Message from @cmdline
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(I don't mean to sound defensive of her or offended, I'm not)
I don’t know your teacher so I’ll take your word for it but I’m really wary of anyone who takes the far left seriously.
Are you wary of anyone who takes the far-right seriously?
Don't you think its important to be presented with a diversity of opinions, some of them absurd but seriously defended when in college?
I’m wary of both. I don’t think you should shut down extreme views but also be careful to not cross the line of indoctrination.
extreme views on either side have issues..
Idk, there are some 'extreme' views that I like. (I'm partial to minarchism).
extremeism is generally bad, "only sith deal in absolutes"
I think there are plenty of far-right and left views that are worth being exposed to and engaging with.
extreme views are generally centrist views, just to the extreme...
@CreativeRealms i take the far left seriously
our federal government literally shut down and far left progressives are taking over major institutions all over the world at an alarming rate
so like
there are clearly risks
I take them seriously in that way yes. As in they are a serious danger.
i'm not a reactionary in the sense that join a group simply to oppose another party's views
because often it's mis-applied like universitites and their excessive nitpicking of themself despite not having the problems they describe like racism against minorities and rape
Sexual violence on campus is definitely a real problem.
compared to what
Compared to sexual violence off campus
citation?
everything i've seen shows that physical violence is lower on campus along with pretty much every crime
But i can't present them or discuss them intimately because of legal stuff
I can't speak to that.
All i can say with relative certainty, is that on my campus (and i've heard this is normal) the number of reported sexual incidents on surveys is much higher than normal. it depends on a lot of things of course, how do you define sexual violence/rape, what counts as on campus and so on
But what is unequivocally clear is that college-aged girls who actually attend university are very much at risk of victimization
That said, the 1 in 5 statistic is laughably hyperbolic
well to make a proper comparison you have to look at the methods you apply on campus to the surrounding city and break it down to the type of incident
for example many include drunk sex
I've never seen a study that included sex while intoxicated
And i've read a number of them
in detroit, the crime rate of the Wayne State university area is a LOT lower than the surrounding city
Well that's obvious
But you have to consider how often sexual violence goes unreported
for both sides
And that crime is a much broader category than sexual violence
?
For both sides???
for the university and the surrounding area
Oh, yeah of course. All I'm saying is that you can't look at crime rates and go, oh so rape is less of a thing on campus then off. Because crime is a very broad category and is confounded by a lot of variables. I think the best way to get at sexual violence rates is to ask people directly with surveys.
1 in 5 is not hyperbolic, its complete bullsh...that would make an american campus more dangerous the congo.