled the same thing. We're all social justice warriors for whatever specific cause we believe in. Muthafuckas that want the wall are social justice warriors too. In closing, this is a STUPID ass thread. /thread
So when Susan B Anthony was arrested time after time for illegally voting she wasn't a social justice warrior? You people sometimes...