VaBeach_Eagle Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 North Korean defector says 'even North Korea was not this nuts' after attending Ivy League school Quote By Teny Sahakian | Fox News ‘America’s future is as bleak as North Korea’ says defector after attending Columbia Yeonmi Park was shocked by the oppressive culture within the university, reminding her of the country she fled. As American educational institutions continue to be called into question, a North Korean defector fears the United States' future "is as bleak as North Korea" after she attended one of the country's most prestigious universities. Yeonmi Park has experienced plenty of struggle and hardship, but she does not call herself a victim. One of several hundred North Korean defectors settled in the United States, Park, 27, transferred to Columbia University from a South Korean university in 2016 and was deeply disturbed by what she found. "I expected that I was paying this fortune, all this time and energy, to learn how to think. But they are forcing you to think the way they want you to think," Park said in an interview with Fox News. "I realized, wow, this is insane. I thought America was different but I saw so many similarities to what I saw in North Korea that I started worrying." Those similarities include anti-Western sentiment, collective guilt and suffocating political correctness. Yeonmi saw red flags immediately upon arriving at the school. During orientation, she was scolded by a university staff member for admitting she enjoyed classic literature such as Jane Austen. "I said ‘I love those books.’ I thought it was a good thing," recalled Park. "Then she said, 'Did you know those writers had a colonial mindset? They were racists and bigots and are subconsciously brainwashing you.’" It only got worse from there as Yeonmi realized that every one of her classes at the Ivy League school was infected with what she saw as anti-American propaganda, reminiscent to the sort she had grown up with. "’American ****' was one word for North Koreans" Park was taught growing up. "The math problems would say 'there are four American ****, you kill two of them, how many American **** are left to kill?'" She was also shocked and confused by issues surrounding gender and language, with every class asking students to announce their preferred pronouns. "English is my third language. I learned it as an adult. I sometimes still say 'he' or 'she' by mistake and now they are going to ask me to call them 'they'? How the heck do I incorporate that into my sentences?" "It was chaos," said Yeonmi. "It felt like the regression in civilization." "Even North Korea is not this nuts," she admitted. "North Korea was pretty crazy, but not this crazy." After getting into a number of arguments with professors and students, eventually Yeonmi "learned how to just shut up" in order to maintain a good GPA and graduate. In North Korea, Yeonmi Park did not know of concepts like love or liberty. "Because I have seen oppression, I know what it looks like," said Yeonmi, who by the age of 13 had witnessed people drop dead of starvation right before her eyes. "These kids keep saying how they’re oppressed, how much injustice they've experienced. They don't know how hard it is to be free," she admonished. "I literally crossed through the middle of the Gobi Desert to be free. But what I did was nothing, so many people fought harder than me and didn't make it." Park and her mother first fled the oppressive North Korean regime in 2007, when Yeonmi was 13 years old. After crossing into China over the frozen Yalu River, they fell into the hands of human traffickers who sold them into slavery: Yeonmi for less than $300 and her mother for roughly $100. With the help of Christian missionaries, the pair managed to flee to Mongolia, walking across the Gobi Desert to eventually find refuge in South Korea. In 2015 she published her memoir "In Order to Live," where she described what it took to survive in one of the world’s most brutal dictatorships and the harrowing journey to freedom. "The people here are just dying to give their rights and power to the government. That is what scares me the most," the human right activist said. She accused American higher education institutions of stripping people's ability to think critically. "In North Korea I literally believed that my Dear Leader [Kim Jong-un] was starving," she recalled. "He's the fattest guy - how can anyone believe that? And then somebody showed me a photo and said 'Look at him, he's the fattest guy. Other people are all thin.' And I was like, 'Oh my God, why did I not notice that he was fat?' Because I never learned how to think critically." "That is what is happening in America," she continued. "People see things but they've just completely lost the ability to think critically." Witnessing the depth of American’s ignorance up close has made Yeonmi question everything about humanity. "North Koreans, we don't have Internet, we don't have access to any of these great thinkers, we don't know anything. But here, while having everything, people choose to be brainwashed. And they deny it." Having come to America with high hopes and expectations, Yeonmi expressed her disappointment. "You guys have lost common sense to degree that I as a North Korean cannot even comprehend," she said. "Where are we going from here?" she wondered. "There’s no rule of law, no morality, nothing is good or bad anymore, it's complete chaos." "I guess that's what they want, to destroy every single thing and rebuild into a Communist paradise." https://www.foxnews.com/us/north-korean-defector-ivy-league-nuts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SB52 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 I’ve heard similar sentiments from people who fled the former Eastern Bloc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike030270 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Did I miss it or does the article not say what her major is? If it's some type of literature major then I could definitely see that happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kz! Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 This is as close to proving liberals belong to the dumbest cult on the planet as humanly possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaBeach_Eagle Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Mike030270 said: Did I miss it or does the article not say what her major is? If it's some type of literature major then I could definitely see that happening I don't know, but I've seen some of her videos on YouTube. She wants to get a gun. Why? Because the 2nd Amendment gives her that ability and she didn't have that ability/right in North Korea. Plus, I think living in Chicago might play a little role in that lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NothingClever Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 3 hours ago, VaBeach_Eagle said: "The math problems would say 'there are four American ****, you kill two of them, how many American **** are left to kill?'" Am I the only one that is skeptical to find out that they are teaching subtraction in the math classes at Columbia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul852 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 You know how I know this is BS? She can actually say this and still be alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul852 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, NothingClever said: Am I the only one that is skeptical to find out that they are teaching subtraction in the math classes at Columbia? She's full of sh**, obviously. That's why it's a Fox News interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul852 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Kz! said: This is as close to proving liberals belong to the dumbest cult on the planet as humanely possible. Dumbest cult as "humanely" possible, huh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kz! Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 20 minutes ago, Paul852 said: Dumbest cult as "humanely" possible, huh? Damn you. Alright slight dub for you there. First minor L I’ve ever taken here. Feels bad. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTW Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 This topic has everything to trigger leftist apologists: Slams liberal university brainwashing Insults woke college kids that don't know real oppression The comments are from a woman of color Criticizes pronoun alphabet soup Cites Fox news Presents Christians in a positive light, who helped refugees escape oppression Kz replied, which will cause 5 pages of attacking him instead of debating the topic Was posted by our revered Admin and savior of the EMB so they won't criticize him 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
we_gotta_believe Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 3 hours ago, VaBeach_Eagle said: "North Koreans, we don't have Internet, we don't have access to any of these great thinkers, we don't know anything. But here, while having everything, people choose to be brainwashed. And they deny it." We should ask her who won the election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
we_gotta_believe Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 54 minutes ago, NothingClever said: Am I the only one that is skeptical to find out that they are teaching subtraction in the math classes at Columbia? I think she's referring to how she learned math growing up in North Korea. But yeah, the irony is quite thick throughout the rest of the piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike030270 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, NOTW said: This topic has everything to trigger leftist apologists: Slams liberal university brainwashing Insults woke college kids that don't know real oppression The comments are from a woman of color Criticizes pronoun alphabet soup Cites Fox news Presents Christians in a positive light, who helped refugees escape oppression Kz replied, which will cause 5 pages of attacking him instead of debating the topic Was posted by our revered Admin and savior of the EMB so they won't criticize him JC that one got me laughing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul852 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 48 minutes ago, NOTW said: This topic has everything to trigger leftist apologists: Slams liberal university brainwashing Insults woke college kids that don't know real oppression The comments are from a woman of color Criticizes pronoun alphabet soup Cites Fox news Presents Christians in a positive light, who helped refugees escape oppression Kz replied, which will cause 5 pages of attacking him instead of debating the topic Was posted by our revered Admin and savior of the EMB so they won't criticize him It's laughable. I give it a day before everyone loses interest and it falls to page 2. And yes, I'm aware that this is my fourth post in the thread so I'm not exactly helping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTW Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 54 minutes ago, Paul852 said: It's laughable. I give it a day before everyone loses interest and it falls to page 2. And yes, I'm aware that this is my fourth post in the thread so I'm not exactly helping. Let's keep it going Paul. You and I, we can do this. Got any summer travel plans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul852 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Just now, NOTW said: Let's keep it going Paul. You and I, we can do this. Got any summer travel plans? Waiting for the kids to get older so not this year. How about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dave Moss Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Reading between the lines here… Some lady at her orientation slammed Pride and Prejudice and she’s still mad about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Moss Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 31 minutes ago, Paul852 said: Waiting for the kids to get older so not this year. Take them to Ocean City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTW Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 47 minutes ago, Paul852 said: Waiting for the kids to get older so not this year. How about you? Went to FL a few weeks ago. Gonna take our son to Dollywood theme park sometime too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemack8 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 12 hours ago, NOTW said: This topic has everything to trigger leftist apologists: Slams liberal university brainwashing Insults woke college kids that don't know real oppression The comments are from a woman of color Criticizes pronoun alphabet soup Cites Fox news Presents Christians in a positive light, who helped refugees escape oppression Kz replied, which will cause 5 pages of attacking him instead of debating the topic Was posted by our revered Admin and savior of the EMB so they won't criticize him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnSnowsHair Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 10 hours ago, xzmattzx said: pretty ample boobage for an asian woman. though bras can be magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
we_gotta_believe Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 10 hours ago, xzmattzx said: Gotdamn! Ain't no defect in dem tiddies! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTW Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: pretty ample boobage for an asian woman. though bras can be magic. She's breastfeeding so they're fuller. Baby bottle on table, stroller to the side. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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