America's Re-education Camps

[DuncanK]

I had some pretty radical professors in college. We used to complain that they were trying to brain wash us. Some of them said that if we didn't hear it in college where would we here it. Well, I guess you could come here to Apolyton. Point is, don't be afraid of knowledge. You can take it or leave it. In my case, I became a Lefty

[DaShi]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs



DASHI!!! That is perhaps the single most ignorant statement I've ever read! Caucasians most certainly DO NOT hold a monopoly in Hate. It's just that we have the most colorful...well, blood red ...history of it. Hate is truly one of the global common languages spoken by ALL of Humanity.

Hopefully one day we will all forget how to speak it...

Sigh. . .

[TheStinger]

I think that eye thing is a good idea

[Gangerolf]

ever seen the south park episode "death camp of tolerance"?

[Caligastia]

Yes.

[MosesPresley]

From Full Metal Jacket

Joker and Rafter Man stand in a small group of military and civilian officials near a large excavation containing about 40 bodies.

Lieutenant: "Well, apparently the NVA came in with lists of names - government officials, land owners, army and police officers. They went around to their houses and politely told them to report to local schools for political re-education. They shot everyone who turned up, some of them were buried alive."

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by TheStinger
I think that eye thing is a good idea

She's gotten increasingly shrill over the years. The episode they did about her on Nova or Frontline ("A Class Divided") was pretty awesome. It was right after MLK had been assasinated and her 2nd grade class asked her why someone would do that. The next day she divided up the whole class. The first day brown-eyed kids were on top (got to play at recess, got to go to the bathroom whenever they wanted, etc), the next day, blue-eyed kids were on top. Afterwards, both groups scores remained higher than before, but not as high as when they were told they were better than someone else.

The results were quite interesting. On the first day, the average grades of the brown-eyed went up and the blue-eyed kids went down. The next day the situation was reversed. Simply being told that you were superior or inferior had an effect on how these children performed, or their self-esteem, etc. To this day, those children have never forgotten the experiment.

The problem with the sensitivity training is that it doesn't take long enough, so it's compressed and more confrontational.

[Jon Shafer]

Wtf is this article?

[red_jon]

IF these help reduce hate crime attacks then I am definently for them.

It's perfectly alright for the straight, white men here to criticize - have you ever been attacked for your sexuality or colour?

There's nothing wrong with trying to promote tolerance.

[Dis]

they just don't like the forced part of it. Esp. since some of these universities are publically funded.

But I am ok with it. Because you are forced to watch plenty of crap in public schools. And some of it could be considered material that is brain washing. Hell we have to say the pledge of allegiance . How brain washing is that.

I leave it to people to ignore that which does not apply to them. Those with weak minds... well I don't know what to say to them.

[Ramo]

My god, kids are being taught to respect each other regardless of ethnic differences! The horror! This is like a Soviet gulag!