Posted on 10/04/2018 7:14:24 AM PDT by reaganaut1
The Senate adopted the modern university’s doctrine of self-censorship, no-go zones, and safe spaces The polarizing atmosphere of the university has now spread to Congress.
During the recent Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, we witnessed how college values have become the norms of the Senate. On campus, constitutional due process vanishes when accusations of sexual harassment arise. America saw that when false charges were lodged against the Duke University lacrosse players and during Rolling Stone magazine’s concocted smear of a University of Virginia fraternity.
Americans may disagree about the relative credibility of either Kavanaugh or his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford. But they all witnessed how the asymmetry of the campus governed the hearings.
Ford’s veracity hinged on empathy and perceived believability. There was little requirement of corroborating testimonies, witnesses, and what used to be called physical evidence. In contrast, Kavanaugh was considered guilty from the start. He had to prove his innocence.
One belief of the university is the postmodern idea of relativist truth.
On campus, all can present equally valid narratives. What privileges one story over another is not necessarily any semblance to reality, at least as established by evidence and facts. Instead, powerful victimizers supposedly “construct” truths based on their own self-interests. As a result, self-described victims of historical biases are under no obligation to play by what they consider to be rigged rules of facts, evidence, or testimony.
This dynamic explains why Senator Cory Booker (D., N.J) insisted that Dr. Ford told “her truth.” In other words, evidence was not so relevant. Ford’s story of events from 36 years ago inherently would have as much claim on reality as Kavanaugh’s rebuttal — and perhaps more so, given their different genders and asymmetrical access to power.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
I'm glad he noticed Cory Booker's "her truth" rhetoric, which I started a thread about a week ago.
Slowly, ever so slowly, a few on the GOP side are realizing that the left has been using “collegiality” as cover to play them for saps. Tensions are rising. Is a Sumner caning moment coming?
I have never seen that graphic before.
Those quotes are truly chilling.
Thank you or posting those incredibly chilling quotes from Dems.
They are
The words and faces of tyrants.
Wake up, Northeast.
You too, West Coast
My Lord! Did they really say that, in so many words? What of their oaths to “preserve, protect, and defend” this same Constitution? By their own words, they have become “...enemies...domestic...” of that founding document.
The spreading of “Arrogant Spoiled Brat” conduct to other institutions and the general public was inevitable once dogmatic leftists
were allowed to take over the public schools and elite universities.
Every year a new herd of over-indoctinated, under-educated, know-it-all graduates are spewed out into the world.
This is the first time I’ve seen these quotes....They should be a part of EVERY conservatives campaign platform...Repeat them over and over....
Those are three of the most un-American phrases I’ve ever heard out of Congress....
The quotes are not real according to Politifact:
Viral image criticizing Democrats featured fabricated quotes lifted from satire website
By Bill McCarthy on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.
https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2018/jul/03/viral-image/viral-image-criticizing-democrats-featured-fabrica/
Thank you....
The image should have the word SATIRE printed on it, even if small and along the edge somewhere. However, does anyone doubt that these three approve of the sentiment that the constitution is getting in the way of progressive values?
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