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A wonderful take-down of 'Doctor' Gay, who not only fails to think critically but doesn't even have enough sense to try to hide her plagiarism. I remember my father once wanted an academic research career but, as he put it, "the '60s ruined academic science", so he went into industry, where he turned his wrath toward "the effing DA". I need to dig deeper, but I wonder if the left wokeism that dominates higher learning is a remnant of the '60s or whether this crap cycles every 50 years or so.

I red-pilled hard during the plandemic, and one of the hard pills I swallowed was the realization that my belief in the academic system to provide mobility and security was grossly wrong. The letters in my degrees are longer than my last name (and I have a moderately long surname) and I am still a professor in a public university, but I no longer believe in the value of higher education to create critical thinkers. I am encouraging (and will help to support) my two college-graduate kids get certifications and licenses in practical, tangible, portable jobs that will foot bills and provide satisfaction. After 40+ years training pharmacy and doctoral students, and after protesting vaccine mandates, DEI, and general mediocrity, I've been told by my betters I am 'poison' and am pretty much shackled in doing much of anything other than sit on useless committees. I am using this year to feather my nest and plan my exit so I can write my stories, expand my organic garden, grow and process medicinal herbs, and sell eggs and chickens. The good news? My philanthropy to ANY academic institution, including mine (UNC, UM system, Harvard, JHU) has dwindled to ZERO. Not a penny more. If enough of us decline giving, they will feel the pinch.

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