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There is a lot of not-safe-for-work language in this video from a college debate during which two professors got into a profanity-laced shouting match:

This speaks volume about the current state of academic discourse. Of the several beyond-parody moments in the video, at about the 7:25 mark, an Emory University instructor stands on a chair and delivers a harangue about the importance of "community":

I think most, if not all, of you want to build bridges. And if you don't want to build bridges, I'm not talking to you!
Build bridges -- or else!

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