My Ukrainian colleagues attended the woke film festival organized by my department. The very first movie they showed was a slobbering, badly made documentary about how cruel it is to report illegal immigrants. It was completely dumb and failed even to try to make a coherent case.
The Ukrainian colleague was stunned to see that the viewers were in raptures over the movie. One professor said, while almost choking on his tears, that it was one of the most powerful experiences of his life. The Ukrainian colleague was confused because she knows this professor as an intelligent man with a good taste. So the next day she approached him in his office.
“Professor, can you explain to me what you liked about the movie? Because I honestly don’t get it,” she said.
“Oh, the movie is crap,” the professor answered.
“But you spoke so positively about it at the showing. Why do that if you didn’t like it?”
“Well, this is American academia,” the professor explained. “We are supposed to agree on certain political points and say that loudly as often as we can.”
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