I am not only an atheist, but a strong atheist with regard to any gods described by man. I also think that the “spiritual, but not religious” bullshit is, well, bullshit.
All X Studies programs (for whatever value of X you would like to place) are disgraces to academia. I say this after taking graduate history courses that were cross-listed with women’s studies and black studies grad programs – those professors and students have no intellectual rigor to their arguments.
The whole idea of white/male/straight/whatever privilege is a crock dreamed up by the morons who get suckered in by the above listed “Studies” programs. Quit your fucking bitching and deal.
“Cultural diversity” or any similarly worded crap is not a valid end toward which we should strive in competitive selection. People are individuals, and we should treat them as such.
We need to end all the hand-wringing about bullying. It’s not some horrible problem that needs the intervention of all society, and the characterization of bullying as some great evil is going to fuck our kids up more than the bullying itself.