When the Left turns on itself
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A few weeks ago, a liberal, good-hearted Jewish professor, with proven progressive credentials, came under attack from social justice extremists. Their threats continue today.
The ferocity of the students involved is so uniform, deluded and irrational that is is being said that they exhibit signs of cult-like behavior. The students protesters have come to believe that they are under attack and that their college - one of the most liberal in the nation - is a hotbed of systemic racism.
This is a fascinating story that speaks to human nature, and what happens when emotion and ideological purity overrides rational thinking.
IMO, this strange story is going to be better than any Netflix movie you have tagged for the weekend. You're going to want to buy some popcorn.
Un-f*cking-believable spoilers ahead. (You're still going to want to watch, though.)
In the two videos (links below), you will learn that:
- Prof. Bret Weinstein is a tenured professor at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington
- As a youth, he exposed an incident of racist abuse by his fellow college students
- Weinstein has been a college professor at Evergreen for over 15 years
- Evergreen College is a very liberal college.
- A time-honored event at the college was re-cast to exclude white people
- Weinstein decided to not participate and wrote an email saying he would be on campus that day
- Student protesters swarmed Weinstein in what could arguably be called a "hostage situation".
- Weinstein's students came to his defense. Protesters now dox and stalk them on campus, at their homes and in the woods
- Other professors have privately expressed support to Weinstein but they remain silent out of fear
- Protesters began stopping cars, asking for IDs, presumably trying to find Weinstein
- The college police called Weinstein to tell him it was not safe to return
- The college administration had told the college police to "stand down".
- Student protesters now view the act of reasoning as a tool to "validate oppression".
- "Tools used by science to determine what is true are tools of oppression themselves."
- The emotional state is now such that "durable progress" (through reasoning) is not possible.
- At a meeting on the matter, it was made known that "the food and the chairs are for people of color"
- The protesters cornered the college president and would not let him go to the bathroom.
- The protesters told the college president to stop using his hands to talk
- The college president apologized on behalf of the white staff and agreed to a list of student demands
- The protesters have turned on the college's chief of police.
- The protesters have turned on the college's grievance officer
- Weinstein is worried that, if it spreads, the gains of the civil rights movement could be destroyed
(videos) Joe Rogan Experience #970 - Bret Weinstein
LIVE with Bret Weinstein: Evergreen State College Racism Controversy
Professor told he's not safe on campus after college protests at Evergreen State College (WashPo)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ests-at-evergreen-state-university-washington