We're in the midst of a college revolution --- and liberals are leading it
" For years, conservatives have railed against the suppression of free speech and increasing authoritarianism on college campuses — and they've been largely written off by the liberal establishment in academia.
But now, the culture that has been cultivated by liberal ideologues has turned against them, and they're fighting back.
The latest example comes from professor Edward Schlosser (a pseudonym), who wrote an article titled: "I'm a liberal professor, and my liberal students terrify me."
"The student-teacher dynamic has been re-envisioned along a line that's simultaneously consumerist and hyper-protective, giving each and every student the ability to claim Grievous Harm in nearly any circumstance, after any affront, and a teacher's formal ability to respond to these claims is limited at best," Schlosser wrote.
Schlosser's decision to come forward (at least anonymously) comes after Northwestern University professor Laura Kipnis was accused of violating a federal discrimination law for writing about the sensitivities of today's college students. Kipnis wrote about the process in which she was investigated, and was cleared of wrongdoing shortly thereafter.
Schlosser's fear and Kipnis' reality come at a time when colleges are swimming in "trigger warnings" and "safe spaces," which have become necessary to protect students so sensitive that they can't bear to have their worldview challenged or face anything that might remind them of some difficult past experience. It is no longer the responsibility of the student to get herself help for trauma so severe she can't read classic literature; no, the current culture puts the onus on everyone else to tiptoe around for fear that someone, somewhere will be offended.
He also links to other liberal professors, including University of Warwick political philosopher Rebecca Reilly Cooper. Cooper argued that "particular experiences can never legitimately speak for any one other than ourselves, and personal narrative and testimony are elevated to such a degree that there can be no objective standpoint from which to examine their veracity."............................."
What needs to be pointed out is that “Schlosser” starts the article with a story about how he used authoritarian methods to stiffile the opinion of a student who dared to raiseFannie and Freddie’s role in the economic crisis.
He never apologizes for doing that. He never acknowleges that it was just as wrong as what his newer and decidedly more Progressive students are now doing to him and his peers.
He’s utterly incapable of seeing, let alone acknowleging, his own culpability in this mess.