When future historians examine just how far American academia has fallen, they may very well cite these two columns as primafacie records of evidence:
- George Will: America’s higher education brought low
- Bret Stephens: Radical Parents, Despotic Children
Here’s one snippet from each:
The University of Tennessee’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion, worried that students might be uncomfortable with gender-specific pronouns (“he,” “she,” “him,” “her”), suggests gender-neutral noises (“ze,” “hir,” “xe,” “xem,” “xyr”). The University of California system’s sensitivity auditors stipulated that “hostile” and “derogatory” thoughts include “I believe the most qualified person should get the job” and “America is the land of opportunity.” The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point’s list of racial microaggressions includes “America is a melting pot” and “There is only one race, the human race.”
For almost 50 years universities have adopted racialist policies in the name of equality, repressive speech codes in the name of tolerance, ideological orthodoxy in the name of intellectual freedom. Sooner or later, Orwellian methods will lead to Orwellian outcomes. Those coddled, bullying undergrads shouting their demands for safer spaces, easier classes, and additional racial set-asides are exactly what the campus faculty and administrators deserve.
The leftists NEA dont educate the kids they brainwash and indoctrinate the kids with leftists propeganda,revionists history,enviromental progeanda and evolution thats why we need free choice in education Home or private schooling away from the NEA and Taechers Unions
It’s probably no coincidence that all of this orchestrated and coordinated agitation on university on college campuses began in mid October – just after first semester mid-term exams were written and graded.
Clearly yet more mentally ill people in positions of influence.
“Those coddled, bullying undergrads shouting their demands for safer spaces, easier classes, and additional racial set-asides are exactly what the campus faculty and administrators deserve.”
That comment assumes that the administrators don’t intend to create a dysfunctional society…. The Marxist mind must be occupied with something other than a normal purpose.. The USSR kept folks hammered with free Vodka such that they would not think…
The Universities know exactly what they are doing and people without a useful purpose seldom survive.
These graduates are not employable ANYWHERE…They should not think Government service will need any more incompetence.
Philip, what you’re suggesting *may* be true but I doubt it. I don’t think these senior university types are generally that bright. They’re typically not the brilliant researchers who have a true passion for their chosen field. Instead they’re the mealy mouthed weasels who, early on, knew they were not stars in their fields so instead chose the management route.
I believe that they’ve felt for their entire lifetime that their Leftist views of how to raise children and deal with strangers (ie. all excuses & coddling, never any discipline & consequences) was the way society should go. Much of their belief system may stem from daddy issues – ie. they had strict fathers and “were never going to be like that”.
Now WE are seeing the end result of their philosophy of life and it’s a complete disaster. But once again, as I said at the beginning, they’re generally not that bright, so even now most STILL DON’T see the error of their ways.
I can barely imagine what 2016-2025 is going to look like. It ain’t gonna be purdy.
Talking about making spanking illegal in Quebec. The time-out majority parents of the baby boomer generation really did a great job raising their kids, right?
All this protesting against cultural appropriation makes me laugh. All those students and academics would have to give up Marxism.
I like the idea that the young justice fighters drive out the privileged professors and perhaps shut down the whole system because it is culturally appropriated by Imperialist white educators. School might stay out a few years and staff may have to look for real world jobs in the field of aberrant female studies. Would it make you sad to see a socialist saturated entity collapse on itself?
I wanna see two D900i Cats, 500 feet of heavy anchor chain then drag the frigging university’s till they are falling over. No more bs.
I wanna see two D900i Cats, 500 feet of heavy anchor chain then drag the frigging university’s till they are falling over. No more bs.
Time to reintroduce scout training at our diversity centres, fire lighting 101 anyway.
Spread enough rumour and slander and these little darlings will burn the “ivory towers down.
Don’t cha know ivory towers is code for white supremacy .
The towers of oppression man.
free your mind, burn the birks?
I swear the product of these institutions are so clueless, that if you simply dropped matches at random around the site, they would incinerate it by accident.
Free matches for all Social Justice Warriors.
Precisely.
Remember that the administrators would not be able to make a go of it in private industry (in most cases) and don’t intend to try. Most would not make it in the civil service, even.
I’m not sure how serious you are with your comment but I actually do expect that in 2016 we will start seeing demands for white administrators and professors to start resigNing. I think some white students will even be convinced to voluntarily withdraw to make amends for their white privilege.
These are examples from the US, and trust me friends, Canada is in a similar boat.
insanity rules.
Old math was figuring how many apples johnny and sally had and how to have enough for thwhole 2nd grade class new math is figuring how many trees and chopped down by evil timber companies
Melissa Click spotted at G20.
(stop the video at 20)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XgEI5dCrE