https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/texas-a-and-m-bans-philosophy-prof>Even Plato is not safe from the war on “woke.”>Writings from Plato, the ancient Greek scholar whose work is often considered the bedrock of modern philosophy, were deemed too controversial for the classroom by officials at Texas A&M University - College Station because of their discussions of gender.>Dr. Martin Peterson, a TAMU philosophy professor and chair of the university’s Academic Freedom Council, had submitted his syllabus to department leadership for review ahead of the spring 2026 semester.>This review is required as per new rules instituted by the University Board of Regents after conservatives waged a harassment campaign against faculty who taught about gender or race. According to reporting by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the syllabus included excerpts of Plato’s Aristophanes’ Myth of the Split Humans, Diotima’s Ladder of Love and a textbook titled Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues. All of them were flagged by the university because they supposedly violate the updated restrictions on content that “advocate[s] for” particular views on race, sex or gender.
>>42286432Wokeness has always existed. Doesn't matter if it was in Ancient Rome, still woke, still broke. Cry about it!
>>42286455Okay but Diotimas Ladder is like such a fucking foundational concept for all of history. It's like not teaching Maslows Heirarchy
>>42286432this is because you're a faggot if you read plato
>>42286432lmaostop tolerating faith
>>42286432>libs ban Plato for being white>cons ban Plato for being gaysad times
>>42286432>No you don't understand, the guys that tell you to think critically and reach truth through reason are actually imposing woke ideology on you!!!wait until they hear about the first Alcibiades lol, it literally has Socrates tell a himbo twink he is madly in love with him and is the only want that actually loves him and will ever love him for what he is (not paraphrasing btw (except the himbo twink part))
>>42288369>gayreeks>white
>>42286432Reminds me of that period of time where only approved authorities were allowed to touch pre-Christian philosophers like Plato.
