Post #759081
2026-01-07 13:22 UTC
Replies (11)
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@DSDJ3147@mastodon.social 2026-01-07 13:55
@ASegar@mastodon.social WTF! This is scary in the extreme. Enough of this sh*t… Prof’s reply… “Please note that my course does not “advocate” any ideology; I teach students how to structure & evaluate arguments commonly raised in discussions of contemporary moral issues.” (See “The Charade of Banning ‘Advocacy’“.) He also reminded his chair & #college officials that “the U.S. #constitution protects my course content,” as do the norms of… #academicfreedom ”
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@Enema_Cowboy@dotnet.social 2026-01-07 13:55
@ASegar@mastodon.social I would be very cautious in the hiring graduates from TX, OK, FL, or other states that treat education as nothing more than a vocational necessity.
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@Nonilex@masto.ai 2026-01-07 14:38
@ASegar@mastodon.social I do not understand the reasoning!?! What BS are they claiming? Plato is foundational. You may as well scrap philosophy altogether.
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@mensrea@freeradical.zone 2026-01-07 16:38
@ASegar@mastodon.social switch to teaching diogenes
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@heafnerj@mstdn.social 2026-01-07 16:44
@ASegar@mastodon.social I'm happy to see four year college and university faculty bullied and harassed and micromanaged by administrators like we in community college faculty have been for decades. I was harassed to the point of retiring, banned from teaching my discipline for two years and my courses given to adjuncts, and not a single soul believed me or my colleagues and no one, including accreditors and AAUP, stepped up to help us. Sometimes universities were the bully. Welcome to the world!
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@zrowolf@meow.social 2026-01-07 18:53
@ASegar@mastodon.social I would ask them for the specific readings from Plato that violate the rule. If they're going to block teaching based on a rule, they should damn well be able to point out what specific parts of the material they are blocking.
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@karlauerbach@sfba.social 2026-01-07 19:07
@ASegar@mastodon.social Ah, yet another reason why companies are starting to look askance at job applicants bearing "degrees" from various red states.
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@IHender@mas.to 2026-01-07 19:32
@ASegar@mastodon.social Sad to see that many American universities, like Texas A&M, seem to care more about running a semi-professional football team than academic freedom and integrity.
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@kevinrns@mstdn.social 2026-01-07 20:36
@ASegar@mastodon.social Ha ha ha losers. Teach this exchange during class, not Plato, add extra syllabus materials from rhe impeachment of mayonnaise makeup
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@antjbro@mastodonapp.uk 2026-01-07 22:14
@ASegar@mastodon.social oh, America ……
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@geolaw@aus.social 2026-01-07 22:27
@ASegar@mastodon.social Plato "Let's look at what is outside the cave" Texas "No! Stay in the cave!"