I mean if he chose to communicate his preference, that's a problem. But "Vote for educated leaders" shouldn't be exactly controversial. If you're angry, is it because you know the ppl that you voted for are uneducated?
Well that is where societies get to. Being educated or uneducated becomes equivalent to a political stance. There are plenty of examples of educators getting murdered by governments, sometimes en masse.
Pol Pot took it a step further and murdered anyone who wore glasses, because wearing glasses was seen as being educated.
Authoritarians of every type hate the educated, because the educated often hate authoritarianism.
What's more concerning is when a society is populated by people who have take the most facile understanding of a position, and then go about confidently as if they understand it. Like, say, if a news article has a rage porn headline and then people don't read it to understand what actually was going on but make comments on websites as if there was no nuance to the subject whatsoever. ... Very concerning.
He said, "Next time vote for someone who is well-educated so you don’t have to go through this again." I agree with him, and moreover I think teachers should be allowed to express themselves because everything is political. But I can't in good conscience argue that this was a politically-neutral statement. In particular, the words "Next time" are saying very plainly that he doesn't think it went well this time. This is a political argument against the current ruling government.
I mean if he chose to communicate his preference, that's a problem. But "Vote for educated leaders" shouldn't be exactly controversial. If you're angry, is it because you know the ppl that you voted for are uneducated?
Well that is where societies get to. Being educated or uneducated becomes equivalent to a political stance. There are plenty of examples of educators getting murdered by governments, sometimes en masse.
Pol Pot took it a step further and murdered anyone who wore glasses, because wearing glasses was seen as being educated.
Authoritarians of every type hate the educated, because the educated often hate authoritarianism.
What's more concerning is when a society is populated by people who have take the most facile understanding of a position, and then go about confidently as if they understand it. Like, say, if a news article has a rage porn headline and then people don't read it to understand what actually was going on but make comments on websites as if there was no nuance to the subject whatsoever. ... Very concerning.
He said, "Next time vote for someone who is well-educated so you don’t have to go through this again." I agree with him, and moreover I think teachers should be allowed to express themselves because everything is political. But I can't in good conscience argue that this was a politically-neutral statement. In particular, the words "Next time" are saying very plainly that he doesn't think it went well this time. This is a political argument against the current ruling government.
he made a response on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU09ODTvMqg
He said he meant to be politically neutral.
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This thread is fucking chilling in its ironic self righteousness.
If only there were an article we could read that makes this clear...