Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: jagrmeister
I agree that he doesn't propose a solution but I also agree that trying to impose a change by main force would be tragic. The next swing in politics would have the opposite effect and we would see the effects of this intellectual purging for generations. This is the way of dictators and totalitarian states.

Besides, this is a situation that brings its own cures with just a little thought. The consumers are the kids and their parents. They do have a choice of schools. With information, kids and parents can avoid the worst snake pits and this will do alot to dry them out. Coupled with activist conservative support for research and study a balance can be reestablished.

15 posted on 11/28/2004 3:57:58 AM PST by dalight
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies ]


To: dalight
The next swing in politics would have the opposite effect and we would see the effects of this intellectual purging for generations. This is the way of dictators and totalitarian states

So, what is the answer? Not just with the intellectuals but with the whole movement itself? The environmentalists, the intellectuals, the socialists and the people who just try to emulate them because they think it makes them look and sound smart --they are equally as dangerous to our way of life, IMO.

35 posted on 11/28/2004 8:55:56 AM PST by riri
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies ]

To: dalight

No one is proposing force. I appreciate your comments but I'm afraid your diagnosis of the problem is simplistic; I went to Berkeley despite being a conservative. I had far more important criteria when selecting a university than partisan bias. So more information isn't going to change anything.

We love the free market and assume that it can solve all ills. Choice and competition. It's not always that easy. The kinds of people that forsake the private sector for university professorship at ALL universities have a liberal bent. Living in an ivory tower only reinforces this leaning. Therefore, more creative thinking is necessary in order to eliminate bias on campus.

The points of control in a university are at its source of funding. Alumni giving is a big part of this. Interpose conservatives at this choke point and you have leverage.


37 posted on 12/13/2004 2:26:18 AM PST by jagrmeister
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson