Post #132231 · Elektrine

@Akh@lemmy.world 2026-01-13 20:39

When an ancient philosopher predating the birth of Jesus is too “woke” for your institution of higher learning, I have to question the educational value of said institution.

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@radio@sh.itjust.works 2026-01-13 22:50

You know you're winning in the "marketplace of ideas" when you have to literally ban the discussion, even the mere mention, of anything you oppose. Solid victory guys. Texas degrees aren't worth the paper they are printed on.

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@hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2026-01-14 15:36

![](https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/eb95ca05-c16f-4ac1-a144-a418a8d53a08.jpeg) And here we are

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@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2026-01-13 20:47

Plato: "Everything is a shadowy echo of its perfected nature. Even gender." Ken Paxton: "Any teacher caught mentioning that last bit is fired."

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@pulsewidth@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 13:52

"The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government is to live under the government of worse men." – Plato, *Republic* book 1 (translated) circa 375 BCE.

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@kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 2026-01-13 21:09

Fuckin football team with a side hustle.

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@Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 2026-01-14 13:26

Famous lefty radical Plato

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@devolution@lemmy.world 2026-01-13 20:47

Wait till then find out about what the Spartans really did!

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@Danarchy@lemmy.nz 2026-01-14 15:50

Cave wins again

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@NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2026-01-13 23:06

I would like to not exist in this reality any longer, please.

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@Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 14:15

Aka, Texas a&m is attempting to be one the right wing fascist schools approved by maga

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@OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 13:28

Texas. The One-Star State.

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@WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2026-01-14 05:30

Lmao, Plato is like a major philosopher for right-wingers, there's literally a propaganda channel named after it.

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@hitstun@feddit.online 2026-01-14 05:17

I hope college football fans start bringing signs with Plato quotes to Texas A&M games.

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@GhostPain@lemmy.world 2026-01-13 21:09

Snowflakes gonna snowflake. lol

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@vane@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 14:44

Now please ban all computers because of sexual preferences of Alan Turing.

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@prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-14 14:27

So dumb

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@OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 16:35

Conservatives want to converse the stupidity they had at birth.

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@homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2026-01-13 21:38

Someone should start writing Texas “Aggie” jokes! ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6bd6b3f0-0d4c-4cec-b0a7-b71e1581382c.jpeg) Cause they’s so dang stupid!

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@frunch@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 21:23

From the article: > The regents used AI analysis software to audit syllabi for unapproved content. Thanks to this rude mech, 200 courses have been cancelled, stripped of core curricular credit value, or forced into revision. Gotta love how AI is calling the shots in so many sectors these days. It makes for the perfect scapegoat. "Well the AI said so" is *not* a valid response in my mind, but those in charge clearly disagree. I've also read of situations where an AI will be 'in charge' but there will be a human on site to help out (or likely more accurately--take the fall when the AI fucks up)

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@SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 16:08

When will the mandatory public book burnings begin?

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@ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2026-01-14 18:57

But will they keep Shakespeare as he is literally the only person to write anything in English?

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@BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 17:53

I already despised Texas A&M for ruining the jalapeño pepper. Now we get further dumbassery.

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@adespoton@lemmy.ca 2026-01-15 03:48

So they’re banning Plato, but is Socrates still OK? :D