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Political Correctness Crowd goes after Hoppe
Ecoomics Daily ^

Posted on 02/06/2005 11:46:57 AM PST by toaster

Hoppe, 55, a world-renowned economist, author and speaker, said he was giving a lecture to his money and banking class in March when the incident occurred.

The subject of the lecture was economic planning for the future. Hoppe said he gave several examples to the class of about 30 upper-level undergraduate students on groups who tend to plan for the future and groups who do not.

Very young and very old people, for example, tend not to plan for the future, he said. Couples with children tend to plan more than couples without.

As in all social sciences, he said, he was speaking in generalities.

Another example he gave the class was that homosexuals tend to plan less for the future than heterosexuals.

Reasons for the phenomenon include the fact that homosexuals tend not to have children, he said. They also tend to live riskier lifestyles than heterosexuals, Hoppe said.

He said there is a belief among some economists that one of the 20th century's most influential economists, John Maynard Keynes, was influenced in his beliefs by his homosexuality. Keynes espoused a "spend it now" philosophy to keep an economy strong...But within days of the lecture, he was notified by school officials that a student had lodged an informal complaint. The student said Hoppe's comments offended him. ..In the end, the university gave him until Friday to accept its latest offer of punishment: It would issue him a letter of reprimand and he would give up his next pay increase.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: correctness; economics; highereducation; homosexuality; hoppe

1 posted on 02/06/2005 11:46:58 AM PST by toaster
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To: toaster
Li'l Andy Sullivan will, doubtlessly, refer to Hoppe's statements as being "gob-smackingly vile." :)
2 posted on 02/06/2005 11:49:55 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
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To: toaster

Was J. M. Keynes really a homosexual? Did he ever marry or have kids?


3 posted on 02/06/2005 11:52:22 AM PST by gobucks (http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/classics/students/Ribeiro/laocoon.htm)
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To: gobucks

Keynes was married to a Russian ballerina, but most biographers seem to believe he was gay.


4 posted on 02/06/2005 11:55:34 AM PST by toaster
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To: toaster

I am trying to figure out what he said that was incorrect?


5 posted on 02/06/2005 11:59:18 AM PST by roylene
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To: roylene
I am trying to figure out what he said that was incorrect?

Generally speaking, the more accurate a statement about an approved victim group, the more the PC crowd hate it. This isn't about accuracy.

6 posted on 02/06/2005 12:05:47 PM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: roylene

He didn't say anything incorrect.

Some thin-skinned, liberal faggot took offense. The administration's knee-jerk appeasement was totally out of line.

If I were the prof, I'd tell UNLV where to stick it. He'd probably be unemployed for all of about 10 minutes.


7 posted on 02/06/2005 12:10:02 PM PST by CTOCS (This space left intentionally blank...)
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To: toaster
Note to Conservative students trapped under the thumb of over bearing liberal professors. It only takes one "I'm offended" complaint to get the professor in trouble.
8 posted on 02/06/2005 12:43:13 PM PST by fella
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To: toaster

so, this guy giving scientific data gets a punishment because of 1 complaint.... Ward Churchill gets nothing after espousing his liberal views and getting thousands of complaints...


...and our universities are not biased? they just want free speech?

gimme a break


9 posted on 02/06/2005 12:44:30 PM PST by esoxmagnum
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To: toaster

so are homosexuals saying that this information is incorrect?

Homosexual sex does not produce offspring. No offspring, no need to plan for children. duh.

What is there to object to?


10 posted on 02/06/2005 12:46:28 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: longtermmemmory
Okay, freepers. Time to raise holy heck:

President Carol C. Harter (president of UNLV), Phone: 702-895-3201, Fax: 702-895-1088, harter@ccmail.nevada.edu

11 posted on 02/06/2005 1:01:32 PM PST by Austin Willard Wright
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To: longtermmemmory
Okay, freepers. Time to raise holy heck:

President Carol C. Harter (president of UNLV), Phone: 702-895-3201, Fax: 702-895-1088, harter@ccmail.nevada.edu

12 posted on 02/06/2005 1:01:42 PM PST by Austin Willard Wright
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To: toaster

I believe most think John K. Galbraith tends to also be a bit 'light in the loafers' - to borrow a phrase.


13 posted on 02/06/2005 3:10:32 PM PST by NHResident
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To: gobucks
Yes - Keynes was a fruit, or bisexual at least. He had a relationship with another gay for about a decade prior to his marriage to a ballerina. Keynes also reportedly had quite a reputation of sexual escapades with male students.

The homo crowd claimed Keynes as one of their own long ago. In addition to being a fruit, he was a worthless socialist so as far as I'm concerned they can keep him.

14 posted on 02/09/2005 11:25:12 AM PST by GOPcapitalist ("Marxism finds it easy to ally with Islamic zealotism" - Ludwig von Mises)
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