Saturday, April 29, 2017

Will Fascism Come to America through Its Colleges and Universities? | Roger L. Simon

Will Fascism Come to America through Its Colleges and Universities? | Roger L. Simon:
"If fascism comes to America, it will be through our college and university system.
The biggest cowards in our country today are many, if not most, of our college and university administrators followed closely by a fair amount of their faculty.  
They are allowing their institutions to be taken over by a monolithic world view that is increasingly totalitarian and antithetical to the diversity of opinion on which the search for truth depends.
Image result for antifa free speechThe inmates are running the asylum -- and not with any of the humor of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
It's only a slight exaggeration to say that Social Justice Warriors are to social justice what the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea is to democracy.  
In a few years, freshman handbooks may no longer be necessary.
They can give out copies of Orwell's Animal Farm instead.
...Think I'm exaggerating?  
In September 2015, the indispensable Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) launched a campaign in support of the University of Chicago New Free Speech Statement that advocated for a "completely free and open discussion of ideas" on that campus.
...Even more disturbing, as of December 19, 2016, only 17 (out of over 4000!) of our institutions of higher learning had adopted the U. Chicago statement or something similar..."
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