Posted on 12/18/2014 8:50:33 AM PST by CSM
If you happen to be a young Republican or conservative of any stripe who is attending the University of Michigan, rest assured that you will receive the same respect and fair treatment as anyone else. Particularly if you happen to wind up taking a class from Professor Susan J. Douglas or any other in the department she chairs. The educator of young minds and prolific writer has penned a thoughtful editorial piece in which she explains that it’s actually okay to hate Republicans because the science supports it. National Review has the details.
“I hate Republicans,” communications department chairwoman and professor Susan J. Douglas boldly declares in the opening of the piece. “I can’t stand the thought of having to spend the next two years watching Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Ted Cruz, Darrell Issa or any of the legions of other blowhards denying climate change, thwarting immigration reform or championing fetal ‘personhood.’”
She writes that although the fact that her “tendency is to blame the Republicans . . . may seem biased,” historical and psychological research back her up, and so it’s basically actually a fact that Republicans are bad!
Clearly the science is settled. The professor informs us that Republicans:
- are focused on the “determined vilification” of others - have psychological traits such as “dogmatism, rigidity and intolerance of ambiguity” - demonstrate resistance to change and support for inequality
James Joyner makes the argument that perhaps Ms. Douglas should be seeking other employment.
I’d go further and question Douglas’ continued membership on the faculty, much less a leadership role, at a state institution.
I’m a near-absolutist on academic freedom and have zero problem with vehement Republicans, Democrats, Communists, or whathaveyou on faculty so long as there’s some reasonable diversity of viewpoints. But to espouse hatred of a particular group, particularly a group that a large portion of the student body is likely to associate with, has, to say the least, a chilling effect on discourse. Further, her column will forevermore be prima facie grounds for appeal for any student of Republican persuasion unsatisfied with their grade in Dr. Douglas’ class.
To get a bit more of the flavor of the professor’s background, it’s worth looking at the titles of a few of her many books:
Enlightened Sexism: The Seductive Message that Feminism’s Work Is Done (2010) The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women, with Meredith Michaels (2005) Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media (1994)
There’s very little left to say. If you are paying for the tuition of a child attending the University of Michigan, pull them out and send them to a technical school. Or a military academy.
Her screed was posted here earlier.
I figure “its ok to hate Republicans” will soon enough evolve into “it’s ok to kill Republicans”.
Republican parents should demand that this hate crime pushing B$tch be fired or they will pull their kids out of the university.
Any big time donors, who are Republican should inform the University President, there will be no more donations until this B$tch is fired.
“I would think that there are a good number of University “hate” regs and Fed/State discrimination laws (since this is a state school) that could be used to lodge ethics complaints against the professor and even sue the school.”
Nope, those laws only apply to discrimination or “hate motivated” crimes against “protected classes”, and Republicans are not one of those classes.
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.
Surprise, surprise
leftist ideologue BS social sciences tenured professor hiding out at publicly funded university.
If it wasn’t for government and so-called “education” to hide them, progressives and leftists would be like roaches exposed to a bright light.
For it to be a hate crime, it would have to be directed at a class protected by the hate crime statutes, and Republicans are not one of those classes.
How many books has she actually sold, other that to the college library?
Yep. You are correct. Never forget the FBI informant’s testimony from the 70’s regarding the Weather Underground. He testified that they had actually discussed that there is some population of “hard core free market capitalists” that will never be re-educated to support their communist utopia. They understood that they would have to “eliminate” those folks...and that it could be as many as 20 million.....
Oh, and their leader at the time was named Bill Ayers. I seem to recall to that some obscure Chicago resident kicked off a run for the state senate of IL in Ayers’ living room...today we call him POTUS.
I’m pretty sure someone at Vox has already suggested it—if you use Windows NT 6.2+, it appears in the Microsoft Network news feed, unless you have uninstalled it.
One of their demands: enforced veganism.
It’s not in my Start menu anymore, but click, if you dare:
http://www.vox.com/2014/12/16/7385269/animal-citizenship-kymlicka
Neither party does those things (excepting a few Republicans -- and a lot of Republicans who just provide lip service).
I figure “its ok to hate Republicans” will soon enough evolve into “it’s ok to kill Republicans”.
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That is exactly how leftist totalitarian fascists work.
That phrase you keep using, it does not mean what you think it means.
Just as I thought. The crazy bitch is ugly on both the inside AND the outside.
Up yours, Suzy, you aging moonbat.
She should be fired forthwith.
Marxists are extremely tolerant people, unless you disagree with them.
Pray America is waking
As long as she does it in the privacy of her own empty head.
Another of N examples (where N is a really big number) that we need a different (and definitely less respectable) term for “professors” who possess a box top degree in comic book learning, granted by universities that are lowering their standards to sub-Obama level in order to enroll low IQ trolls who’d be fired from a McDonald’s.
“I hate Republicans,” communications department chairwoman and professor Susan J. Douglas boldly declares in the opening of the piece. “I can’t stand the thought of having to spend the next two years watching Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Ted Cruz, Darrell Issa or any of the legions of other blowhards denying climate change, thwarting immigration reform or championing fetal ‘personhood.’”
She writes that although the fact that her “tendency is to blame the Republicans . . . may seem biased,” historical and psychological research back her up, and so it’s basically actually a fact that Republicans are bad! . . .
Republicans now, she writes, are focused on the “determined vilification” of others, and have “crafted a political identity that rests on a complete repudiation of the idea that the opposing party and its followers have any legitimacy at all.”
(Apparently, the irony of this accusation given the content of her own article was lost on her.)
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I figure “its ok to hate Republicans” will soon enough evolve into “it’s ok to kill Republicans”.
That’s the ultimate dream of leftists - to use the “legitimate” power of the state to exterminate any and all that disagree with them.
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