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A drama professor told students they got their feelings hurt too easily

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I remember hearing that university was supposed to be for being exposed to different points of view, learning how to debate reasonably, learning how to not take excessive offense at rebukes and setbacks, etc. That a university degree was supposed to mean that you had proven to have developed those traits. Not anymore - I guess now it means being indoctrinated into ideological conformity and being smashed if you dare to disagree.

The most depressing thing is that it doesn't end there. It continues on in real life here on HN where it gets flagged.

Yep, but we will be told that this doesn’t have a tech angle which is why it was flagged despite a dozen other non-tech articles that somehow managed to pass muster today…but coincidentally were not critical of topics that a segment of society seems to feel are not to be criticized.

It's small wonder how any education takes place when everything is a minefield.

It is always either bad intentions or motive vs. misunderstandings, and today it seems there are a whole lot of misunderstandings going on. It's very easy to sort out the evil or bad intentions. We can deal with those properly. We need to be less reactive, and seek to communicate better, on the misunderstandings on both sides of any argument. That is the only way out of this divisiveness that has everyone reacting without much thought.

I wonder if we swing back to the "Stiff Upper Lip" norm in a generation or two. Next generations will search for their own identity, distinct from their parents'. And if parents are seen as drama queens, the natural antipode is "IDGAF".

Even the 996 workplace culture in China produced the "lying flat" reaction.

From time immemorial, when you tell a drama queen or king that they are too emotional, they get even more emotional. We just have more of this kind of royalty around lately.

It's almost like I'm reading the plot of an actual South Park episode.

This.

The fault lies with the person who didn’t send things out using bcc

Regarding the picture of the messages on the door: All of the pieces of paper are the same, all of the tape used is the same, and it looks like the same marker might have been used on those signs. I can't go back to look at the hardwriting because of the paywall. Theory: one person made multiple signs.

Regardless of the signs:

At what point should a group of people dictate things for other people? Is it via # of people, % of people, position of people, the differentiating possibilities are endless. Should a line be drawn, if so, how do we determine where the line should be drawn, how do we determine if something crosses that line?

Even stupid minds needs the keep themselves busy. And stupider the mind, the stupider the busy cycle.

>they saw the list and were left with the suspicion that those on it had been singled out with racist intent.

They aren't wrong. Earnest had no business remarking on students' appearance in or how they express feelings in Theater.

Earnest is not the one that wrote the list. He had nothing to do with it until he decided to reply all to the apology email.

Correct. Like I said, he had had no business remarking on their list of associations or dis-associations.

That sentence is about their reaction to the visiting professor's whiteboard though, prior to Earnest's involvement.

Found that you can sorta read it here, otherwise paywall: https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1466489222634766341

Twitter seems to mostly agree with him. Cannot read the pay walled article either.

Follow the link via Twitter, enter reader mode in Firefox and reload the page from there.

I can't say I disagree with his take, however he was communicating en masse. He probably should have thought harder about his words before he sent them.

In the field these students are interested in, they're going to need thick skin. What happens when they have an off night, or are just not that good, and put on a poor performance? A local newspaper prints a rather direct review, and now what? Does the review writer lose his job for not being sensitive? Does every reviewer now just avoid the issue?

Read without paywall: https://archive.md/Rs2lC

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