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Offline Sanguine

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Cruz: 'Universities are trying really hard to raise a generation of pansies'
« on: August 03, 2019, 06:18:38 pm »
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Sen. Ted Cruz gave a speech to the Young America’s Foundation National Conservative Student Conference.
During his speech, Cruz ridiculed the idea of “trigger warnings” on college campuses, claiming that they negate the purpose of universities entirely.

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz bashed universities in a Thursday speech, saying that America’s colleges are raising a “generation of pansies” and doing a disservice to students by shielding them from “scary ideas.”

Cruz let loose on academia at Young America’s Foundation National Conservative Student Conference, telling the crowd “if you are a university administrator, the ideas that are represented in this room are terrifying.”

“There are no ‘safe spaces’ in this room,” he added...

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Re: Cruz: 'Universities are trying really hard to raise a generation of pansies'
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2019, 06:47:56 pm »
He’s more or less spot on. 
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Re: Cruz: 'Universities are trying really hard to raise a generation of pansies'
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2019, 12:16:55 am »
Ted - this has been going on since the hippie movement in the 60s.

It is just getting worse.
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Re: Cruz: 'Universities are trying really hard to raise a generation of pansies'
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2019, 12:24:16 am »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on August 04, 2019, 12:16:55 am
Ted - this has been going on since the hippie movement in the 60s.

It is just getting worse.

Many of those 60s hippies are professors now.
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