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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
That whole Yale costume thing is madness. American learning institutions are undergoing a kind of dogmatic purging and enforced piety that is usually associated with religious fundamentalism. I'd feel sorry for the instructors and administrators, if they weren't such cowards in how they abase themselves before the children* learning to wield fear like a weapon. Just like in the late 60s, the bewildering folly of the far left chases the 'silent majority' into the arms of the right.
* It's sad that we have to regard 18-24 year olds as children, but I don't know what else to call people whose feelings are so easily bruised by words that draconian limitations have to be placed on speech to protect them.
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I don't find myself agreeing with you that often, but you are absolutely nailing this thread.