03-29-2016, 08:39 AM
"he said something very interesting, about 1968. . . he said something to me that i think is far more true today, which is, the surprising thing is not that young people will rebel—young people always rebel, it is something young people do—the surprising thing is, why do the adults give in?
the amazing question, that hovers over yale university, is 'why do the adults sit and take it, and the kids can run rampage?' because someone needs to say to the shrieking girl, who is f-ing and blinding at her university professor:
'you know what? you're not at a 'home'. this is not a home for you, it is a university. it's a very different thing; and, what's more, if you cannot cope with halloween costumes, then you've got no place at a university; because, you're going to have no chance of dealing with quantum physics or shakespeare or heidegger, if halloween spooks you out this much. you're a useless person and you're going to go into a useless career; because, if you're a lawyer and you've gone to yale and you're too sensitive to hear about rape cases, then you're not going to be able to represent anyone in a court of law. so, you're no use for the law. you're no use for literature, because you might read a novel that will trigger you. you're no use for the sciences. you're no use for anything!'
and that is what the adults should be saying. they should be telling the kids to grow up! but for some reason they have lost their confidence.
and while we are worrying about all this, this is the conversation we'll be having when the mullahs nuke us. everyone will be discussing whether someone is transgender despite the fact they haven't had any operation to remove their penis; whether someone who hasn't got a penis can be a man, and whether someone who has got a penis can be glamour woman of the year, when the islamists come in with Kalashnikovs. it's pathetic!"
—douglas murray
the amazing question, that hovers over yale university, is 'why do the adults sit and take it, and the kids can run rampage?' because someone needs to say to the shrieking girl, who is f-ing and blinding at her university professor:
'you know what? you're not at a 'home'. this is not a home for you, it is a university. it's a very different thing; and, what's more, if you cannot cope with halloween costumes, then you've got no place at a university; because, you're going to have no chance of dealing with quantum physics or shakespeare or heidegger, if halloween spooks you out this much. you're a useless person and you're going to go into a useless career; because, if you're a lawyer and you've gone to yale and you're too sensitive to hear about rape cases, then you're not going to be able to represent anyone in a court of law. so, you're no use for the law. you're no use for literature, because you might read a novel that will trigger you. you're no use for the sciences. you're no use for anything!'
and that is what the adults should be saying. they should be telling the kids to grow up! but for some reason they have lost their confidence.
and while we are worrying about all this, this is the conversation we'll be having when the mullahs nuke us. everyone will be discussing whether someone is transgender despite the fact they haven't had any operation to remove their penis; whether someone who hasn't got a penis can be a man, and whether someone who has got a penis can be glamour woman of the year, when the islamists come in with Kalashnikovs. it's pathetic!"
—douglas murray