Posted on 09/01/2016 1:36:49 PM PDT by Lorianne
Just when you thought you had a handle on the treasonous thought-police infractions known as microagressions, folks at Rutgers University had to go ahead and further muddy the waters of what is and isn’t allowed to be uttered on today’s college campuses.
Since I know you’re all dying to find out, let’s turn to Campus Reform to learn about the latest verbal (and nonverbal) transgressions: “microassaults,” “microinsults’ & “microinvalidations”:
Students in at least one Rutgers University residence hall are being encouraged to use only language that is “helpful” and “necessary” to avoid committing microaggressions.
The display, photos of which were obtained by Campus Reform, is titled “Language Matters: Think,” and was placed in the College Avenue Apartments by a resident assistant, according to a current resident of the building who does not wish to be identified.
Erected as part of the university’s “Language Matters” campaign, the bulletin board instructs students to ask themselves whether their choice of words is “true,” “helpful,” “inspiring,” “necessary,” and “kind” before speaking out, and also includes a list of potentially-offensive terms, such as “retarded” and “illegal aliens.”
These kids are going to be in for a rude awakening, as well as possible multiple nervous breakdowns, when they enter the real world (was that a microagression, micro insult, or microassault? I’m so confused).
The board warns students that failing to follow these guidelines could lead them to commit a microaggression, which include “microassaults,” “microinsults,” and “microinvalidations.”
The “Language Matters” website includes a presentation similar in nature to the flyer, outlining the “big impact” of “little things” and providing examples of the three types of microaggressions.
A microassault may include “avoiding someone,” for instance, while an example of a microinsult is telling someone they are strong for a girl. A microinvalidation, meanwhile, could involve asking an Asian or Latino person where they are from.
Simply avoiding offensive language, however, is not enough according to Rutgers, which claims that microaggressions can also be “nonverbal” and “environmental,” but fails to elaborate further.
Meanwhile, let’s take a closer look at the bulletin itself. This appears to me to be more akin to how you’d communicate with preschool kids, as opposed to young adults.
Of course, it isn’t at all surprising that this emerged from Rutgers. Recall what we learned in last year’s post, Rutgers University Warns Students – “There is No Such Thing as Free Speech”:
Rutgers University students, you are being watched.
That appears to be the message a Rutgers.edu web page would like the campus community to absorb. The web page is maintained by the Bias Prevention & Education Committee, which chillingly warns students that there is “no such thing as ‘free’ speech,” and to “think before you speak.”
Do the math. It would take a million microinsults to accomplish just one single actual insult. Knock yourself out.
No farting.
I submit that Rutgers is guilty of micromanaging groupthink of its students to control them. Lots of microbrains in charge there as well.
Isn’t it a microassault/microaggression to warn the wittle snowflakes about microassaults/microaggressions? Hmmmm.
And to think I lived in first year university residence with rugby players (when GHWB was still president and “Batman” was the big blockbuster movie).
That most likely was not among the most pleasant experiences I’ve had in life, but these kids with their micro aggressions and micro insults of today would probably need extensive psychotherapy if they were to go through what I had to deal with back then.
Rutgers needs to micropissoff!
That all sounds so microcephalic to me.
I imagine that actually disagreeing with a member of a protected class is grounds for expulsion, if not criminal charges.
Good thing I’m still not going to school there. They’d have some macro-aggressions to deal with.
What is the difference between a “microinvalidation” and a “nanoinvalidation?”
Thank goodness the real world will never subject them to micro or macro aggressions...
Congratulations Rutgers staff and students, you’re doing a great job preparing yourself to be jello spined, gutless, loser. Enjoy being a follower, not a leader. Look forward to being a victim of whatever direction the wind blows your pathetic life.
Hey Rutgers! I’ve got my middle finger raised a millimeter. Is that a microagression or a milliagression?
Rutgers is run by Microbrains
Latest verbal (and nonverbal) transgressions: "nanoassaults,” “nanoinsults’ & “nanoinvalidations”:
*Nano- - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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*Nano- (symbol n) is a unit prefix meaning one billionth. Used primarily with the metric system, this prefix denotes a factor of 10−9 or 0.000000001.
I don’t know about the rest of you all, but I certainly want to avoid “microassaults,” “microinsults’ & “microinvalidations”.
If I want to insult, invalidate, or assault someone, I don’t want to do it on a ‘micro’ scale.
So those limp wristed, light in the loafers wimps at Rutgers probably need to steer clear of Texas. The hairy legged bull dykes, on the other hand, can probably stand their ground.
I think the thought police need to be micro-nuked.
How would a retarded illegal alien even know what you’re saying?
Make Microbreweries verboten and watch the students rise up....
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