A Ressentimental Education To Prohibit constructive discussion, operate by the following assumptions, common among academics. 1/99
1	All Academic Conflicts are, at Root, Moral Conflicts.
	A. Educated people are more ethical and self-reflective than others. B. Those who disagree with me are less reflective than I, and therefore less moral. C. Those who disagree with my (means, methodology, discipline, etc.) are opposed to my ethical goals. D. Those who disagree with me outnumber me, have more power, and represent 1. A reactionary status quo 2. Or an unthinking embrace of expedient trends.
2	Socrates, with a Dash of Christ before Pilate, Is the Paradigmatic Intellectual
	A. Persecution is proof of intellectual integrity. B. Stating your case in a fashion suited to different audiences is suspect and compromising. C. Martyrdom at the hands of the ignorant masses is the sublimest of pleasures, the apotheosis of everything for which you've been trained.
3	Self-Interest and Truth are Dichotomous Categories
	A. You must never appeal to your own self-interest in the course of an argument. B. It is always better to speak on behalf of others instead of on your own behalf. C. You should never refer to ways you are empowered without apology or guilt. D. You cannot both criticize something and publicly acknowledge that you benefit from it, especially if the benefits are structural ones which you cannot avoid with out wide-scale social change.
4	"Purity" is Preferable to Power, Effectiveness, or Honesty.
5	Anyone Who Fails to Intuitively Recognize the Worth of Your Ideas & Contributions Is an Idiot.