Sorry. Couldn't resist.
Posted on 10/25/2004 5:34:19 AM PDT by OESY
...The Federal Election Commission could not have foreseen that when it required employment information on political donations of over $200, it would expose scandalous uniformity in a university community that advertises its diversity.... Campus bloggers computed the percentages of Kerry contributions over Bush: Cornell 93%, Dartmouth 97%, Yale 93%, Brown 89%.
Personally, I greatly enjoy being in the conservative opposition. My colleagues are cordial, and since I'm not looking for promotions I willingly sustain an occasional snub for the greater advantage of being able to speak my mind. Students making the transition from liberal to conservative are often wounded by their first exposure to the contempt that greets their support for the war in Iraq or opposition to abortion or whatever else separates them from the liberal campus. I suggest to them that, as opposed to living in constant terror of offending some received idea, they relish their freedom of expression. The self-acknowledged conservative never experiences intellectual constraint.
But this enviable autonomy doesn't extend to graduate students or untenured colleagues....
All groups tend to a measure of homogeneity, but the ideological pressures... affect even those at the highest level of authority....
But in trying to avoid offending the liberal-left hegemony he -- and everyone else who makes this calculation -- intensifies the regnant culture of pusillanimity.
One of the most refreshing things about President Bush is his immunity from intellectual intimidation. More than his decision to go to war in Iraq, more than the religious values I share with him (though I do not share his religion), I appreciate that, though he has to struggle for language, he expresses unapologetically his commitment to the strength of our nation. By contrast, through their opposition to the military, my clever colleagues have done everything they could to make America indefensible.
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Ms. Wisse in indeed a professor at Harvard.
Bravo
What? Who writes like this?....Oh Harvard. Thanks for the support.
" Ms. Wisse in indeed a professor at Harvard."
I haven't a suspicion on the principal object that you are invoking upon. Paramount declarations are hardly averments to professorhood at a prestigious lyceum.
;)
Sorry. Couldn't resist.
"Widespread cowardice". Why he these types of people dont just say that is beyond me.
Goo dpost. Well put Mr. Wisse!
It's an interesting tradeoff in the land of tolerance and intellectual purity, isn't it? Adhere to the party line or accept that you'll never advance professionally. I imagine some conservative professors don't even receive tenure unless they hide their political views for the first several years of their employment.
The small college in my town is "church-affiliated," but the denomination in question is extremely liberal, as are most of the faculty. They don't exactly put their money where their mouths are, however, as I couldn't find any of the liberal professors I know listed as contributors at the FEC website. Perhaps they've concluded that they've done enough for the Democrat effort by indoctrinating their students.
Because the connotation is slightly different. We no longer care to be understood, and so these "small" differences do not matter to you. But these differences are real and important. A bee that has gathered much nectar does not want it to go to waste. People who have what to say care about the words they use.
There is nothing profound in what I just said. The sole reason that you do not understand the point is that liberal education has been destroyed in this country (in 1950s) and replaced by vocational training. As many others, you think that possession of a degree is equivalent to education and no longer recognize education when you see it.
BWhahahahahahahahahaahahhah
Well la-dee-dah. Aren't you special? I happen to believe that when a person tries to talk above society with unnecessary words (I'm sorry, more "nuanced" words), its lessening the emphasis of his point. We have people scratching their heads over his language rather than talking about his message. For a person as smart as he is, he sure doesn't seem to grasp communication on a societal level.
Im sorry, not "him" but "her".
Thanks...for a second, I was making the whole FR dumber.
Of course, she's only able to speak up now that she's tenured! Right?
Now I know why my kids are being forced to learn these "big" words in High School. They have to be able to speak the language when they get to college. Reminds me of Dr. Alt at Virginia Tech. He was on such a high plane (theory) that the Comp Sci department wouldn't post the classes he taught. You showed up for the class on the first day; saw that Alt was teaching it; went and dropped it cause you weren't going to understand a thing this Rhodes Scholar said. Then there was Dr. Martin, but don't get me started.
Not that different from "nattering nabobs of negativism."
Sheesh, could someone post the OTHER half of this so I can read the WHOLE THING in its entirety!
Then ping me, K?
Thanks!
One of those transcendant questions that has challenged man down through the ages, I suppose. Do bunnies eat pancakes?
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