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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
I didn't have time to read the entire article, but here's what I got: helicopter parenting has gone so far off the deep end that the college masters are expected to continue the helicoptering. And worse, students have been so completely indoctrinated into the helicoptering that they are absolutely unwilling to think for themselves. And therefore any incidence of cognitive dissonance causes them to completely implode.
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Not really, I don't think. I think the primary thesis is that a movement that is geared toward promoting inclusiveness and tolerance of opinions is rampantly turning into an extremely exclusive movement that is completely intolerant of different opinions, to the point where one can no longer disagree to any degree with the "party line", so to speak, even if expressed tactfully and even if the differences are only slight, without being violently censored and silenced and in many cases demanded to leave the university completely. This is of course wildly ironic and hypocritical, and I think this piece is attempting to display just that, as well as highlight the absence of healthy debate on college campuses, and the demands that students assume their opinions should not be challenged to any degree because their personal pain trumps the free thoughts of others.
Going off track here, but I remember they wrote an article about UGA sorority rush. I wonder if that's online anywhere.
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