Thank goodness for Hillsdale College

Spectator USA ^ | June 19, 2020 | Roger Kimball

[billorites]

Did you go to college? If so, then it is overwhelmingly likely that you have been the recipient of a nauseating communication like this one from ‘Maud’ (that would be Maud S. Mandel, President of Williams College) explaining how Williams will ‘confront and fight racial and social injustice.’

I hope that you are impressed by both Maud’s bravery and her virtue. In an earlier communication, just as the wave of violent hooliganism began rolling over the country at the end of May, she let us know that she is ‘disgusted, saddened and angered by ongoing racism in all forms and places’ (every last one!). What a paragon she is! Maud then went on to ‘state unequivocally’ (unequivocally!) ‘that Williams condemns racism, violence, and injustice and will continue using its resources’ (almost $3 billion) ‘to help students — and society writ large — better understand these forces so we can continue to fight them.’

There are a few things to note about all such communications. One is how similar they are to one another. It’s as if all those college presidents and CEOs of woke companies are working from the same list of bullet points distributed some semi-literate affiliate of antifa or Black Lives Matter. You’ll see the same clichéd phrases dusted off and crammed together in drearily conformist globules of thought-free emotive sentimentality. Claudius disingenuously said that Denmark was contracted in ‘one brow of woe’ because of the elder Hamlet’s death. Something similar can be said about the incontinent displays of pseudo-anguish by our elites.

A second, and related, thing to notice about such communications is how inexpensively purchased is their distress. ‘Disgusted, saddened, and angered,’ indeed. Do you believe it? Or do you think the outrage is 99 percent manufactured, off-the-rack posturing?

That’s what I think.

[poinq]

Yes, but they are not enough.

[PGalt]

Hillsdale College is GREAT. I’ve been to the campus.

[A_Former_Democrat]

These Pastors, Deans, CEOs et al aren’t “disgusted’ at all

Where were they before Georgie Floyd?

They react only when feel forced to do so . . . that’s not sincere, that’s defensive cowardice, a corporate Prevent Defense

Lip service They’ll add a token black to the board and some do-nothing managers, then hope and pray they won’t get sued when they have to let them go or move on to another place

[plangent]

Why do so many liberal intellirati want to fight things? Fight, fight, fight.

Hardly any of them want to solve problems or merely fix things until the next generation comes along.

So much energy and brain power is put into fighting that there is scarce room left for any of the niceties of life. That may explain why, in real life, they are not nice people.

[originalbuckeye]

I am not only fed up, I am sickened and heartbroken that so many young adults/parents are indoctrinating their kids to ‘admit’ they are responsible. My cousin’s daughter has a 7 year old daughter. After watching a few ‘documentaries’ on Juneteenth, she said she didn’t want to be White anymore.

As if grade school age kids aren’t insecure enough about every ‘flaw’ they have been told they have...................

[albie]

I would think and hope that Hillsdale and Liberty both have good security.

[leaning conservative]

I will go with the, “99% manufactured, off-rack posturing.”

[shanover]

The one shining star in a fading America. Maybe since our Founders are being Talibanned the statues can be given to Hillsdale before they are destroyed.