mnottertail
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As traditionally conceived, liberal education would temper the all-too-common tendency to demonize those fellow citizens with whom we disagree. In no small measure, the value of a liberal education—to the individual and to the public—stems from the ability it cultivates to explore moral and political questions from a variety of viewpoints. This virtue entails putting oneself in another’s shoes. It promotes toleration, civility, and mutual respect.
However, as currently practiced at our leading colleges and universities—through which a disproportionate percentage of our elites pass—liberal education cultivates single-sidedness and reinforces the polarization of our politics. The campus assault on free speech, the abandonment of the fundamental requirements of due process in university disciplinary procedures regarding accusations of sexual misconduct, and the hollowing and politicizing of the curriculum have become distressingly entrenched features of academic life. Their toxic effects are harming the country.
The assault on freedom of speech comes in many guises. To regulate expression and enforce orthodoxy, colleges and universities divide campuses—which ought to be havens for robust exchange of opinion—into expansive “safe spaces” and cramped “free speech zones.” They institute “trigger warnings” so students can avoid disturbing facts and ideas.
just a few of the clips of rancid untrammeled slobbering nusuckerism found therein.
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Have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two? Judges 5:30
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