Which views of mine should I keep secret if I were to go to university (if any)?
bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
@Hyolobrika probably any. not because of your views, but because there will for sure be someone raising hell if you say something "wrong".
also politics in general should be avoided in these contexts. it's rarely worth the trouble if you hold opinions which aren't accepted by the mainstream.
@Hyolobrika
that's the nice part, you don't have to.
arguing with randoms never has a positive outcome. trying to carve out your own place somewhere where your own values count is a much more fruitful endeavour imho.
> carve out your own place somewhere where your own values count
From what you say, university doesn't appear to be that place. So maybe I should just self-study.
@Hyolobrika what do you win by arguing? you won't convince those people. in the worst case you get problems. really, if there isn't someones life (or career etc.) to defend, there is no point in those arguments. is just real life fedidrama.
> From what you say, university doesn't appear to be that place. So maybe I should just self-study.
not necessarily. personally i'd just stay away from student councils etc. the degrees might be a way to do the carving in the future ;)
that said, be sure to also keep things like apprenticeships in mind too: pick something you are ok with working as and self study other things as hobby.
Worse, what if they are actually acting on their toxic ideology? Say, the professor plays favourites with someone on the basis of skin colour or gender and leaves me in the lurch.
I'm no pushover. I'm not gonna just pretend I didn't hear hypocritical racist bullshit. And I'm not gonna let people walk all over me either.
What do I do?
@Hyolobrika
sorry, was too late for me yesterday ;)
you'll always have those professors without integrity, like in every group of people. i think at universities the whole "gender" stuff is more likely to be an issue. tbh, i think the witch hunt mentality of some students is more of a problem then the majority of professors. one wrong word and the cancel-mob is in full throttle.
idk about britain, but if a professor says something really discriminatory i'd just go the formal way of filing a complaint or whatever. everything else is a guaranteed shitshow which will likely not end in your favor.
> What do I do?
tl;dr: university is a rigged system full of crazy people. best thing to do is to stay out of politics if you are really interested in the science.
