Adventures in Illinois Higher Education: My Sociologist Justice Warrior Teacher is a Commie
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By: Shane Radliff
August 25, 2015
Education is extremely important throughout the life of any human being. We are born with critically thinking brains and most everyone strives for knowledge, in whatever field of study interests them. The critical thinking skills of humans have derived technological innovations, philosophical principles, and have equipped us with survival skills and the ability to problem solve, among other important things.
That is, until urbanization and the adoption of public schooling into the geographical area known as America. Urbanization has removed humans from nature, stripping the majority of basic survival skills and public schooling has destroyed critical thinking and is the main cause for the new-found longing for socialist and communist ideals in America.
The deadly ramifications from public schooling aren’t escaped when one graduates high school and moves on to higher level indoctrination—it is commonly known in libertarian circles, and also from my own personal experiences, that the destructive, leftist ideals only become more aggressively pushed at the college level.
For those who are unaware, I am in the last semester of my second year in college. Currently, I am attending a community college and will transfer to a four year university early next year to study journalism and public relations. As you can tell from the introduction (and throughout the rest of this article), I have a high-level of hatred and concern regarding public schools, and with good reason. The only reason I am attending is to get the magic piece of paper, and to secure a job working for my father, when he opens up his distillery.
Last semester, I had a couple of interesting experiences in my higher level indoctrination classes. The only one I have written about up to this point, was when a young commie advocated for mandatory breathalyzers in every vehicle to act as a deterrent for drunk driving, during one of her speeches.
From three class periods of this semester, I can already see that this series is going to grow exponentially. Currently, I am taking American Government and Politics, Philosophy 101, and Sociology 101.
I have already heard my American Government and Politics State propagandist, mention that “Donald Trump is a libertarian”, and “Rand Paul is an isolationist.” Additionally, I have heard some truly outrageous things from my Sociologist State propagandist and those are the experiences I intend on divulging to you, the reader, in this article.
I’m still not quite sure why I chose sociology, and I surely regret my decision; especially after today’s indoctrination workshop.
The teacher of the class (whose name I will withhold for privacy reasons), is an ex-cop that hates cops. Apparently, she filed a lawsuit against a local police department for sexual harassment and has disliked the extortionists ever since.
Continuing on, at the end of the first class, she said something along the lines of, “We have been indoctrinated, brainwashed, to be extremely judgmental of anything outside of the norm [she’s referring to transgenderism, homosexuality, racism, etc.]. In this class, I will push the boundaries. You may feel uncomfortable, but that is not a bad thing. I will assist you in dispelling your preconceived notions and start helping you view the world in a different way.” [Author’s note: Added for clarification]
In the following class, she introduced us to sociology. There was one PowerPoint slide in particular that really stood out to me.
On the left side, it said, “You”, “Restart Your Mind”, and “Beginner’s Mind”, from top to bottom.
In the “You” section, it stated that “we” have preconceived ideas, “we” are ethnocentric, biased, and that “we” have conformed to social norms based off of our life experiences.
The “Restart Your Mind” section stated that “we” may experience “culture shock”. It also mentioned that the goal is to force us to look at the world through “new eyes”.
Lastly, the “Beginner’s Mind” section, stated that, with this new mind, “we” will be: “accepting and ready”.
At this point, I feel it is necessary to clarify my position. As far as for homosexuality, transgenderism, and things of that nature, those are personal choices. As someone who holds the twin libertarian axioms in high regard, personal choice issues warrant no opinion from me, although, I tolerate those ideas; I do not accept them.
Continuing on to the hellish class period I had to experience today, the next subject was “1700-1800s: The Age of Enlightenment”. My frustration built up quickly, as I saw Karl Marx’s face on the first slide.
Before she started her Marxist worship, she discussed “Society” and “Social Institutions”. She provided an example of how “we” classify and group individuals based off of race, gender, money, age, etc. She chose the example of race. She referred to the U.S. Census Bureau, on classifications of race, and the term “black” came up.
She then said, “I know that that term is offensive to some. For those of you in here, does the term ‘black’ offend you? Please tell me, I don’t want to offend anyone. ‘Black’ or ‘African American’?
One of the student’s then asked, “What is the politically correct terminology?” At this point, I was cringing.
And of course, the cultural Marxist went on her little rant about what is politically correct, and apparently, she was taught that both terms were.
She then mentioned Rachel Dolezal, the white lady that “changed races”, to become the President of the Washington State NAACP chapter. The Statist propagandist said, “She used her [white] privilege to change races and gain that position.”
Hey, at least it took two full classes for her to mention privilege. She must be feeling “white guilt”.
After that discussion, we arrived at the Karl Marx slide. The first bullet point said, “Economist” and I almost laughed out loud at the absurd identifier. It all went downhill from there.
After wrongly labeling him an “economist”, she went on to state, “Karl Marx is a communist.” The fact that she feels the need to mention that in a college classroom, shows you how great public education is at “educating”.
Interested in seeing where this lecture went, I continued to listen intently. She went on to state that, “Communism is truly a great idea. For example, if I have a pie, I would cut it equally into 20 pieces and we would all get a slice. Doesn’t that sound great? The only problem is that human nature comes into play. That, and governments decide they want 50% of the pie, and the people split the remaining 50%.”
At that point, my anger rose furiously, although, I controlled it; I still need to get a decent grade in this class. I wanted to say, “But Mrs. Doe, did you know that 260 million people were killed by way of democide in the 20th century, and the majority of that was done under communist regimes? Do you really think it is worth the risk, once again?”
I also wanted to debunk communism in its entirety. I wanted to bring up Ludwig von Mises’ Human Action and mention that communism has never solved the economic calculation problem, and that only a truly free market could do that.
I kept my mouth shut though. I feel a little regret for doing that, but there will be plenty of opportunities to rebuke her nonsensical arguments.
She went on to praise Marx’s Conflict Theory and continued to show her hatred of capitalism by blaming everything on the rich. She prefers a re-distributive model, whereby everyone is equally impoverished and controlled by a dictatorial regime.
Already, I have seen the State propagandists misusing and misrepresenting the philosophy of libertarianism, political correctness run amok, and the indoctrination into the deadly communist ideology.
As you can tell, this is going to be one hell of a semester.
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Hey Shane,
I realize you wrote this article in 2015 yet I wanted to let you know that I totally relate to your frustration. I’m currently taking Sociology 101 and just sat through the dumbest lecture I’ve had to date about the “differences” between socialism and communism. My professor (self proclaimed feminist) said:
-Socialism is awesome and the first step into reaching the next level of society (her opinion/bullshit)
-Max-Marx (whatever his fucking name is) realized the highest level any society could achieve is communism
-Accused other governments of stealing the ideas of socialism and communism and ruining them
-Read a quote by Marx that described communism and called it beautiful and asked us “wouldn’t you guys love that?!”
-Changed the topic when students rose their hand and started to question communism
-The electoral college vote was created by racist plantation owners to keep blacks from choosing the president
-The Us isn’t a real democracy because minorities and (I shit you not) felons can’t vote cause of racist voter id laws
-Said that America will always be racist/misogynist/haters unless we overthrow the current system to establish socialism, re-wire(her words) our brains and only then we can achieve communist status (ultimate goal)
Just curious about your thoughts on this, and if your teacher has said similar propaganda. I would love to call her out on her bullshit yet she always either flat out ignores my questions (if they are even slightly critical of what she says) and asks for other questions or tells me she has no idea (when I ask a tough question that a real answer would show the hypocrisy of a comment or assumption that she made). She just made the announcement that she is skipping the lecture on religion and has chosen to do a comparison of the original civil rights movement and the black lives matter. Trust me when I say with 100000000% certainty that the whole “comparison” will be heaped with nothing but praise and admiration without a single negative word. If you were in my position, would you even attend the class or skip it in protest of this blatant propaganda?
Many thanks if you actually read this. Hope you have a chance to reply!
-Allanna
Allanna,
Thank you so much for your comment. I’ll warn you ahead of time, this is going to be a longer response—there’s a lot to flesh out here.
The first question I’ll ask is this: how did you find the article? Google Search, a link on a website, etc.?
That said, one of the goals of my “Adventures in Illinois Higher Education Series” was to act as a “whistleblower” from the inside, but another was in hopes of reaching other students who are going through similar communist indoctrination. This series is about 20 or so articles (+some videos) if you want the full, gruesome experience.
When I was in higher level indoctrination, it was extremely stressful—I was not happy and did not feel as if the “education” I was getting was worth the money—so, I left to pursue more fruitful ventures. I say that as full disclosure that I’m not there anymore—it’s only been 5 months though.
Now onto what you said in your comment:
Isn’t it funny how sociologists discuss politics and economics, even though they are certainly not qualified to do so? Heh. More on that momentarily.
(In order of your list)
1) Yeah, these professors in their ivory towers BELIEVE socialism (or even communism) will work; unfortunately, they rely on the theoretical and are disconnected from reality—this is the same as with professors of philosophy, as per my experience pursuing a philosophy minor.
2) Marx was a moron. He also believed that “there is no such thing as a universally valid logic.” If that’s the case, then how could the ENTIRE human species LOGICALLY come to the conclusion that communism is a worthwhile goal? Hell, the government can hardly get more than half of the registered voters to go and vote.
(For more information: http://www.libertyunderattack.com/quote-day-revolt-reason/)
3) That’s always the excuse from socialist/communists. “Well, that wasn’t REAL socialism (or communism).” Sigh. I get so bored from that non-refutation. I’m sure the Venezuelans in food lines are getting sick of starving too, but I digress.
4) Sounds extremely similar to what I heard and wrote about in a different segment of this series. It went like this: “Imagine I’m holding a piece of pie. I cut it into equal pieces and you ALL get one! Doesn’t that sound great?” It was as if she was speaking to a classroom of 1st graders. My response to her in my head: “Sorry, ma’am, it’s a little more complicated than that—people’s lives are at stake here. A LOT of people die in countries that adopt this ideology.”
5) I experienced this throughout my journey through the higher level indoctrination cesspool. Early on, I asked great questions to spark discussions, and the teachers always shut them down pretty quickly. I eventually stopped trying, and rather, just wrote about how terrible the institution of college is, while also protecting the guilty (using fake names for my teachers, like “Professor Statist”). One of them actually found the website and reported me to the university I was going to—nothing came of it.
6) I’m an anarchist and don’t believe in politics, but I understand the Electoral College system and the history of it more than most believers in government do. There’s a very good reason for it, for those who believe in government—without it, about 5 major cities would determine the President of the United States. Anyone who claims the Electoral College is anti-democratic, really isn’t for democracy.
(For more information, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFqPmzb9_5M&t=1s)
7) The US government was never designed to be a “democracy.” It was founded as a Republic. If the rest of that was seriously what she claimed, she may be worse than my sociology professor. My god.
8) Sigh. Yeah. Not surprised by that. Other responses cover this one.
As a whole, yeah, I was fed most of the same propaganda. It took every fiber within me not to speak out against it—the reason I didn’t was because it wouldn’t have been worth it. My sociology teacher wasn’t intelligent enough to debate me on the economics; she wasn’t informed enough to have a rational discourse about the dangers of communism, etc.
Her job is to force-feed the propaganda and shut down any dissent—not just with sociology, but this also was a recurring theme in my American Government and Politics class. So, expect more of this throughout your “college experience.”
As far as the specific class in question, it seems you have two options, maybe two and a half:
1) Skip it and save yourself the stress.
2) Do your due diligence in research on the subject matter beforehand, go to the class, and try to spark a debate; obviously, that’s not what I did. Though, if you do, find a friend to record it—it’s important to document the professor’s unwillingness to have a rational discourse with a student. (I’d be willing to help you prep if you decide to go this route).
2.1) Go to class, take extensive notes, and write a report, do a video, etc. on what was discussed, how you felt during it, what your thoughts were, etc., and send it to me. I value privacy and would present the information however you wanted me to—I just think another case study would be valuable for my readers/listeners. This shit is real and it is happening, and it’s far worse than the right-wing media is reporting it to be.
Anyways, my email is [email protected] and you can find me on Skype @shane.radliff.
Thanks again for your comment and if you want further information on anything I said, just hit me up.
Laissez-faire,
Shane