Intro
I just wanna preface that of all institutions ravaged by foids in the 21st century, none have been hit harder than higher ed. Terminal foid "empathy" is one of the leading causes of cultural decay and the reason why virtues like "personal responsibility" have greatly flown out the window over the years. I think it is absolutely fitting and telling that the lead antagonist in Harrison Bergeron is a foid.
The culture of higher ed has increasingly become one where weakness and disability of both the physical and mental variety are exhalted over strength and health. Its not a coincidence that your average liberal arts PhD student from 2013-present lists their illnesses in their twitter bio like its badge of honor. Its gotten so bad lately that a surprising number of young college foids have been observed walking with a cane as of late, for example.
With academia being a bastion of conformity and cowardice, few have dared to speak out about this toxic, feminine-skewed phenomenon other than the author of this piece, Alan Levinowitz. To sum up the juicy bits of the article, theres been a sharp uptick in disabled-identified students attending universities in recent years. Studies have shown that a significant number of students who claim to have or have been diagnosed by a clinician with ADHD and/or other similar r-sluration that makes one elligible for special accommodations are likely exaggerating or bullpooping. Of course, accommodations are given in the vast majority of cases because admins are a mix of too bogged down with requests to scrutinize them and are afflicted with wokeitis. This has lead to some rather scandalous developments where it was found that a disproportionate number of top achieving students were receiving disability accommodations.
Drama
My latest about disability accommodations in higher ed for @chronicle @ChronicleReview.
β Alan Levinovitz (@AlanLevinovitz) September 25, 2024
It's a very controversial topic, to say the least, and inspires strong opinions. I hope this will help shift the conversation in a productive direction:https://t.co/UvmBozA0ne
Our brave author dared to promote his article on twitter anticipating MASSIVE seethe, and boy was he right! Lots of fine examples of humanity BTFOing his problematic eugenic butt.
Could you cite your source for this? pic.twitter.com/B50qfH7GW1
β Sho Jacobs (@shoshanahjacobs) September 29, 2024
Do you have a source on that?
Source?
A source. I need a source.
Darn. You really thought you were cooking here when you posted this, didn't you?
β Syd (@fcknsyd) September 28, 2024
An extremely ignorant point of view. Incredibly disrespectful towards disabled people.
Your privilege is showing.
This raging (L)user is implied to have Long Covid based on the link in bio. Also retweets mutual AIDS requests from archists.
The fact that you actually thought you ate with this. π€¦πΌββοΈ
β Lorelei Root (She/Her) βΏοΈπ³οΈβπ (@Squarest_Root) September 30, 2024
Misinformation like this does real, measurable harm to a subset of marginalized people who already have enough barriers to face.
Iβm confident you can do better, and hope you take the responsibility to do so seriouslyβ¦
I dont like what the article says, therefore MISINFORMATION!
*HISSS*
β AbleismCat (@AbleismCat) September 28, 2024
Pro-dysgenic meme account doesnt approve, what a shocker!
What a joke of a piece. You have not engaged with recognized experts in the field, and you have not engaged with disabled people. Itβs no wonder your take is so factually off-base. I wouldnβt even know where to begin in terms of calling out the issues, there are too many
β Wildcat OfTheHills ππ³οΈβπ #DisabilityJustice (@wildcat_of) September 28, 2024
This Analyst-Antiracist-Antipatriarchist-AntiTERF-Antiableist-Anticolonialist-Abolitionist-Anticapitalist believes the author is wrong because he has not considered LIVED EXPERIENCES enough and did not consult with the right (((experts))) on the subject.
Why is it always the people who consider themselves the ultra rational super correct especially enlightened types who publicly expose themselves as complete and utter hacks, and still seem to lack the self-awareness that they are doing so?
β πbiomimicπΎπ (@iseeuliars) September 28, 2024
Ok, I can say this person is convincingly mentally disabled with their own clear lack of self awareness.
Epilogue: @TracingWoodgrains has entered the chat
Amidst the onslaught of hate heaped on this epic TRVKE was a nod of approval by our elite dramatard operative @TracingWoodgrains:
An important article, and the wave of outraged replies only underscores its value and the merit in writing it. The state of accommodations in universities is a mess. You cannot make effective exams where a large fraction of students have more time to work with than others. https://t.co/1SCZYJqCgP pic.twitter.com/Bd2JSdLRUE
β TracingWoodgrains (@tracewoodgrains) September 29, 2024
As Trace didnt experience quite the same level of deluge of criticism aimed at the author, he had more capacity to engage with his haters:
Trace even dropped some TRVKEs of his own:
chats with a certain sort of disability rights advocate is kinda wild bc you'll say things like "It seems like a problem that extra time sharply increases LSAT scores in a zero-sum setting" and they'll respond with "so you think people with ADHD are unworthy of higher ed?" pic.twitter.com/jkfQuOJUHr
β TracingWoodgrains (@tracewoodgrains) September 30, 2024
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Learning disorders aren't real. They're just the latest euphemism for r-slurred (or in ADHD's case, meth-addicted). Imagine an article "Harvard's accommodations for the r-slurred meth addicts"
You didn't link any tracingwoodgrains!
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Sorry, i hit the post button early by accident. Its there now!
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I know the tweet trace is referencing here! I'm oh so very online!
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Like the other reply, it actually helps me a lot at small doses when I otherwise can't focus. It wasn't something used in highschool or college to study for exams like doctors' children do.
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Honestly I can relate to both the person rejoicing over Adderall curing their ADHD and to Dr kitten_beloved, PhD, mocking them.
I'd never been able to listen in class before taking Adderall, and then it became trivially easy. It's like if a -20 handicap turned to a +50 advantage instantly.
I didn't like the drugs' side effect so I didn't use them long; I found I learned better through self directed learning and learning by doing than listening to lectures passively. That and I'm just a
Sorry for the blog posting, I find this topic fascinating especially since I had to supervise exams for those that requested extra time, academia is in a bad shape
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Lots of people too chickenshit to stimmax
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Lots of white women were promised that their r-slurred children would become wunderkinder engineers and doctors if they gave their kids meth. I listened to it around the coffee table growing up, hearing how their children were "smart but get distracted easily, and can't focus because of their condition". Then I watched every ADHD child just beeline straight into the underclass upon graduation, the promises of financial success never manifested.
How is this not considered a scam? If conservatives (or anyone browsing in the right field of academia), really wanted to dunk on the ADHD myth, showcase through longitudial studies how rare it is for them to actually succeed at life even after taking copious amounts of borderline-meth at a young age. That'd throw doubt onto the actual benefits of taking these drugs, and whether the health complications are worth it.
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It's an open unsecret that half of psych meds have shit r-slurred evidence backing them up.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jul/20/scientists-question-widespread-use-of-antidepressants-after-survey-on-serotonin
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You need to understand that foids don't care about that
When they see a problem, they only think as far as "we have to do something"
If there's nothing that will help, then they'll do something to make things worse, no matter how obvious it might be
Because they have to do something
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