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> "transforming or abolishing institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas."

So what "units" do they think these are, and how are they supposedly doing it?

Is that what the "units" themselves think they're doing?

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The math and economics departments? They don't really specify, and it can easily be argued that those two departments belittle conservative ideals.

Could be. Although if that's what they're getting at, it's more likely they mean earth sciences and biology.

"Yes, dumping all that CO2 into the atmosphere has measurably changed the climate and is likely to change it more".

"No, the world was not created in 6 days 6000 years ago, you moron."

It's a fair cop.

Some, especially some smart HN commenters, would say that conservatives just want to have an honest discussion without being insulted or being made to feel their opinions are wrong by default.

I think that's fair. But I also think table stakes for conservatives to expect an honest discussion and respect is to criticize and distance themselves from deeply wrong and unconstitutional proposals like the one in TFA.

How do you effectively deal with flat earthers, or people who believe other countries pay our tariffs? Or people who don't believe in graph slopes and just say "climate has changed before"?

> So what "units" do they think these are

The 'Studies' departments, most likely. Gender, Queer, Colonial, Women's, Ethnic, African, Fat, Whiteness, you name it. Anything which either starts with 'Critical ...' or ends with '... Studies'.

The "units" of critical thinking and meeting people who are different than you.

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