Here's more lunacy from the Harry Potter spires of Oxford University.
This kinda thing is beyond satire. In fact, everything nowadays is beyond satire, but this is really beyond it. The university’s "Equality and Diversity Unit" has declared that students who avoid making eye contact could be guilty of racism. Accordingto the article, '“not speaking directly to people” could be deemed a “racial microaggression” which can lead to “mental ill-health”.'
Dig the terminology used there! :cover
The obvious criticisms are included in the article, and so since then, these bright sparks have
recanted, since it's been pointed out to them that people avoid making eye contact for many reasons, one of which maybe autism. Seeing a worthy cause, they gushed an apology and rushed to the other side:
"We made a mistake. Our newsletter was too brief to deal adequately and sensibly with the issue.
"We are sorry that we took no account of other reasons for difference in eye contact and social interaction, including disability.
"Oxford deeply values and works hard to support students and staff with disabilities, including those with autism or social anxiety disorder."
Notice how they still believe there's an "issue."
Now this apology isn't satisfactory enough, because somebody wiser than me might point out to these PC crusaders that maybe the word "disability" is an offensive, and exclusive term? Isn't there some other way of saying this, without making people feel worse about their special needs? The serious point of all this though is that there are people who are out of control with their first world issues, their liberal fads, their desire to be holier than thou, their rapidity in resorting to name calling and attacking others for racist thoughts that don't exist, closing down debate with people who don't agree with them through bogus "no platform" snowflake microaggression.
Students and universities used to be a source of revolution, but now they're more about "safe spaces" and the big stick of the thought police. Offence is too easily taken, and most especially when none has actually been given. It's a craziness that's too widespread to be simply written off as student foolishness, since these kind of revolutions in thought tend to have grave consequences further down the line...
