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    Quote Originally Posted by Just AnotherPerson View Post
    Oh God not another brain washng PragerU cartoon...... for the love of God will the wilks bros knock it off with the misinformation vids.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alexa View Post
    It seems to me that encouraging people to take up careers in STEM is a good thing.

    Prager continues to excel at building straw men for the weak-minded.

    I gave a clear trigger warning.

    When you get over it maybe you can comment on what Heather Mac Donald had to say.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Admiral Ackbar View Post
    It is unfortunate that you don't have the openness of mind to actually view and consider the video. Prager U videos are things that would have been taught in any normal American University even 20 years ago, but are now considered to be non mainstream.
    God Bless America, God Bless Donald Trump and God Bless Prager U.
    Yah, but

    "PragerU, short for Prager University, is an American non-profit organization that creates videos on various political, economic and philosophical topics from a conservative or right-wing[1] perspective. The videos are posted on YouTube and usually feature a speaker who lectures for about five minutes.[2] PragerU is not an academic institution, does not hold classes, and does not grant certifications or diplomas.[3]"

    (My emphasis - From Wikipedia, under PragerU.)

    They style themselves PragerU, because of course they're not a university. So they allude to the idea of university, but they're not. The best of all possible worlds, in some respects. But there's some question of whether they meet truth in advertising requirements.

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    Quote Originally Posted by southwest88 View Post
    Yah, but

    "PragerU, short for Prager University, is an American non-profit organization that creates videos on various political, economic and philosophical topics from a conservative or right-wing[1] perspective. The videos are posted on YouTube and usually feature a speaker who lectures for about five minutes.[2] PragerU is not an academic institution, does not hold classes, and does not grant certifications or diplomas.[3]"

    (My emphasis - From Wikipedia, under PragerU.)

    They style themselves PragerU, because of course they're not a university. So they allude to the idea of university, but they're not. The best of all possible worlds, in some respects. But there's some question of whether they meet truth in advertising requirements.

    And they're upfront about all that. Are we all to disqualify them because they lean conservative? No. We should listen to the speakers. And comment on the content.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    I gave a clear trigger warning.

    When you get over it maybe you can comment on what Heather Mac Donald had to say.
    I did.

    Perhaps you should have someone explain it to you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alexa View Post
    I did.

    Perhaps you should have someone explain it to you.
    You said "It seems to me that encouraging people to take up careers in STEM is a good thing."

    That has nothing to do with the message of Heather Mac Donald.
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    Quote Originally Posted by southwest88 View Post
    Yah, but

    "PragerU, short for Prager University, is an American non-profit organization that creates videos on various political, economic and philosophical topics from a conservative or right-wing[1] perspective. The videos are posted on YouTube and usually feature a speaker who lectures for about five minutes.[2] PragerU is not an academic institution, does not hold classes, and does not grant certifications or diplomas.[3]"

    (My emphasis - From Wikipedia, under PragerU.)

    They style themselves PragerU, because of course they're not a university. So they allude to the idea of university, but they're not. The best of all possible worlds, in some respects. But there's some question of whether they meet truth in advertising requirements.
    Seriously ?
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    And they're upfront about all that. Are we all to disqualify them because they lean conservative? No. We should listen to the speakers. And comment on the content.
    Prager himself is an interesting guy - but I think there are blind spots in his worldview. PragerU is advocacy from a right-wing perspective - which I can easily get from Fox News or a dozen other sites. That's my criticism of Prager's product - it's very lopsided, & only pushes for that one POV. It doesn't help that by attaching U to the product's factory, they're invoking humanist & intellectual traditions that they don't actually intend (from what I've seen) to honor, let alone forward.

    Since the advent of Limbaugh & Savage & Fox & Breitbart, more-or-less-conservative media outlets are a dime a dozen in the US. It's a kind of bandwagon effect - but I don't see any worthwhile purpose to put my shoulder to his (Prager's) wheel.

    As opposed to Wm. F. Buckley, Charles Krauthammer, sometimes George Will (he goes on about baseball) - it was usually a pleasure to read their articles or books; you could admire the language & the thought & work that went into their efforts, even if you disagreed with their conclusions. I don't get that from Prager's output - it strikes me as a pure selling job, going through the motions & hitting their marks on cue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by southwest88 View Post
    Prager himself is an interesting guy - but I think there are blind spots in his worldview. PragerU is advocacy from a right-wing perspective - which I can easily get from Fox News or a dozen other sites. That's my criticism of Prager's product - it's very lopsided, & only pushes for that one POV. It doesn't help that by attaching U to the product's factory, they're invoking humanist & intellectual traditions that they don't actually intend (from what I've seen) to honor, let alone forward.

    Since the advent of Limbaugh & Savage & Fox & Breitbart, more-or-less-conservative media outlets are a dime a dozen in the US. It's a kind of bandwagon effect - but I don't see any worthwhile purpose to put my shoulder to his (Prager's) wheel.

    As opposed to Wm. F. Buckley, Charles Krauthammer, sometimes George Will (he goes on about baseball) - it was usually a pleasure to read their articles or books; you could admire the language & the thought & work that went into their efforts, even if you disagreed with their conclusions. I don't get that from Prager's output - it strikes me as a pure selling job, going through the motions & hitting their marks on cue.

    PragerU published videos by Prager himself along with numberous other speakers. I don't listen to Prager, especially his religious views. But I do listen to the other speakers who do preset topic with a generally conservative cultural or political view.

    Prager doesn't speak here. Mac Donald does. She speaks about identity politics infiltrating the universities. Did you have comment oin that topic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Just AnotherPerson View Post
    Oh God not another brain washng PragerU cartoon...... for the love of God will the wilks bros knock it off with the misinformation vids.

    http://thepoliticalforums.com/thread...-with-our-kids
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    Quote Originally Posted by Just AnotherPerson View Post
    LOL you wont convince me to watch that brain washing vid. By the time I am done watching I would be a moron. No thanks.
    You watch brainwashing videos all the time. You post them here. I can't say anything about the moron part.
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