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Lee B Langer posted an update 6 years, 2 months ago
U OF M has drank the koolaid
https://alphanewsmn.com/the-university-of-minnesota-rolls-out-mandatory-gender-pronouns/
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… some form of micro-balkanization perhaps? … wouldn’t 5 groups be more simple and require like a ton less thought like? … the mandatory 5 groups would also alleviate from each person yet one more decision in their lives that might lead many to think they need to make a decision about their “personal pronoun orientation” each and every day. This is a terrible “thought burden” to place on another human being and in fact is a quite cruel torture in that the very institution that should be enhancing one’s natural ability to interpret “the feeling of what happens” (see the work of Antonio Damasio by the same name) has intentionally and with malice, has not only eroded the natural skills and ability to interpret one’s own experience but seemingly has convinced them that there is in fact no need for them to do so. Lion Names, Tiger Identities and Bear Pronouns Oh My! … and each group, Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons, would already have their own “color” so no need to “argue, debate and convince someone” that the cap, tuque, scarf, ring, bracelet, flip-flop, banner, flag, bumper sticker, t-shirt, button, backpack patch (don’t forget the merch otherwise how would one be able to make the interpretation of one’s inner experience known to others? — Wait wouldn’t this display be in contradiction to the idea that each individual shouldn’t have anything like an ego or an awareness of and interpretation of one’s own inner experience? … Oh, wait right unless of course it’s one from the list of acceptable choices of ego types and interpretations of experience from which you were given to choose.) should contain this color or that color or this many colors or that many colors. This would involve one’s self in like icky and messy brain stuff like thought and reasoned argumentation. After all isn’t the idea that anyone should concern themselves with debate and argumentation as a means to arrive at conclusions sooooo Greek, white male, patriarchal, pagan, non-feminist logic oriented, non-binary, and downright un-christian 4th/5th century BCE … or are we back to BC? I can’t keep up … sooooo many rules Aaaarrrggghhhhh … keep your eyes firmly fixed on the swinging pocket watch and listen to the sound of my voice (Oh God, it’s, it’s so wonderful, just like HAL’s voice in 2001) – now there were some s_e_x_y logic circuits worthy of trans-humanist emulation … paging Dr. Kurzweil, Dr. Singularity, Dr. Kurzweil) …
Muffley: But look here doctor, wouldn’t this nucleus of survivors be so grief-stricken and anguished that they’d, well, envy the dead and not want to go on living?
Dr. Strangelove: No, sir…excuse me…When they go down into the mine, everyone would still be alive. There would be no shocking memories, and the prevailing emotion will be one of nostalgia for those left behind, combined with a spirit of bold curiosity for the adventure ahead!
… just listen to my story, just listen to my story, just listen to my secret mission, mystery school, channeled story from the great beyond … MEIN FURHER! I CAN WALK! … Ooops sorry, just listen to my story, just listen to my story, totally harmless, just telling stories, nothing to be afraid of here, just believe STRONGLY in the Doctrines of Privileged Access, Intuition and New Thought and Everything will be all-right (say this to yourself over and over in a soothing and rhythmic voice – like HALs) until you believe it because of course if YOU believe it and believe it STRONGLY this makes it TRUE! … You too can be a member of The Nominalist Party (the worlds first, truly alternative, all inclusive socio-political party where all pronouns are welcome and able to believe anything about any aspect of the Cosmos they want (we don’t need your stinking science), anytime they want, in any way they want, for any reason they want – or absolutely no reason at all if they want. And in this party no one will have the right to challenge ANY of YOUR STRONGLY (or incredibly weakly) HELD BELIEFS for any reason. Although we have a policy of total toleration the challenging of any members STRONGLY HELD BELIEFS will NOT BE TOLERATED period, exclamation point! After all isn’t this REALLY the kind of world in which we want to live?
COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY !!!! , Take SOMA be Happy ! … with many apologies to Bobby McFerrin
… some form of micro-balkanization perhaps? … wouldn’t 5 groups be more simple and require like a ton less thought like? … the mandatory 5 groups would also remove from each person yet one more decision in their lives that might lead them to think they need to make a decision about their “pronoun orientation” each and every day. This is a terrible “thought burden” to place on another human being. This would be quite torturous in that the very institution that should be enhancing one’s ability to interpret the “feeling of what happens” (see the work of Antonio Damasio by the same name) has intentionally and with malice, eroded individual’s natural skills and ability to interpret their own experience. Lion Names, Tiger Identities and Bear Pronouns Oh My! … and each group, Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons, would already have their own “color” so no need to “argue, debate and convince someone” that the banner, flag, cap, tuque, scarf, shoestrings, bumper sticker, t-shirt, button, backpack patches (don’t forget the merch … If such was not available then how would we be able to express and let others know about our individual inner states? Wait, if that is in fact what is being done through such displays, then doesn’t that contradict the idea that we should not have an ego or have awareness of and access to our individual, unique to us, inner states? Oh wait, no that would not be a contradiction because no one would express an ego or a state that had not been “freely” chosen from the officially approved list. Besides, who worries anymore about such trifles as contradiction, consistency, or coherence? We are great souls and as such have nothing to do with these hob-goblins of little minds.) should contain this color or that color or this many colors or that many colors. To do so would involve one in icky and messy brain stuff like debate and reasoned argumentation. After all isn’t the idea that anyone should concern themselves with debate and valid, sound argumentation as a means to arrive at conclusions is sooooo Greek, white male, patriarchal, pagan, non-feminist logic oriented, non-binary, and downright unchristian 4th/5th century BCE or is it BC? I can’t keep up … sooooo many rules … Aaaaaarrrrrgggghhh … keep your eyes firmly fixed on the swinging pocket watch and listen to the soothing sound of my voice (Oh, … oh God, it’s, it’s so wonderful, just like HAL’s voice in 2001) – now there were some s_e_x_y logic circuits worthy of trans-humanist emulation) …
Paging Dr. Kurzweil, Dr. Singularity, Dr. Kurzweil
Muffley: But look here doctor, wouldn’t this nucleus of survivors be so grief-stricken and anguished that they’d, well, envy the dead and not want to go on living?
Dr. Strangelove: No, sir…excuse me…When they go down into the mine, everyone would still be alive. There would be no shocking memories, and the prevailing emotion will be one of nostalgia for those left behind, combined with a spirit of bold curiosity for the adventure ahead!
… just … listen … to … my … story, just … listen … to … my … story, just listen to my secret mission, mystery school, channeled story from beyond the 8th sphere …. Oh my God look … it’s Phil – The Prince of Insufficient Light … MEIN FURHER! I CAN WALK! … Ooops sorry, … PAUSE … just listen to my story, just listen to my story, follow the swinging pocket watch, follow the swinging pocket watch … I’m harmless, just telling stories, nothing to be afraid of here. All you have to do is just believe STRONGLY in the Doctrines of Privileged Access, Intuition and New Thought and Everything will be all-right (say this to yourself over and over in a soothing and rhythmic voice – like HAL’s) until you believe it because of course if YOU believe it and believe it STRONGLY this makes it TRUE! … You too can be a founding member of The New and Improved Nominalist Party (the worlds first, truly all inclusive socio-political party where all pronoun orientations are welcome and able to believe anything about any aspect of the Cosmos they want, anytime they want, in any way they want, for any reason they want – or for absolutely no reason at all without any fear of challenge. And even though we have a policy of total acceptance and toleration the challenge of others STRONGLY HELD BELIEFS (or even extremely flimsy, weakly held ones) WILL NOT BE TOLERATED period, exclamation point! After all isn’t this REALLY the world we all want?
COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY !!!!, Take SOMA be Happy ! … with many, many apologies to Bobby McFerrin.