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American universities an existential threat
American Thinker ^ | 2 Dec, 2023 | Eric Utter

Posted on 12/02/2023 5:49:21 AM PST by MtnClimber

America’s “institutions of higher learning” could not be of lower character. Nor could they be less effective in preparing young people for the real world. The examples are legion, ubiquitous.

A professor at Washington University in St. Louis recently praised pro-Palestinian protesters who vandalized a Jewish leader’s home on Thanksgiving morning, and described the smoke bombs and paint damage as “pretty cool.” Heather Hackman, consultant at a recent University of Oklahoma race workshop, says “making sure you’re not tardy” is simply part of “the racial narrative of white.” So, being on time is white supremacy. Furthermore, Hackman claims individualism, honesty, discipline, and rigor are other traits indicative of white privilege and/or supremacy. In other words, being competent and respectful isn’t cool. Integrity and character are racist. Ms. Hackman is on record telling educators that if they don’t plan on promoting social justice in the classroom, they shouldn’t go into teaching.

Some “educators” believe that there is no such thing as free will. Others believe that certain words are violence and therefore should be prevented or punished, but that violence to further causes in which they believe is free speech and therefore protected by the First Amendment.

Colleges across the land warn of “microaggressions” should students potentially be exposed to unfamiliar points of view—or any description of less than pleasant reality. And, should students be traumatized by the aforementioned instead of learning and growing, safe spaces abound on campuses, some replete with warm milk, cookies, and puppies for petting.

Universities universally teach/preach that virtually anything found in the U.S.-- or previously taught in schools-- is an example of colonialism or imperialism, including mathematics.

The nearest thing to a religion on campus today is the unwavering belief that there are more than two genders....

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Society
KEYWORDS: academia; domesticenemies; education; marxism
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1 posted on 12/02/2023 5:49:21 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

The degradation was gradual for a long time and then rapid in the last 10 years. I am sure it would be unbearable for me today.


2 posted on 12/02/2023 5:49:31 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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That’s why trade schools are a far better option than any university.


3 posted on 12/02/2023 5:54:46 AM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: MtnClimber

Their endowments should be taxed retroactively, or require them to lower tuitions until the endowments are used up.


4 posted on 12/02/2023 6:02:07 AM PST by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)
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To: MtnClimber

Schooi’s out com-pletely.


5 posted on 12/02/2023 6:02:14 AM PST by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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6 posted on 12/02/2023 6:05:55 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MtnClimber

Geez I wonder why this is happening.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/us-companies-increasingly-eliminate-college-degrees-as-a-requirement-amid-out-of-control-school-costs/ar-AA1igWVx


7 posted on 12/02/2023 6:06:00 AM PST by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: dfwgator

When the going gets tough.....................................The tough get going!


8 posted on 12/02/2023 6:09:39 AM PST by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: MtnClimber

When Western Civilization abandoned the search for Truth in favor of denial and delusions, its downfall began.


9 posted on 12/02/2023 6:37:08 AM PST by Savage Beast (TRUTH is a terrifying thing to behold when trapped in a web of delusion.)
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To: MtnClimber

ALL of America’s *Academia* system, are polluted and are threats.


10 posted on 12/02/2023 6:40:53 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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"being on time is white supremacy" "individualism, honesty, discipline, and rigor are other traits indicative of white privilege and/or supremacy" "Integrity and character are racist"

These people have made a strong argument in favor of white supremacy.

11 posted on 12/02/2023 6:41:27 AM PST by Savage Beast (TRUTH is a terrifying thing to behold when trapped in a web of delusion.)
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I’m thinking that universities will soon shrink to the point that only a very few of our brightest will be admitted, if we really get AI to the point that it actually shows some (non leftist) intelligence.

We’ll always need those who provide true value - such as plumbers, electricians, the trades. No one needs, wants, or can stand a leftist underwater lesbian dance major. Let those losers go off to a loser colony somewhere in the desert and rot.


12 posted on 12/02/2023 6:43:07 AM PST by Da Coyote
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Heather Hackman. Race grifter


13 posted on 12/02/2023 6:52:26 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: MtnClimber

if you’re seeking to conquer and subjugate a country, infiltrating and seizing power from within is far easier than war from outside

plus, you get the advantages of
1. stealth
2. delayed (if any) defense by the target nation or its institutions
3. gaining control over its accumulated wealth, resources (that you can use to further advance your infiltration)
4. gaining control over its institutional systems and organizations such as academia, churches, synagogues, mass media, industry, commerce, entertainment, etcetera (that you can use to further advance your infiltration and seizing of power)


14 posted on 12/02/2023 7:01:56 AM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: MtnClimber

BTTT


15 posted on 12/02/2023 7:14:45 AM PST by nopardons
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To: DeplorablePaul

I can’t tell from the photo. is that a dyke or a tranny?


16 posted on 12/02/2023 7:26:38 AM PST by Flatus I. Maximus (You can vote your way into Socialism, but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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17 posted on 12/02/2023 7:35:04 AM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Vet, John Adams Descendant , deal with it.)
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To: McGavin999

The endowments should be seized and divided equally as reparations to white people—as actual and punitive damages for the discrimination against whites and decades of anti-white propaganda.


18 posted on 12/02/2023 7:38:12 AM PST by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: MtnClimber

Cartoonist Al Capp had them pegged back in 1966. Students Wildly Indignant about Nearly Everything. (S.W.I.N.E.)

https://artanddesigninspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/alcapp-counterculture.jpg


19 posted on 12/02/2023 7:38:47 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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I should mention that the S.W.I.N.E. are now the teachers at the Universities as real work is beyond their goals and for the peasants only.

https://douggoodkindcreativity.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/MAYNARD-G-KREBS-WORK-LIGHT-copy.jpg


20 posted on 12/02/2023 7:44:47 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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