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During the French Revolution the Left created the socialist and communist movements

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I hope for the sake of his own credibility he means the one that happened in 1848.

"...in Europe there is a standing socialist tradition that goes back more than a hundred years."

In Europe, and even in Great Britain, the opposition to conservative traditions/values/policies IS and ALWAYS HAS BEEN the institutionalized and the accepted form of 'opposition'.

In America, Liberals took up this mantle and have BECOME THE second party in the United States and are rivals to the rule of law, the constitution, the military, the church, education and are favored in the media, the courts and among the uneducated, under-educated, ill informed and disaffected of this country.

Ortga y Gaset knew:

"Communism, now there is a piece of moral extravagnce...the concession we make to the Slavic sense of morality."

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Even more politicians who identify themselves as liberal, despite the demise of the socialist bloc, seem to think it unjust that some people earn more than others, a presumption that is the core of leftist belief.

None of these politicians would take a cut in salary and benefits to make themselves equal to the mean U.S. wage. More socialists lies.

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Quite a piece by the guy that knows where the bodies are buried.. David Horowitz and Peter Collier are jewels laser'ing the academy.. separating bone from marrow.. in the United States today.. American Universitys have become leftist re-education camps..

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"In similar fashion, we casually speak of the “haves” and “have nots,” terms which presume the “social injustice” the Left proposes to redress, while at the same time inflaming the passions of social resentment. Yet, as Friedrich Hayek and others have long pointed out, there is no social entity that divides up society’s wealth or can be said to distribute it unjustly. The very term “social justice” describes a prejudice and incitement of the Left, but only this.[10] In a society of liberal politics and economic markets, it would be more appropriate to speak of the “do’s” and the “do nots,” the “cans” and the “can nots,” the “wills” and the “will nots” -- terms that reflect the undeniable fact of American social mobility -- that individuals can and do make their own destinies, even in circumstances they may not control. Yet, no matter how conservative we may be, we could hardly use these accurate descriptive terms without being simultaneously assaulted by the suspicion that the very usage reflects a mean-spirited attitude on our part which “blames the victim.”

Horowitz puts it into words almost better than anyone else. Every Freeper should read this article. Thanks for posting it.

A message for any liberal that might view this post. For good self esteem and self worth you must believe that you have actually done something in your life to earn it. A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul. Give a man a fish and you have fed him for the day. Teach him how to fish and you have fed him for life.

Excerpt, article http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org

The Professors' Orwellian Case
By David Horowitz
FrontPageMagazine.com | December 5, 2003
The American Association of University Professors prides itself on being a guardian of academic freedom. There is a sound historical basis for this pride beginning with its famous report of 1915, which launched the academic freedom tradition. Through the 1970s its Academic Freedom Committee developed principles and guidelines that have been adopted by American universities to protect the intellectual independence of their faculties. As early as the 1915 report, the AAUP also recognized the academic freedom rights of students. However, as a guild organization whose members are professors, it is not surprising that the AAUP has not been so mindful of the academic rights of students, although these rights are mentioned in its pronouncements going to back to the original report. Again, not surprisingly, the same is true of university administrations, whose academic freedom policies are generally modeled on AAUP guidelines.

Worse, when student rights have been widely infringed by faculty and university administrations, the AAUP has tended to overlook the infringements and even defend them. This is not a small problem. Under the name “political correctness,” student speech rights have been curtailed and students’ academic freedoms abused on an unprecedented scale. Courses of indoctrination masquerading as education have spread through the curriculum and become familiar objects of public ridicule. Outrage over political correctness and “speech codes,” however, did not come from the AAUP or academic faculties, but from the public at large. Moreover, curbing these excesses has been the work of legislatures and the courts, more than academic institutions or associations.

Nor are the problems of professorial excess absent to day. This year, for example, a criminology class at a Colorado university was given an assignment to write a paper on “Why George Bush Is A War Criminal.” Bad enough. But a student who chose to submit a paper on “Why Saddam Hussein Is A War Criminal” received a failing grade (for political incorrectness).