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(11,616 posts) Wed Jan 7, 2026, 11:52 AM Wednesday

Texas A&M bans teachings of Plato

Because…Texas…and Humanities sounds too similar to DEI.

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Texas A&M bans teachings of Plato (Original Post) surfered Wednesday OP
What is this country coming to - I am so disgusted. n/t iluvtennis Wednesday #1
Bunch of damn ignorant fools. Dave Bowman Wednesday #2
This is from The Onion, YESSS??? PLEASE tell me this is from The Onion. niyad Wednesday #3
Is it? SheltieLover Wednesday #4
One hopes! niyad Wednesday #5
Gawd, please tell me it is! SheltieLover Wednesday #9
Here's a link to an article in Reason on this. Jim__ Wednesday #16
This song is a recap of Aristophanes' speech in Plato's Symposium: Gaugamela Wednesday #6
One of mankind's finest expressions about why humans so desperately seek each other Simeon Salus Wednesday #8
Sadly. No surfered Wednesday #7
Omfg! They really pride themselves on stupid, don't they? SheltieLover Wednesday #10
Yup! surfered Wednesday #14
What is "sadly no" referring to? Gaugamela Wednesday #15
Probably a response to post 3. niyad Wednesday #17
Link? Wednesdays Wednesday #11
here it is - but a small publication TBF Wednesday #13
My son was in-state & this school was the natural fit TBF Wednesday #12
and what did they replace Plato with? goebbels? nt Javaman Thursday #18

Gaugamela

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6. This song is a recap of Aristophanes' speech in Plato's Symposium:
Reply to surfered (Original post)
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 12:01 PM
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This is what the snowflakes object to.

Simeon Salus

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8. One of mankind's finest expressions about why humans so desperately seek each other
Reply to Gaugamela (Reply #6)
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 12:06 PM
Wednesday

Remember seeing this off-Broadway and being wowed and surprised by the lead performance.

SheltieLover

(76,920 posts)
10. Omfg! They really pride themselves on stupid, don't they?
Reply to surfered (Reply #7)
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 12:11 PM
Wednesday

Just stay chained in the cave...

TBF

(35,678 posts)
13. here it is - but a small publication
Reply to Wednesdays (Reply #11)
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 12:19 PM
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Last edited Wed Jan 7, 2026, 02:20 PM - Edit history (1)

https://dailynous.com/2026/01/06/texas-am-bans-plato/

The Chron (A&M isn't too far north of Houston) hasn't picked this up yet, as far as I can see

gift article now that Chron has it: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/shooting-is-reported-in-minneapolis-where-the-21281593.php

TBF

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12. My son was in-state & this school was the natural fit
Reply to surfered (Original post)
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 12:15 PM
Wednesday

but he wouldn't apply and we didn't push him. He's majoring in econ/math at an out of state university.

This university has always been very conservative, so they are agreeable to whatever Abbott wants. Sadly, they are also a very wealthy school with all their research grants.

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