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Ivory Cower
Best quote, in my opinion:
"One of the reasons the people turned against affirmative action in the first place was that they tired of the preening of opportunistic senior white males, who adopted an après moi le deluge attitude toward the younger generation: remonstrating about the need for punitive hiring criteria that they almost certainly never applied to themselves."
I hope this gets sent to every middle-aged white male professor who wants to enforce affirmative action on everyone else except him and his family.
On another note, I wonder what the racial makeup of CA is in the 18-22 age range. I'm guessing it's less than 45% white and more than 11% Asian.
"One of the reasons the people turned against affirmative action in the first place was that they tired of the preening of opportunistic senior white males, who adopted an après moi le deluge attitude toward the younger generation: remonstrating about the need for punitive hiring criteria that they almost certainly never applied to themselves."
I hope this gets sent to every middle-aged white male professor who wants to enforce affirmative action on everyone else except him and his family.
On another note, I wonder what the racial makeup of CA is in the 18-22 age range. I'm guessing it's less than 45% white and more than 11% Asian.
Bwaaahahahaha!
I think in part it might be a social thing. In my middle school at least the one or two girls who were class-clownish were ignored by the boys. Goofy behavior might just go better on males.
It does seem though that a lot of writers for good, funny TV shows are women though. I've read (no time to find the link, sorry) that men are more likely to find slapstick humor and jokes that put down women funny while women like puns and more subtle humor.
It does seem though that a lot of writers for good, funny TV shows are women though. I've read (no time to find the link, sorry) that men are more likely to find slapstick humor and jokes that put down women funny while women like puns and more subtle humor.
Bastions of Liberalism
Liberals have long pointed out some conservatives who are hypocrites on moral issues, and rightfully so. I'd like to see more of this pointing-out of leftist hypocrisy.
For all the talk of diversity and of the lack of integration between economic classes, these professors very often live in very homogeneous areas, race and class-wise. Some of them are now calling for the displaced of New Orleans to be scattered into white, middle class areas. I say that doesn't go far enough. How about white, UPPER-class areas? Manhattan? Princeton, NJ? Specifically, the areas they live in. I'm sure middle-class people of any race would gleefully help fund it. I'd also like for them to personally take in a few refugees for awhile, in particular, Krugman and his Princeton colleagues. Lots of middle-class people have done so.
Not always, but frequently the ones doing the spouting for these liberal ideas would very quickly change their minds if they or their children were involved.
For all the talk of diversity and of the lack of integration between economic classes, these professors very often live in very homogeneous areas, race and class-wise. Some of them are now calling for the displaced of New Orleans to be scattered into white, middle class areas. I say that doesn't go far enough. How about white, UPPER-class areas? Manhattan? Princeton, NJ? Specifically, the areas they live in. I'm sure middle-class people of any race would gleefully help fund it. I'd also like for them to personally take in a few refugees for awhile, in particular, Krugman and his Princeton colleagues. Lots of middle-class people have done so.
Not always, but frequently the ones doing the spouting for these liberal ideas would very quickly change their minds if they or their children were involved.
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