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[โ€“] braxy29@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

let me be more direct then - i find it difficult to take your view on the whole of academia seriously when its basis appears to be the "experience" of a "friend," particularly keeping in mind you have already wholly dismissed social sciences. i understand that statements such as yours are not invitations to actual conversation.

good night.

I dismiss modern social sciences because they have made it impossible not to dismiss them by making absurd claims that are easily refutable and arguably do nothing to better society-- how the fuck is hiring or granting tuition assistance based on applicant's identity equate to social progress, when their identity makes up so little of their effectual background?

If race is a social construct, then tell me why the fuck they insist on making things about race more than it ever was before instead of embracing objective equality?

This incongruence is the exact reason extremist groups have no trouble finding new members-- anyone embracing these half-cooked, bad-faith movements is actively driving neutral parties into the arms of the extremists. By treating the neutral party as the enemy, you make them your enemy. I affiliate with no social groups because of how awful they are, but I assure you I will always undermine DEI however I can in my day-to-day job duties simply because those behind the movement threw the first punch.

I see humans as humans. And I don't give a flying fuck what anyone else says they are. They are humans, they will be treated like humans the same as all other humans are treated, no better, no worse, and their identity means zilch.