Texas A&M bans Plato.
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Martin Peterson, a philosophy professor at Texas A&M University, was told this week by university administrators that he either would need to drop a discussion of race and gender issues and the writings by Plato on those topics from his introductory philosophy course or teach a different course.
The mandate comes as part of a review of course syllabi being conducted by the university as it tries to interpret and comply with a new Texas A&M Board of Regents’ policy that states that no “system academic course will advocate race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity.”
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2026/01/08/texas-am-forbids-a-plato-reading-in-an-intro-philosophy-course/
Don't call it censorship; it's planned stupidification. I hardly need mention that the history of critical thinking in Western civilisation basically starts with Plato.
@moonbus saidHow much of this kind of stuff like men can be women, child mutulation, and on was going on before the wonderful, ‘look at us’ lgbtq woke movement?
Texas A&M bans Plato.
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Martin Peterson, a philosophy professor at Texas A&M University, was told this week by university administrators that he either would need to drop a discussion of race and gender issues and the writings by Plato on those topics from his introductory philosophy course or teach a different course.
The mandate comes as part of a review of co ...[text shortened]... d mention that the history of critical thinking in Western civilisation basically starts with Plato.
@mike69 saidSeveral genders have been recognized by other societies and cultures, for thousands of years before Puritans settled America. Banning people from talking about it won’t make it go away.
How much of this kind of stuff like men can be women, child mutulation, and on was going on before the wonderful, ‘look at us’ lgbtq woke movement?
@moonbus saidNever said it did, and in comparison to the number of people who don’t and never have recognized this makes your point as solid as saying a man is a woman if he believes it and thinks their in the wrong body?
Several genders have been recognized by other societies and cultures, for thousands of years before Puritans settled America. Banning people from talking about it won’t make it go away.
@Ghost-of-a-Duke saidIn comparison to the number of people who don’t and never have recognized this makes your point as solid as saying a man is a woman if he believes it and thinks their in the wrong body?
Erm, quite a bit.
@mike69 saida) Why would it bother you if some man thinks he's a woman?
Never said it did, and in comparison to the number of people who don’t and never have recognized this makes your point as solid as saying a man is a woman if he believes it and thinks their in the wrong body?
b) How does banning Plato from a university philosophy curriculum improve the situation?
@mike69 saidYou asked. "How much of this kind of stuff like men can be women, child mutulation, and on was going on before the wonderful, ‘look at us’ lgbtq woke movement? "
In comparison to the number of people who don’t and never have recognized this makes your point as solid as saying a man is a woman if he believes it and thinks their in the wrong body?
The answer is, "quite a bit."
@Ghost-of-a-Duke saidWhat do you think I meant by that comment?
You asked. "How much of this kind of stuff like men can be women, child mutulation, and on was going on before the wonderful, ‘look at us’ lgbtq woke movement? "
The answer is, "quite a bit."
@moonbus saidIt’s an evolution, symptom of this woke virus and will keep eating away until everyone hates everyone.
Explain how banning people from reading Plato, the quintessential critical thinker in the history of Western civilisation, fosters "think harder"--about anything, not only about sexuality and gender.