Hilarious story of Oberlin students TRIGGERED by Christina Hoff Sommers

[@msmadisonmiller1]

Wait so a safe space is real literal safe room? I thought it was just a figure of speech. My gosh these college kids are insane

[@TheRedfire555]

Yeah, when they say safe space, they usually mean a literal room with a sign that says "here's a safe space, for all those college students who want to be treated like 1st graders" on the door. :/

[@jv-lk7bc]

really, thats the least problematic of the issues being discussed here. (attacks on free speech, male shaming, etc). a previous generation might've called it a chapel. serves a similar purpose. I'm happy for them to have all the safe spaces they want, as long as they don't try to shut down speakers.

[@DecadentCupcake123]

a safe room usually has things like videos of puppies, soothing music, play dough, and coloring books.

[@msmadisonmiller1]

+j v they do try to shut down people who speak their mind about something they disagree with.

[@msmadisonmiller1]

+DecadentCupcake123 ah so kindergarten?

[@javiersds8081]

If I had a son (or daughter) who told me he wanted to be a major in Gender Studies I would make him become a mechanic, a plumber or something like that, something that's useful for society. I'm not paying for 4 years of drawing and colouring.

[@khush293]

lmao I wonder what they do in those classes?

[@weswolever7477]

Javier Sds Just Tell them...fine, I hope you get a nice job that will cover your tuition

[@meh.h]

@@weswolever7477 Could not have said it better.

[@StLennyBruce]

She needed armed guards to protect her from...people who need a safe space. Hysterical.

[@lifewasgiventous1614]

StLennyBruce Yeah....our species is fauked lol

[@saltinewarrior8192]

Great comment!

[@JackHaveman52]

Someday these kids are going to be embarrassed for how they acted. A few months in a 3rd world country would do them some good. At least they'd get to see what real danger is like instead of their silly 1st world fears.

[@jlawrance123]

I graduated from college in 2010 and the college life i experienced seems decades removed from what goes on in campus culture these days. What the fuck happened?

[@Impuritan1]

Obama was elected and you got out before these gimme gimme cunts took over the colleges. I'm guessing here.

[@Impuritan1]

I didn't say he fucking did you goddamn fucking overly sensitive idiot. Can you honestly set there and say that shit got better AFTER that sack of shit got elected?

[@Impuritan1]

Clint Flicker Where the hell did you get that I hate black people? This shit was brewing before he took office and somehow managed to fucking explode after he was elected.

[@chengliu8793]

Eric_Hitchmo: I feel the exact same way.

[@chengliu8793]

Good point Trevor. I went to a comparitively Conservative school (St. John's University) so that may explain some of it.

[@TimTeatro]

Wow! I've pissed off a lot of people. I've never triggered a dog.

[@bluetooth5562]

Christine probably uttered "heartworms" or something. Still feel bad for the guy/girl.

[@misterjones78]

When I went to college students who majored in non-marketable degrees knew that their degrees held little or no value to Corporations or even government agencies. They even joked about it. However, they pursued it because they loved their field of study and considered it worthy of their time. Often, they were the type of people who would have hated working for a large corporation. But today it seems that students expect the world to reward them. What a fantasy world. I fear for how they will adapt to the real world.

[@Scorpius7-l5h]

That's why there's an army of diversity officers in major corperations. They have to create jobs for them to pay their student loans.

[@nycholaus]

"you mean i wasted four years" yes rotflmfao

[@straubdavid9]

Her having done this for 4 years without ever questioning it before, tells you everything you need to know! If she had to ask...........

[@davester1970]

If Dr. Sommers didn't tell this particular young lady that she wasted 4 years pursuing a Gender Studies degree, she would have found out the hard way when the best job she can get is serving coffee at Starbucks.

[@davester1970]

Kyle Spence - The ultimate blame for many of these kids pursuing worthless liberal arts degrees that have no commercial market value can be placed at the feet of their parents. Where were they when they decided to major in garbage? Especially if they are the ones paying for tuition. Parents who should know better should have warned these people that there is NO commercial value outside of academia for the liberal arts.

[@jamesd2128]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with a liberal arts degree, knowledge is a good thing, learning is good thing, just don't take a degree like that and expect a lucrative career to follow immediately. That is not what those degrees are about , it's not about getting a job, that's an illusion the parents and the kid should be clear eyed about before one is undertaken.

[@psychowordsmith]

"OMG!! I AM GOING TO WRITE AN ANGRY BLOG POST ABOUT IT ON MY SHINY NEW MACBOOK" Fucking first world problems; as one of the people making those goddamn apps you use on your fancy devices, I am make less than they do working at Starbucks. AND I JUST MANAGED TO AFFORD AN iPhone 5S LAST FUCKING MONTH.

[@Ownedyou]

BAsed Mom does MASSIVE Trigger damage! 30 people and 1 dog caught in the blast!

[@clayz1]

Ownedyou That poor disillusioned dog will never see humans the same way again!

[@davexb6595]

"...gender theory - which has no basis in reality or serious scholarship." Could not have summed it up better myself.

[@dennism424]

I went back to school and graduated with a bfa with a focus in graphic design. One of the classes I had taken was photography. I got into a heated discussion with the instructor over whether or not most students would have access to their own dark room after graduation. She replied that "real" photographers frame what they want and then print and matte accordingly. I asked her how many students she had trained over the years and she replied "hundreds". I then asked, "how many of them are now making a living as a "real" photographer that she knew of?" She was forced to reply, "one", which of course made the photography majors really uneasy about their prospects post graduation. It's ok to study what you love, but you have to be able to provide for yourself in the mean time. Btw, I was the only male in a class of 19 (including the teacher), so how many of these girls were going to be able to get decent paying jobs working with their degree?

[@demonpaw11]

in this economy not many I can tell you that. There are people with PhD's in science fields and are struggling to find employment or are underemployed

[@jlawrance123]

Which science fields? It's not 2008; If you have a Phd in a STEM field and are unable to find commensurate employment then you are one hell of a high-level fuck-up

[@johnnyrook6371]

There has to be compromise between what's fun and what's practical. I'm all about taking fun courses and studying what you're passionate about. I took college classes on dinosaurs, massage, thermodynamics, and theater for kicks. I'm also an amateur historian so I studied a lot of classical history. My major was microbiology though and I've been working in virology and cancer ever since. I figured my job prospects are great so long as disease exists. Life is a compromise, like the balance between what you want and what society needs.

[@thepassionofthegoose5472]

Dr. Sommers is brilliant.

[@PaulJones-oj4kr]

I graduated from Obelin. The four years there revealed one of the most neurotic student populations I have ever encountered.

[@meanlaughmachine]

I am a first year at Oberlin and from being here for only a few months, I definitely agree.

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

@@meanlaughmachine Are they still talking about that bakery that got the 30 mil. What are they saying?

[@lfrohling]

Love it :) It's painful sometimes but the truth hurts especially when the poor girl asked "are you saying I wasted 4 years?" and Christina answered honestly "yes" (and gave reasons for it).

[@jackfruitearth702]

Love the honesty.

[@johnnyjrotten59]

Oberlin College was severely triggered this week. LOL!!!

[@xjboy550]

'Some one who I have never met yet know so well a woman of a generation that understood how far they had come and how far was left to travel and is willing to stand up and stop being dragged back ' a quote from my life that just fits with this great lady !

[@scottadler]

My uncle attended Oberlin, went directly into the Navy where he commanded a landing ship and was severely wounded in the Pacific. He went on to become a famous professor of law. Not today, damn it.

[@harrysilver6898]

Once you realize that living in this bubble has real consequences for their future and that of people around them, it's actually rather sad. How can those people not understand how to evaluate what their major is worth though? Have they really learnt nothing in all those years before they went on to be a student? How come they haven't thought about how to get through life after they have graduated? It's the job of their parents and teachers to help them with those questions. It appears to me that something went wrong long before they went to college.

[@instantgrill1]

Gotta love Joe always has great guests on the podcast

[@jebemtigolaz]

As someone that comes from a former socialist country I can vouch that socialism wouldn't favour social studies at all. In fact, no one would take you for real if you tried to have your way with social studies and BS feminism (remember, we were all de facto equals. So you'd be taken as a fool if you tried to pull SJW antics here). You would also not get the same wage as any kind of engineer. We actually valued our engineers and they were paid more than regular workers (although the difference wasn't as big). But yeah, socialism is basically meeting the basic needs of people and not the bullshit propaganda some/many people like to spew.

[@mickfunny4185]

+Adolf Hitler yeah, fuck your micro aggressions too

[@jebemtigolaz]

***** But only potentially.

[@BillM1960]

jebemtigolaz That is an excellent point as gender studies or some degree like that brings zero value to the community.

[@jebemtigolaz]

Bill Mayhew That's why we don't have these kinds of studies. Having social justice departments is completely unthinkable in my country. Feminism would pretty much be seen as blowing in the wind. There's nothing to achieve anymore when women have all the same rights in society and under the constitution. What's left is for them to prove themselves. We even mock people that study journalism because it's deemed easy in regards to STEM. What's the hardest course on your university? The campus pathway! Or the good old "I'd like some fries with that."

[@jesseleeward8749]

jebemtigolaz the difference between far fetched post modern theory and what actually happens

[@Treeezplz]

I love this woman hahah So polite and nice yet not with the bs either

[@tuntitommosille]

It's irresponsible of these colleges to even offer degrees where you have basically zero chance of employment after graduation. Most kids don't have a clue about the job market, so they may assume anything on offer is there for a good reason and proceed to pick some useless pseudo scientific crap because it's more fun and a lot easier than theoretical physics.

[@curvecurve1]

These gender studies and social science classes are expanding because teaching this b.s. is about the only job they can get with such a useless degree. Students are graduating and being reabsorbed into the schools as teachers to regurgitate this cr@p to a new batch of students in order to justify the horrible choice they made in picking their major. It's in the best interest of the ones 'lucky' enough to find a job to keep perpetuating this made-up science and ensure employment for themselves.

[@alexc773]

+Tunti Turpaan I think that it's fine for colleges to offer such degrees, but the students who pursue them need to understand that these sorts of studies are a luxury, and not a direct means to employment or developing skills desired by employers. One should be able to study whatever one likes, and the value of a university education should not be weighed solely on its ability to funnel people into certain vocations. That said, I do think that colleges and universities need to make it abundantly clear that degrees with such majors are not valued in the job market.

[@danien37]

employability is missing the point. Universities are to encourage wisdom and not BS like gender studies

[@gwho]

end the huge swell of financial aid then. it's perfectly supplying what the market demands. except it's not the true free market. government is subsidizing, so that usually results in less discerning spending. without government financial aid throwing money at colleges via the huge swell of loans since and before 2000's, you wouldn't have such blown up departments / industries of useless majors that just shovel people to be activists not just in politics but HR policy and various other types of institutions with insane advocations

[@herodog1]

It's all about the money. Colleges will offer majors in anyting as long as I get paid.

[@63mckenzie]

Imagine these nuts at a job interview. 'Yes, could you show me the office safe room please.'

[@BENYJOSE1]

As someone who is a critic of the Liberal Arts, I have to admit some simple facts: First, Liberal Art classes are actually great in moderation - a well-rounded education is a great thing to have. Second, the longer that you're out of school, the less that your major will matter - having an accredited degree that can be verified is all that matters. After 2 years, your experience matters more. If anything, you may be better off graduating with a high GPA in Liberal Arts than flunking out with STEM classes. Third, all colleges overstate their value with all courses that they offer - they give a theoretical foundation, but 5 years of progressive work experience will teach more relevant skills than your school. That being stated, as a graduate of a nationally-ranked Liberal Arts College, a former Higher Education professional, and some who has extensive hiring experience in various industries, here's my bottom line: it is absolutely ludicrous for students to think that they are worth anything coming out of college. STEM (& Accounting) majors are most likely to have some relevant skills and generally make more $, but actual experience is still far more important. Most colleges are a ripoff, so students need to exercise good judgement up-front: look at your goals and your aptitude, then select schools and classes accordingly. If you're rich and/or don't care about finding a job after college (e.g. you plan to go to Grad School, you plan to work for a family business, etc.), then go wherever and study whatever. If you're not especially book-smart, maybe just try working out of High School, and possibly go to Community College while working. The military is an option. State Schools usually offer very cost-effective degrees if you wish to earn good money. Etc. Basically, kids should make informed decions and be accountable accordingly.

[@italia689]

What is the difference between a "safe room" and a dorm or one's own bedroom?

[@pumpkineater_69557]

Lol...i feel sad about the dog!

[@rocketagp]

“If you get more correct than Oberlin College, you will vaporize.” Hahahaha!

[@JoJaDaRu]

I have kids, young kids. I read about modern schools and weep for my children. Please let me raise them in such a way that they see the bullshit of this new system where they are so afraid of danger they won't learn anymore. You need to be confronted, you need adversity, you need to be triggered... it's through adversity and chaos that we learn.

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

I'm a hard core feminist SJW and this stuff makes me want to join a skinhead gang just make someone run away to a safe space... :(

[@toddfundgren4299]

How r u self aware

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

sibeliandrift I'm redpilled now. I was misinformed, I had no idea what was going on in the US.

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

I was lied to about what social justice is.

[@jesseleeward8749]

SierraSierraFoxtrot did you have to do a whole class about how offensive jokes are because "the language builds the power hierarchy sulwrstructure"? so you "should only say things that build the culture the way you want it to be". thats what i was taught. to not tell the truth or the facts because the ' language creates the culture'. so basically just immerse yourself in propaganda that makes the world lok the way a theorist says it should.

[@VermillionMonk]

@SierraSierraFoxtrot Your experience could prove valuable. If you managed to deprogram yourself, then the same could be possible for others. I hope this is the case. At any rate I am glad you have grown passed the ideology.

[@amandaa2152]

Apparently, Oberlin had to stop selling Gibson's bakery food because they feared that the students would throw and stomp on it.

[@mamumaumau3320]

Safe spaces=Romper room for the S.J.W.Crowd...Sounds like this: Children, it is two o clock, time for your nap, and after, we will have milk and cookies and read a fairy tale...

[@yosaya]

SOMEONE GIVE PASS THIS WOMAN A BEER PLEASE....ANOTHER BEER LOL

[@ecstaticallyeverafterwithc5904]

Lol I went to Oberlin and am not surprised at all by this 🤣🤣

[@kurtkish6970]

I love Joe’s laugh at 4:04!

[@elderblackdragon]

She may have made "Women's Dance Therapy" up, but I bet you can find it in a college class catalog somewhere.

[@pierrepero9338]

Ive been wondering if some majors can actually reduce value. A major that takes an average minimum wage employee and makes them more likely to be a problem employee without adding any useful skills

[@capnskiddies]

I'm no economist but you're definitely on to something there. The ability to reduce productivity without increasing some desirable attribute (safety or improved quality, for example) is a net loss in efficiency for the economy as a whole.

[@daxegen4301]

When this came out 2 years ago it was a joke. We're now beyond a joke and turns out it got a lot worse!

[@BassGoThump]

zac degen Now any random ass woman can nearly veto a Supreme Court nominee with a fairy tale she picked up from 50 Shades of Gray! Truly astonishing.

[@SerBallister]

Therapy dog? Is that intended for the safe space? hahah.

[@351yt]

4 years wasted of what should be the best years

[@leigh9807]

Safe rooms and self victimisation is just about attention. That's all it comes down to. Like Instagram and narcissistic behaviour. Some people need to be the center of attention.

[@The8OJ4N]

I thought only explosive devices get triggered. Now I understand why they need a safe room, so other ppl don't get caught in their explosion. That is considerate of them.

[@erichodosh2933]

No, Joe. She didn't ask the women with their mouths taped shut why they were doing it. Their mouths were taped shut.

[@thomasandersen9310]

I feel bad for the dog too... 00:00:57

[@MrGOTAMA420]

Joe Rogan Fliritin with based mom!!!Awesome

[@johnfromdownunder.4339]

The truth will cut through the garbage

[@sqeakgeek]

What you describe sounds like the "World according to Garp" with the tape over their mouths.

[@agh8607]

Women (on average)choose family and flexibility over higher pay. They choose this because family is important. (As it very well should be) The other point Christina is making is that on average women don't seek out the high earning jobs...not because they don't have equal opportunity to do so, but because they are not interested. How is that anyone's fault? Men and women are different for a reason. I am proud and honred to be a women and all that that entails. I teach and raise my own children because that is what I value most. I do not need to be like a man to validate my self worth. If what you value is more money then work to make it so. Sacrifice what is needed and Stop blaming men and society.

[@raulayala249]

Such an amazing woman

[@ad8110]

I have friends in dance therapy. I wouldn’t say it’s a waste if that’s your passion. She wants to help rehabilitate individuals with dance and she is at U of Chicago so she’s doing alright lol

[@raymondpcowie101]

If she'd asked why the duct-taped mouths, the reply she'd have gotten was, 'Mmmmm, mmm, ummmm, mmmm, obviously!'

[@ArnoldvanKampen]

Sounds like material for a Woody Allen film.

[@Peteruspl]

Plot: Old well off sensitive writer bangs a number of students of vanity/ideology courses who have nothing worthwile in their lives and eat up his attention and feigned interest. Form: A set of skits each about another girl. Overall they show their common situation - being indocrinated, whipped into frenzy against the world and completely disinformed.

[@cipher88101]

Funny thing is, they would be perfectly "safe" NOT going to the lecture. It's not like these speakers go chasing them around the campus. The only element in the equation making anything unsafe is them.

[@dipdo7675]

Where do I get me some of that duct tape!!

[@dobrien14031975]

lol she hit it right on the nose. Certain jobs pay better based on the overall value you bring to a company/organization. Engineers, technologists, doctors etc etc will always be the top earners worldwide because of the skillsets they spent years perfecting. Want that type of paycheque? Be a part of one of these desired career paths. All career paths have unique earning potential. Do your research before deciding on a career path. Time spent in college isn't meant to be pissed away. You're supposed to be "training" for you future career, not organizing protest for every little hurt feeling you have.

[@wendyharper8245]

These college students pay high tuition to NOT LEARN.They are triggered by any thought that was new to them. If money is the only issue on jobs, get a major that prepares you for a high paying job. Majors like gender studies, women's studies, ethnic studies don't lead to well paying careers. If all the majors in these topics think they will become college professors of these topics, think again. There is a lot of competition for those jobs. Ask my brother, who is a college professor.

[@robertmchenry5274]

Just to let people know... these youtube pieces are no more reflective of what is occurring on college campuses now than news media clips from 1979 of colleges were then. These are selective snippets which highlight extreme moments all to help the producers of the clips promote themselves. Be it on the left or on the right...

[@southernvoluntarist246]

Gotta love Dr. Christina Hoff Sommers.

[@magistrumartium]

They went to the "safe room"? Is that the same as a "panic room," a place to go in case of danger? Seriously, what is it?

[@Itsmeeman1]

I think it's a room on campus with colouring books, legos, a ball-pit, paints, a dog to pet and bean bags and stuff like that. Basically, a little kids play area for supposedly grown adults of 18 to 30 years old.

[@magistrumartium]

Itsmeeman1 Astonishing! Run away from facts and ideas you don't like; play with Lego, like a toddler. Sheesh!

[@Itsmeeman1]

Mark T. Yep! And these aren't little kids of around 6 or 7 years old. They're grown adults! Well, physically adults, mentally infants.

[@watsonaname9715]

I am pretty sure these people would be triggered by a panic room.

[@kittygaillot2286]

Such rooms are dubbed “safe spaces” to provide “emotional safety” for such “triggered” students, where they are practically infantilized. When I was in college back in the early 2000’s, no such rooms existed because we didn’t need them.

[@Dr.Kananga]

4 years studying gender theory without landing a decent job in the field. Technical diploma in IT you can take in less than three years gets you a job and money. For all those who think there's a discrimination process I suggest to look at employment rates in both fields and tell me which one is more in demand.

[@flywheelshyster]

I wonder what types of philosophy she mainly teaches and who her favorites are. I'm partial to Camus myself

[@billyin4c514]

If I use an emotional tactic to shut people down, isn't that gaslighting?

[@madrazz8888]

What's the next step? People crawling back into their mother's womb XD

[@MrA2Zor029]

Oh Dear, I wish he could just be Quiet and let her tell the story! love

[@mattlofty5884]

That's kinda hot ha ha ha gold

[@dundeedolphin]

Is this not Joe Rogan's content?

[@davidshepherd397]

My mom who has a PhD in Physics, says that back in the 60s the students used to say, what does a philosophy major say at work? Do you want fries with that. This is the same again.

[@mangravy2897]

are you telling me ive wasted 4 years of my life?.................yes so hilarious!!!!!

[@GlorifiedTruth]

I want to get this straight: she TRIGGERED the students? She TRIGGERED them? They were TRIGGERED? These students must be easily TRIGGERED. Even the poor dog was TRIGGERED.

[@emanuelgonzalez1702]

Damn she a savage! Gave no fuck in the last part of the video hahahah

[@Slarti]

I wonder if the knitting was an allusion to the tricoteuses who would attend public beheading during the French revolution - there again it would surprise me if they are educated enough to even get that reference.

[@usafvet100]

jagara1 Madame DeFarge, I was thinking the same thing myself, but you'd need basic knowledge of the French Revolution, or at least have read "A Tale of Two Cities" to make the connection. Given the quality of education that can be found in most Gender Studies programs, it's unlikely the knitters would be able to make the connection.

[@wojtektolsdorf1738]

"I triggered about 30 people and a dog. I feel bad about the dog" XD

[@yaimavol]

I strongly object to dogs being forced into these college safe spaces to try and comfort mentally deranged lunatics. PETA Alert!

[@Dragonblaster1]

It's "Why can't I be the CEO of a major multinational when I have a degree in Feminist Dance Therapy?"

[@kingjay6009]

these kittens need safe spaces, yet they're "empowered, strong, and independent".... yeah right!

[@logan-nw1qd]

this triggered my dog!

[@Itsmeeman1]

That's rough, man!

[@TDghf]

put it down

[@javiersds8081]

You liar! I can tell from your picture that *you are* a dog! :P

[@legion3462]

They Don't understand supply and demand and this is the next generation of geniuses.

[@Morbius1963]

An amazing, free-thinking and brave woman. The novel she was reaching for is, I think, "The World According to Garp" by John Irving in which some feminists cut their tongues out in sympathy with a rape victim..

[@davester1970]

I love Christina Hoff Sommers and her work. The only problem I have with Dr. Sommers is that she still wants to identify as a feminist. She is more of The Factual Egalitarian/Equalist than a feminist. Feminism left Dr. Sommers a long, long time ago. Today's feminism is more of a misandrist, female superiority movement than the struggle for equality.

[@vulture3874]

The same college that just that a student freak out about having a radiator changed by a straight guy.

[@ianwoodall4523]

Lets try and pull this back. PC culture is fine when its about good manners and politeness. Anything more than that is daft.

[@seanhennessy6667]

I just googled the worst majors and surprisingly having an MBA is number 7, and number 57 is game design. I could get a job anywhere in the world making 100k+ a year right now with a game developer's degree. MBA??? number 7???? fk almost every billionaire in the world today has an MBA or a technical degree.

[@WildwoodClaire1]

What sort of professional position does a degree in "gender theory" prepare one for?

[@dovets]

A LADY seriously in the court of equality and NECESSARILY in the bounds of 'get with the modern world'....

[@mdkleistify]

"Each time participants wear the red tape, or red armbands, they are proclaiming their solidarity with the thousands of voices each day who are forever silenced, through abortion" -Terri LaPoint, The Inquisitr (for what thats worth)

[@yeaown8139]

Joe probably shouldn't have gotten high before this interview.

[@Fred800]

Christina Hoff Summers is excellent. The comments here are great too.

[@richardlbowles]

These Bryn Mawr girls who spent the whole of Doctor Hoff Sommers' lecture knitting... There wasn't a guillotine behind her on the stage by any chance, was there? How exactly does one trigger a dog? Perhaps Doctor Hoff Sommers shouted "Sit" very loudly half way through...

[@jv-lk7bc]

ok "gender theory has no basis in reality or scholarship" is a bit of an extreme statement. ...but its just a talking point. People everywhere say more extreme things every day of the week. Its called an opinion. College is where we're supposed to be the very most free to express opinions and debate. Its why we have colleges.

[@TTTHC]

It doesn't have any basis. If you want to learn about gender then study human biology and human evolutionary psychology.

[@MC-ip8gb]

j v not extreme at all.

[@MetisRose95]

I firmly believe that people should study what they are passionate about rather than just what they'll make the most money in or has the largest hiring pool. Because long term I believe you will be happier. But that does still mean you have to accept the cons that may go along with the job like smaller pay for instance.

[@martymcfly88mph35]

Rebecca or no job... like a lot of these feminist majors get you. Maybe it isn't worth going into tens of thousands in debt to work at Starbucks anyways.

[@c.s.7097]

Curious as to why she dodged the question at the 0:30 mark

[@rkrw576]

It's pretty easy to pick out excesses and whale on them with sarcasm and irony like its the whole story. I call it a cheap shot. Anyyhing labeled PC is automatically ridiculous to rightwingers, so can be dismissed. I think this does a lot of people injustice. They're kids, let them feel their intellectual oats as they learn to think critically. I was a conservative at Oberlin in the mid-70s and some people said pretty ridiculous things then, too. But we kept talking. That is less possible now.

[@daveanonymous9113]

Robert, I appreciate your sentiments, your voice has been heard. You are correct in your assumptions; they're kids which gives them benefit of being ignorant as long as it takes to grow up, just don't take too long to get past the idiot stage. Unfortunately, although they can wear the shield of youth, some of their rants are pushing the nation into positions any adult with even a modicum of intelligence knows is the wrong way to go. They resort to violence or threats of violence to silence people that don't share their opinions, they riot and burn police cars, vandalize property, bully and harm the weak. They don't know what they don't know but if violence is all they know to use, violation of Constitutional Rights, demand that the world acquis to their uninformed "feelings" for change, that's where we must part. I'm fully aware that this is not a uniform behavior pattern for all kids. I'm also aware that there are a limited number of radical types. But it only takes one to launch horrors upon our country. When they get to the point where you take off the training wheels, that gives me hope. I'm a child of the sixties, women wore flowers in their hair, men grew hair down to their ass, peace signs were everywhere, bare feet, Janis Joplin, and Levi's were in vogue. Peace, Love, Smoke Dope was their slogan, Woodstock changed the world. Martin promoted peaceful demonstrations; he changed the world. If they could control themselves and act like something close to an adult, I'm all for them. Otherwise, their youthful innocence dose not give them the right to destroy all that adults hold holy just to selectively entertain a segment of society, that have done nothing but suck up Gerber mashed green beans.

[@cruiseguy6852]

"Did I waste 4 years?" "Yes!" Truth

[@fuzzylogic8573]

if they want a safe space lock them in the basement.

[@shevetlevi2821]

Props to Christina Hoff Sommers. But as for the current crop of humanities majors and the professors they'll become; "Underpay intellectuals at your own risk."- Jordan Petersen.

[@javiersds8081]

I've never been to America, so I just have to ask... WTF is a safe space?? What do people do there?

[@alanappel1888]

Re knitting: See Madam DuFarge in A Tale of Two Cities who knitted the names of her enemies who were subsequently murdered.

[@ibanezdude9]

Socialism is often held up as a scarecrow in these talks, like a feminist dance teacher would get paid the same as a petroleum engineer if the system was socialist. Well, that might be the case in some alternate history where the soviet union continued or something. However, in these days, the more relevant comparison is the nordic contries. I assure that feminist dance teachers don't get a lot here either, if you want to get paid the good vocational choices are pretty much the same as in the U.S. But the difference in income are relatively smaller than in the US. Sure, there are differences due to the nordic countries being social democratic, but often times I find the images drawn of socialism, or the nordic countries, to be charicatured. Ben Shapiro is especially good at this sport.

[@canubeleiveit]

I unfortunately live in this freak show at the moment.

[@spark300c]

the need for safe spaces is expression of fi-si loop.

[@praisebewibble]

if you get a university degree in gender studies. what type of employment does that qualify you for. are you even employable and if so, doing what?

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

A liberal school district will hire you to wreck their education system