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I have to laugh when i see folks on this board calling Cal Berkely students a...
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I have to laugh when i see folks on this board calling Cal Berkely students a...

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Feb 26, 2024, 10:31 AM
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bunch of stupid libtards when the truth is 99 percent of the posters on this board could not come close to even being considered for getting admitted into Cal. For all of the FOX criticism of Cal, the fact is it remains ranked as the number one public university in the nation and top ten in the world. Its engineering and science programs rank top ten across the board, and, as highly ranked as its liberal arts are, they still fall slighty behind the science and engineering programs, with the exception of probably psychology and economics. The fact is when Cal comes into the ACC, they will enter at the top of the academic tier. While I question how Cal will help the ACC in athletics, and while I note the geographical challenges and expenses of Cal being part of ACC expansion, there is no doubt they fit and exceed the ACC's scholastic reputation.

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Ok Kamala***

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Exhibit Number One....

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Feb 26, 2024, 10:34 AM
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lmao

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NOT mutually exclusive..


Feb 28, 2024, 8:34 PM
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Your point is muddled but your feverish display of misguided angst is not...Try again?

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Re: I have to laugh when i see folks on this board calling Cal Berkely students a...

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Feb 26, 2024, 10:36 AM
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How is their football team?

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One game under five hundred this past year.....

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Feb 28, 2024, 10:19 AM
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seems like they lost a close one to Auburn by a few points.

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I agree. It's also funny how some people here view the ACC

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Feb 26, 2024, 10:40 AM
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as some southern conservative conference, when most ACC schools are liberal and not that southern at all.

Cal is certainly more liberal than the ACC tends to be, and traveling is going to be a pain, but at the end of the day they still have great academics and play competitive sports like the rest of the ACC does.

We could've done a lot worse. Can you imagine if we added some of the schools some people here wanted, like East Carolina or Appalachian State? LOL.

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Re: I agree. It's also funny how some people here view the ACC

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Feb 26, 2024, 10:46 AM
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The vast majority of universities lean liberal. Probably 99% of them.

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Hillsdale is an exception...


Feb 29, 2024, 5:08 AM
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and maybe Texas A&M–

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Yeah geographical nonsense aside

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Feb 26, 2024, 10:54 AM [ in reply to I agree. It's also funny how some people here view the ACC ]
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That ship has sailed nationally with that not mattering anymore. The second USC/UCLA joined the big ten that was over.

That aside, they are not bad additions to the league. Stanford and Cal have solid athletics across the board. Stanford is still elite in softball, baseball, women’s basketball, volleyball, both soccers etc.

Now they do need to step it up in football and men’s basketball again. Stanford used to be good in both but have sucked recently

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App State football would compete for ACC titles in five years ...

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Feb 26, 2024, 11:11 AM [ in reply to I agree. It's also funny how some people here view the ACC ]
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But I'm with the OP regarding Cal's academic rep.

And no one should get too wrapped around the axle about these new schools. The ACC will come apart soon enough.

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True, and I will be happy that day.***

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Feb 26, 2024, 2:12 PM
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Realignment serves one primary purpose. Football.

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Feb 28, 2024, 11:41 AM [ in reply to I agree. It's also funny how some people here view the ACC ]
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Cal, Stanford, and SMU bring nothing to the table.

Academics are great. Realignment has nothing to do with academics. Making this move just further cements the ACC as a 4th best at best football conference. No strength for TV negotiations.

FSU and Clemson are gone just as soon as the negotiated buyout is known.

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Feb 26, 2024, 11:07 AM
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Conservatives hate education so much that they left the field entirely. It's not shocking that we find our colleges and universities being dominated by liberals and leftists. I wish that were not the case.

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Feb 26, 2024, 1:17 PM
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Conservatives go out and do real work.

Then some of them end up being professors later in life, so they can teach from actual real world experience.
But unfortunately that doesn’t happen nearly enough.

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Feb 26, 2024, 3:21 PM
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That wasn't necessarily true prior to a few decades ago. The shrinking number of conservatives in academia really took a hit in the 80s.

For some reason (I tend to believe it's because of their constant attacks on higher education), conservatives have ceded certain fields of study to liberals and leftists. The social science and humanities departments are laughably liberal, for example.

Conservatives really need to stop attacking higher education and start becoming a part of it once again. Instead of complaining about the liberal bias, do something about it. We don't need our elite institutions to be politically biased. But if conservatives keep opting out of education, they will continue to be.

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Celebrating being "uneducated" is a thing now, thanks...

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Feb 26, 2024, 2:18 PM [ in reply to Re: I have to laugh when i see folks on this board calling Cal Berkely students a... ]
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..to the orange man.

It's ok to hate the extreme leftist b.s., shoot, I do too!

But to hate on education itself is moronic. There is more to education than women's studies. Where would we be without scientific, engineering, and medical breakthroughs?

Heck, the school we love is an elite engineering school!

As a math teacher for 14 years, I've seen a huge decline. That's not going to help us compete in the future global marketplace.

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Feb 26, 2024, 3:23 PM
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I feel like conservative attacks on higher education have been around for longer than Trump. However, like most things, he has amplified those feelings to an insane level.

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USA has led the way in technology. i just hope it continues.***

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Calling kids from any school ugly names is

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Feb 26, 2024, 11:13 AM
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out of pocket, for any reason. They're kids.

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Re: Calling kids from any school ugly names is

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Feb 26, 2024, 11:24 AM
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If you are going to engage in dissing America and it's flag, which is your right to do so at any age, but those who disagree with you also have the right to let you know, regardless of your age.

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Saying you disagree with someone is fine.

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Feb 26, 2024, 8:13 PM
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Just say "I disagree." But when it veers into name-calling, it's wrong and lowbrow. Especially when the person youre castigating is half your age.

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Yeah engineering, science and technology are part of a Commie plot

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Feb 26, 2024, 11:16 AM
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Just look at what China is doing!

Wut? Maybe our Universities should excel at these things to Make America Great Again? Naw who wants to be part of the educated elite! Dang it gets confusing.

Go Tigers beat them Golden Bears! We owe them an #### whipping from the 1992 Citrus Bowl.

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Feb 26, 2024, 2:34 PM
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That was a surprising loss and hard to take. They ran circles around us that day. Made us look slow.

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Feb 26, 2024, 11:22 AM
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Dang. I have been wrong about the ACC FB conference all these years. I thought it was a FB conference, not an academic conference. Shows what I know.

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And ultimately youre rooting for Clemson University, which is

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Feb 26, 2024, 12:20 PM
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competing to one day have the academic record of Cal. Not saying you’re this way as I don’t know you, but many on here show themselves to be anti education while rooting for an educational institution. That has always confused me.

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Feb 26, 2024, 11:22 AM
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there is more than one kind of smart

and they most certainly aren’t history majors

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Feb 26, 2024, 11:54 AM
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Sure they are -

History majors (all types)
Lots of mainstream and obscure liberal arts majors
Lots of engineering majors
Lots of the dreaded science majors
Lots of business majors
Plenty of others

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What are dreaded science majors?***

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Feb 26, 2024, 12:16 PM
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Re: What are dreaded science majors?***

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Feb 26, 2024, 3:49 PM
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Any science that pertains to anything that some person on the far right might be offended by including but not limited to studies associated with geology, pharmacology, climate, alternative fuels, anything studied that a “big tech” company would find attractive in a candidate.

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Feb 26, 2024, 11:36 AM
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Having Stanford in the ACC is cool. It'll bring west coast players to Clemson, if they can continue their elite status in football. It'll also bring more Texas Footballers to TigerTown with the addition of SMU. Just keep the "fake" DJU/ Beaux Collins pretenders out, and get some TRUE 5-star talent.

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So thats a hard no?

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Feb 26, 2024, 11:39 AM
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On the idea of moving political posts off of the football board?

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If they cant tell the difference between a

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Feb 26, 2024, 11:39 AM
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male and female they are idiots. End of discussion.

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Feb 26, 2024, 12:58 PM
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Its worse than that. They don't even know the difference.

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Feb 26, 2024, 1:01 PM [ in reply to If they cant tell the difference between a ]
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Not only do they not know, they would love for the government to mandate you use whatever pronoun they are calling themselves that day or get fined/sent to prison. Already happening in other countries controlled by the left.

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Feb 26, 2024, 12:13 PM
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I just hope the higher educated Cal fans will at least be able to find the right board to post on...

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Feb 26, 2024, 12:18 PM
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Educated is as far from smart as knowledge is from wisdom.

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Re: I have to laugh when i see folks on this board calling Cal Berkely students a...

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Feb 26, 2024, 12:56 PM
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If Cal is so smart why did they get left behind and now have to fly to the east coast to play womens volleyball?

If Cal is so smart why did they build their stadium on a fault line.

Just because you get a degree in lesbian dance studies doesn't make you smart. Clemson doesn't offer such a degree.

For a smart school they sure is dumb

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If i had to guess, then...

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Feb 26, 2024, 2:41 PM
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you must have majored in Homophobic Sciences ? just kidding, just kidding...

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Feb 26, 2024, 12:57 PM
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Amen brother.

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LOL my give a dang just isnt that high..

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Feb 26, 2024, 1:10 PM
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for where they ranked and what kind of university Cal is. I am certain that I would be in the 1%. All you did is show how "smart" people can be stupid!! Getting accepted to a highly regarded institution of higher learning doesn't mean you aren't out of touch with reality...especially if you buy the garbage the leftist are trying to sell.

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Ill say this.

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Feb 26, 2024, 1:21 PM
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CAL is THE MOST liberal college campus I’ve ever set foot on and it’s NOT a close call. The only place I’ve ever been that is more liberal than CAL is Amsterdam.

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LMAO


Feb 27, 2024, 1:18 AM
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Great perspective. Best reply on this thread.

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What the #### does FOX have to do with it?***

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Feb 26, 2024, 1:29 PM
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Still bunch of whiny liberals.....

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Feb 26, 2024, 1:42 PM
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How can Cal be top ranked University when their student body is comprised of people who weren't accepted on academic merit? Give me a break.

I.E., their student body is littered with moron DEI hires...for goodness sakes!! Sane people understand that "smart people" aren't confused about things like biology, there only being 2 genders, open borders are bad, etc.... Only clinically insane people, or idiots get confused by things like gender, or biology. Not surprisingly the State of California is an unmitigated economic and social disaster. Why? Because it's being run into the ground by moral degenerates, retards, and corrupt little communists.

Accepting applicants based on race, gender, political identity, ECT... is not merit based. It's quota-based bottom-feeding. Cal can gin up all numbers they want, it's obvious to everyone else that the Cal Administration is not make up of smart people, and neither is the entirety of their student body.

Your definition is 'smart" needs some work.

(Definitely wrong board too)

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Wrong bored moran!***

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I am not bored and don't call me moran!..lol


Feb 26, 2024, 2:48 PM
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lol


Message was edited by: Lennon-McCartney®


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Feb 26, 2024, 1:53 PM
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bunch of stupid libtards when the truth is 99 percent of the posters on this board could not come close to even being considered for getting admitted into Cal. For all of the FOX criticism of Cal, the fact is it remains ranked as the number one public university in the nation and top ten in the world. Its engineering and science programs rank top ten across the board, and, as highly ranked as its liberal arts are, they still fall slighty behind the science and engineering programs, with the exception of probably psychology and economics. The fact is when Cal comes into the ACC, they will enter at the top of the academic tier. While I question how Cal will help the ACC in athletics, and while I note the geographical challenges and expenses of Cal being part of ACC expansion, there is no doubt they fit and exceed the ACC's scholastic reputation.


And man that’s why book smarts don’t make you life smart. Most of those folks could not change their own tire. Give me a break on Cali. Their policies are horrible and their current deficit is criminal. Liberal policies do not work. Just like socialism. Never has worked. Have you noticed people from socialistic countries are trying to get into this country. Seen the cost of living in that #### hole?

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Feb 26, 2024, 2:00 PM
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I think most of us realize what both Cal-Berkeley and Stanford bring to the table academic-wise.

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An educated idiot is still an idiot***

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Feb 26, 2024, 2:34 PM
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Academic prowess definitely does not necessarily mean wisdom or common sense. I’ve been out there, definitely a high percentage of foolish libtards.

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Feb 26, 2024, 2:52 PM
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There is nothing worse than an educated idiot.

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4 more RAs and this post will be gone.***

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Re: 4 more RAs and this post will be gone.***

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Feb 26, 2024, 3:56 PM
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3 more...

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Feb 26, 2024, 4:22 PM
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Personally, I don't give a #### how smart people are. I just want them to be decent people and work on the charcter traits that make them decent ....... honesty, integrity, loyalty, kind, reliable, trustworthy, etc.

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Feb 26, 2024, 4:35 PM
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I don’t know for sure, but I think LM just called me stupid.

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Feb 26, 2024, 5:11 PM
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I think you were pretty smart to figure that out ;)

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Feb 26, 2024, 8:05 PM [ in reply to Re: I have to laugh when i see folks on this board calling Cal Berkely students a... ]
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Did I? Where? lm

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Feb 26, 2024, 9:18 PM
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Just kidding

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You can be smart, and still be stupid

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Feb 26, 2024, 5:00 PM
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It's stupid to take a knee

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Feb 26, 2024, 6:41 PM
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It's obvious where they are getting their ideas from.

Professor Says Chiefs' Super Bowl Win Is 'White Supremacy' and Being a Taylor Swift Fan is 'Slightly Racist'
https://goadnews.com/professor-says-chiefs-super-bowl-win-is-white-supremacy-and-being-a-taylor-swift-fan-is-slightly-racist/

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Feb 26, 2024, 7:07 PM
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And who gives a flying #### about going to that school?

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Feb 26, 2024, 7:16 PM
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We’re not challenging them to a science project….

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Feb 26, 2024, 8:16 PM
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I hear they going to bring a lot of extra money to the tv deal with new chess tournaments on the acc network.

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UCBerkley is trash . IVY LEAGUE SWAG

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Feb 26, 2024, 9:48 PM
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💪

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I have a nuanced perspective on this

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Feb 27, 2024, 12:27 AM
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You make a good point. I don't like their politics at all, but the academic reputation of Cal Berkely is unquestionable. They have been regarded for decades as one of the most prestigious research institutions in the country. Any reasonable person would almost certainly have them as a top 5 academic college in the United States both overall and as an engineering school. There's a strong argument to be made that they belong even higher than that, perhaps as high as top 3. And yes, getting accepted to Cal is extremely difficult, as you'd probably expect for a school of such elite status.

You claim that Cal will enter the ACC "at the top of the academic tier." I disagree. Cal will enter the ACC above the top of the academic tier (or whatever it used to be before they joined.) Cal and Stanford are on a whole different level than anyone in the current ACC in terms of academics. In my experience, most Clemson fans tend to view Duke as the stereotypical "nerd" school in the ACC. (Although for the record, I'd take Georgia Tech over Duke for academics any day of the week, but it does depend on your major.) To help put things in perspective, Cal and Stanford make Duke look like an SEC school. And you don't even want to know how that makes Clemson look.

As much as it pains me to say this, an academic comparison between Cal and Clemson would be far more brutal of an experience for us than a football game between the two schools would be for them (even when Clemson football is at its best.) I've actually been very encouraged by how much improvement Clemson has made academically in recent years, and I fully expect that to continue. But schools like Cal are still lightyears ahead of us in that regard.

As someone who tends to be pretty conservative myself, I get very frustrated by the strong culture of anti-intellectualism among modern conservatives. I think the vast majority of it is a cope. Conservatives know that they are completely outclassed by liberals across the board in academia, so they are well aware that engaging in arguments on most academic subjects will lead to their swift defeat and humiliation. (The same goes for comparisons of personal achievements and credentials that would provide credibility to be making such arguments, such as what degrees a person has and from what school.) So instead, conservatives often attempt to discredit college, academia, and science as a whole, promoting a bunch of ridiculous conspiracy theories as an attempt to offer an alternate explanation.

It has gone so far in recent years that it seems as though many conservative individuals are actually living in their own delicately constructed realities, propped up by talking points and conspiracy theories from their favorite talk show hosts or internet conspiracy theorists. This allows them to live continuously in denial, with their ideology remaining safe from all questions because it can be unaffected by reality itself. It's quite sad, really. And I know because I've been there before myself.

On the other hand, I am very disturbed by the direction that academic culture in the West seems to be taking under the leadership of people who are overwhelmingly left-leaning, particularly at elite academic colleges in the US. The campus environments are often extremely left-wing, and dissent is not well tolerated. Acceptance (usually in the form of race and gender identity politics) is used as a weapon to intimidate those who might disagree with the left-leaning narrative or policies. Those who dare to voice a conflicting opinion (or worse yet, those who are "exposed" involuntarily) are often doxed, shamed, and slandered.

The moralist mob will then go out of their way to make any such individual's life a living ####. The members of the mob, and their targets, can include students, athletes, professors, administrators, donors, alumni, or really anyone associated with the college in any way. They will protest and demand that their target be removed from any public positions he may hold or any clubs, teams, or associations that he may be a part of, they'll try to get him fired from his job, they'll do everything they can to prevent him from being hired if he doesn't have a job. They'll harass him everywhere he goes on campus (or even beyond), all in an attempt to make life unbearable for their target and for anyone who chooses to associate with him.

The ultimate goal of this is to put the target in a situation of social exile, which is often achieved, and makes it very difficult for anyone in that situation to make a living or to have any involvement with the outside world. And I'm not saying this as a grumpy old man repeating right-wing talking points about a situation I've never been in. I'm saying this from my experience as a young person who has been in such environments in college within the past 3 years. The scariest part was that the college I was attending was actually one that you'd think would tend to be more conservative, but even there I noticed strong currents of the attitude I just described to you within the social climate of the campus.

Not only does this create campus environments that are hostile towards those who do not agree with the accepted political ideology, it also affects the nature and the quality of the academic product itself. Several professors and scientists have stressed that academic culture is no less political than mainstream culture is, and that personal ideological biases absolutely play a role in the acceptance of research within the scientific community, irrespective of whether or not this is good practice. As you would imagine, this has created an overall left-leaning bias among modern research as a whole, which has already shown some alarming faults.

Examples of this would include some of the short-sighted environmental policies that have been created recently by Western governments, as well as some of the guidelines surrounding medical recommendations for trans children, which have recently been shown to have some dire unintended consequences for the same people they were put in place to help. When conservative scientists and academics are blacklisted from the community or have their research rejected based on the personal biases of the liberal majority, this ironically puts the liberal academics in the same position as the conservative science-deniers that I mentioned before. They will deny truth and reality in order to protect narratives that they either wish to protect or are too afraid to go against.

The consequences of this are disastrous for science because this will result in an incomplete science: a science based on an adherence to ideology and not reality. Such a science can never be accurate. And as we all know, when humans don't have an accurate understanding of science, the results can be deadly. That is why in my opinion it is so important that we have a diversity of personal opinions in academia, so that different perspectives and biases can all be debated and accounted for, and one overbearing ideology will not be allowed to rule the day. This will lead to the most real form of understanding of our world that will be best for all of us.

So in conclusion, I think both sides share some blame in this. I think that liberals have taken control of academia in an attempt to serve their own political interests, and they have often tried to discredit conservatives and drive them out of the academic community as much as possible. I also think that conservatives have rejected education of their own volition out of both resentment and to cope with their own inadequacies. Instead of trying to stay and fight for their place in the academic world or attempting to become better educated and more credible people, conservatives have instead chosen to belittle college and education as a whole, instead indulging themselves in a false reality of conspiracy theories in order to protect their fragile worldview.

But regardless of which side you want to blame, I don't think it's a good situation for anyone, for the reasons I just explained. And everyone is going to have to do better if it is ever going to be improved. Anyways, I didn't even mean for this to get this long; I just kind of started flowing and the article mostly wrote itself. I just thought I could offer an interesting perspective as someone who doesn't really fit the mold of either a mainstream conservative or liberal, and who has had a good amount of interaction with people from both camps. I'm also young enough to have some experience on the modern college scene (as I mentioned earlier) for whatever that's worth.

I enjoyed reading Leon's responses too because I thought he made some good points that were related to this topic as well. But because all of this is essentially about the same subject anyways (and because this got so long) I figured I'd just use this as a reply to both of you at the same time, hence why you are both tagged. Again, sorry this got so long, but I hope someone might appreciate reading this. Either way, I just thought I'd throw that perspective out there. Have a good day everyone.

P.S. There are also some legitimate concerns being raised nowadays about the quality of modern undergraduate education at elite colleges. Obviously, the names and reputations of schools like Cal sell themselves to students quite easily, so enrollment is as competitive as ever and there should be no question as to the quality of the students in terms of their mental prowess. But graduate-level research is where the big money is, meaning that's often where universities turn their focus. The unfortunate result of this is that undergraduate teaching often gets left behind because the college administrators care more about the big bucks coming from research.

As a result, undergraduate instruction quality has really suffered in a lot of places because the universities don't care enough to prioritize it and hire enough quality professors to teach. They only care about making more money. So unfortunately, undergraduate students at elite colleges nowadays are increasingly finding out that they are paying for a brand, but often not actually receiving an education of superior quality as advertised. In many situations, there's actually a legitimate argument to be made that undergrad instruction quality is actually better at smaller, less "elite" schools where the focus is more on teaching, the class sizes are smaller, and the professors actually care about the students. So that's another variable to consider in this. For all the brand-hype surrounding the elite colleges, the undergraduate education quality is often extremely disappointing. So depending on what type of aid you're getting, you have to consider whether it's really worth the inordinate cost. (Source: my dad's a professor lol.)

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Well said in all respects....thank you for the thoughtful

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Feb 27, 2024, 12:42 AM
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input and the lengthy discussion/explanation. I feel exactly the same way you do on every topic and could not have said it better. How far are you removed from undergrad?

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You're welcome. And thank you for the kind response.


Feb 27, 2024, 2:57 AM
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Well to be honest, I'm not really removed from it at all yet lol. My college journey has been very erratic thus far. I started out at a small liberal arts college after high school, then later transferred to an even smaller Christian school close enough that I could commute from home. I've had to withdraw multiple times because of some lingering mental health issues that I haven't been able to get a handle on. Right now I'm actually not enrolled in college, I'm just living at home getting some new therapy. So essentially, I have an uncompleted bachelor's degree on ice right now, but I'm hoping to re-enroll at the Christian school in the summer or the fall (which I should be able to do) and get started working on it again.

But I experienced the environment I was mentioning in my previous post while I was still at the liberal arts school (the culture at the Christian school is much more peaceful and laid back, thankfully.) But I was last in attendance at the liberal arts school in fall of 2021, so that was the reason I said that some time had passed since I'd been in that type of environment. That's probably more than you wanted to know, but my college situation is just complicated lol.

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Feb 28, 2024, 9:59 AM
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Well, you write with clarity. Keep up the good work and let us know when you walk that aisle !

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Feb 28, 2024, 6:04 PM
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Will do, and thanks!

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Dude, that post was impressive. I found myself nodding in agreement multiple

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Feb 27, 2024, 11:41 PM [ in reply to I have a nuanced perspective on this ]
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times. Read it more than once. If you are as young as it seems, you are wise beyond your years. Good job.

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I did the same thing. Truth.

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Feb 28, 2024, 10:00 AM
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truth is good to read

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Feb 28, 2024, 6:05 PM [ in reply to Dude, that post was impressive. I found myself nodding in agreement multiple ]
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Thank you, I really appreciate that. Glad it resonated with you.

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Feb 28, 2024, 9:38 AM [ in reply to I have a nuanced perspective on this ]
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Labeling Leftists who literally seek to destroy the lives and livelihoods of their fellow citizens (often with aid of the so-called "media" and government entities) that disagree with their party line a "morality mob" is a joke. They are Orwellian brown shirts #### bent on the annihilation of anyone that holds a different perspective.

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Feb 28, 2024, 6:43 PM
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The reason I labeled certain leftists as "moralists" wasn't to suggest that I view them as genuinely virtuous people. The point is that they operate based on their own opinion of morality, and it doesn't matter if they are right or not, or if anyone else disagrees. They use this guise of morality to assert that anyone who disagrees with them is immoral. This then serves as the fuel for shaming and public attacks, which helps build the public pressure that is used to get people fired from their jobs, removed from associations, organizations, schools, clubs, or teams, etc. This also fosters a culture of fear and suppression because other people will see this happening and realize what could happen to them if they express the wrong opinions. For this reason, individuals will tend to simply comply with whatever the "acceptable" narrative is, and if they have a disagreement, they will be too afraid to voice it. The bottom line is that the moralism is used as a weapon to dissuade people from going against a particular ideology. That is why I used that description.

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Feb 27, 2024, 7:42 AM
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not have enough common sense to get out of a rain shower. Not saying that is the case with Cal, or any other institute of high learning, but it is true, oh, so true.

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Feb 28, 2024, 12:13 AM
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Anyone that says “libtard” is…well, a ######.

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Feb 28, 2024, 9:46 AM
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Most students esp in the math, engineering and sciences are normal folks looking for best education possible. Its the arts and humanities students that are acting up the most and its 5% being the loudest while 95% study hard, go out with friends, have a social life and don't hate the world.

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Feb 28, 2024, 10:02 AM
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and it is always the five percent that get all the attention from the media as if that is the total composition of the school...

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Feb 28, 2024, 11:06 AM
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Because the vast majority of the "media" hold similar beliefs to this same 5%. And the Leftist rubes among us think they are watching the "news".

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Invite some of them to go deer hunting,


Feb 28, 2024, 10:11 AM
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or whitewater rafting on the Chattooga and see how their elitism benefits them.

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Feb 28, 2024, 11:26 AM
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I read your whole post, gave it honest thought and the only thing I can think to respond with is Cal Berkeley students are a bunch of stupid libtards

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Feb 28, 2024, 3:38 PM
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You from the left coast?

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Feb 28, 2024, 3:43 PM
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Here is what some of those brilliant students are up to lately!

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/uc-berkeley-talk-israeli-lawyer-halted-violent-18692073.php

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Feb 28, 2024, 8:02 PM
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You're not kidding about a University of California education.
I was visiting a friend who went to UC Santa Barbara.
Never heard of it, right? I hadn't.
25,000 students. About the same size as Clemson,.
Six Nobel Laureates on staff either teaching or doing research!

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Feb 29, 2024, 5:21 AM
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I think most people have heard of UC Santa Barbara.

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NOT mutually exclusive..


Feb 28, 2024, 8:25 PM
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Your point is muddled but your feverish display of misguided angst is not.(smh)....
Try again??

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Speaking strictly to the importance of academics..


Feb 28, 2024, 10:10 PM
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To sports and the ACC... You are spot on with Cal and fitting in with that but at the end of the day it doesn't matter much at all.

It's an entertainment business and consumers don't care about the grades. Cal's brand is recognizable for several reasons, as is Stanford... But people don't tune in to really watch those teams.

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Feb 29, 2024, 5:46 AM
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I would hire a Ga Tech engineer before a Cal or MIT engineer any day. Cal and MIT don’t want the smartest students. They want the “correct” smartest students. I have a couple of friends that hire engineers and they feel the same way as me. I also have worked with people that have never set foot in a college classroom. I have watched these non degreed individuals technically work circles around graduates from so called elite universities. So no, I am not going to put the Cal students on a pedestal.

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political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' ― Isaac Asimov

Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible #### problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them. - Barry Goldwater

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