[FRIAM] Interesting "take" on political correctness and triggering

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

This <https://jimruttshow.blubrry.net/feed/podcast/>  is a recent podcast
from the Jim Rutt Show which contained some new thoughts, for me.  It
reveals an understanding of the current free speech crisis on campuses (the
Oxford Union apparently voted to asked the British government to limit texts
that may be taught on campus) as arising from the interaction between a
model of polite discourse (avoidance of uncomfortable topics) with the
wildly increased diversity of student bodies on the campuses of elite
universities, meaning that the number of topics that can be discussed
without making SOMEBODY uncomfortable has greatly decreased .   The last
five minutes includes a discussion of the St. Johns model.  If you had only
a few minutes to devote to it, you might skip there and then reel back if
you want more context.  Easterners do NOT, repeat not, be put off by that
"Howdy" thang at the beginning.  For me, there were LOTS of new thoughts,
here. One significant model of classroom discourse that is NOT mentioned on
the podcast is the "T-group" model, from the sixties.  Hmmm. 

 

Nick 

 

Nicholas Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology

Clark University

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