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Apparently,\u00a0according to this link sent by a reader<\/a>, confession sites are becoming common on college campuses. \u00a0How common? \u00a0Don\u2019t know. \u00a0This is the first I\u2019ve heard, though I\u2019ll keep my ears open. \u00a0I believe it, since it tailgates on the rather well documented trend of colleges cracking down on speech that doesn\u2019t conform to certain dogmatic definitions of diversity. <\/p>\n

Heck, I experienced similar ideas back in the 80s when I was in a state college. \u00a0A proud, agnostic liberal, I nonetheless was taken aback by the outright contempt and hostility aimed at me when I suggested that reverse discrimination could be bad since, you know, discrimination was seen as a bad thing. \u00a0I made that argument once in a report for an education class. \u00a0The girl I was teamed with literally backed away, pointed and said she had nothing to do with my opinions. \u00a0The class pounced. \u00a0The teacher wrote, on my written page, asking why I was \u2018so scared of women and minorities\u2019? <\/p>\n

My only point was that if a system, like Affirmative Action, is broken, it needs fixed. \u00a0No matter how noble the idea, things can always go wrong. \u00a0And if it ends up doing something like promoting discrimination, it could end up coming back at it down the road. \u00a0We could end up losing the whole thing. \u00a0 Better to tweak it and make sure all are given equal chances \u00a0no matter what their race or gender. \u00a0Bam! \u00a0All hell broke loose.<\/p>\n

Ironically, the only person to defend me was the only middle aged black woman in the class. \u00a0She got my point. \u00a0She said she wanted a job because she deserved it, not because she was black or a woman. \u00a0She alone saw what I was saying. \u00a0But I never forgot how I was lambasted that day, by people I considered my own ideological allies. \u00a0Simply because I dared. \u00a0So count me skeptical, but I\u2019ll assume there is truth to this story, and only clear evidence to the contrary will turn my mind.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"