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by stillkicking 1381 days ago
- Make vague generalizations about white people, men

- Blur the distinction between non-credible fringe groups and some of the most credentialed institutions around so you can play the underdog

- Ascribe all actions taken in name of minorities as the express wishes of those minorities, even if they are ineffective or destructive

- Frame it as redress for hundred years of "history" (read: the specific grievances of North American colonialism)

- Wrap it all up in a blue=good red=bad American apple pie with a Trump bow while simultaneously deriding others for being too set in their ways

There are colleges that are demanding _diversity and inclusion loyalty pledges_ with adherence to a _specific socio-political agenda_, and you think "science is political" is just stalling from people who have lost perspective?

The American left is insane and delusional.