Posted on 12/01/2015 2:45:11 PM PST by Neoliberalnot
The American university is imploding in its self-refuting duplicity. Safe zones are anything but safe. People are bullied by those decrying bullying. Rather than celebrate liberty, liberals now demand conformity. Campuses have become bastions for speech codes rather than free speech. Students are more interested in “trigger warnings†than they are in research and learning. Disagreement is now synonymous with hate. Personal inclinations now equal personal identity. Progressives think they are right in telling conservatives they are wrong for thinking they’re right. If you dare to challenge the party line or the politically correct, you will be excluded in the name of inclusion. Faculty and students alike chant, “I can’t tolerate your intolerance. I am sure nothing is sure. I know nothing can be known, and I’m absolutely confident that there are not absolutes.†The banner of tolerance has become a dark flag of tyranny almost overnight. What was academic freedom yesterday has become ideological fascism today. You must think as we think. Submit or be silenced!
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