Texas A&M has decided that Plato is not to be taught, a determination that suggests the problem is not ancient philosophy but what happens when people read it.
The people making this decision seem very confused about the platonic idea of the split human. Makes me pretty sure they, themselves, have never rad the material they now want to ban.
It's sorta interesting that the Board of Regents decided that "no advocacy" of anything to do with gender meant no mention whatsoever of anything but white straightness. I wonder how many of them got polite or not-so-polite threats before their vote.
The people making this decision seem very confused about the platonic idea of the split human. Makes me pretty sure they, themselves, have never rad the material they now want to ban.
Wait. Contemporary Moral Issues cannot address "race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity"?!
Contemporary. Moral. Issues?!?
That eliminates half, and maybe a bit more than half of all Contemporary Moral Issues!
It's sorta interesting that the Board of Regents decided that "no advocacy" of anything to do with gender meant no mention whatsoever of anything but white straightness. I wonder how many of them got polite or not-so-polite threats before their vote.
Having worked at colleges and seen various boards of regents, I doubt any threats were necessary.
We don’t want our kids thinking about this stuff. They have a football game to go to