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The article is laughably biased in both its reporting and its language, it's almsot funny how they don't try to hide it: > According to a survey conducted late

The article is laughably biased in both its reporting and its language, it's almsot funny how they don't try to hide it: > According to a survey conducted late last year by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation > But it is far from clear that classroom _indoctrination_ is driving students to the far left > students’ upbringings are a large part of today’s _problems_ on campus Most clearly visible in the following excerpt: > Naturally, when they arrive on campus as 18-year olds, they look to professors and administrators to take over the parental role of protecting them from life’s challenges. Thus, so-called “helicopter parenting” yields “snowflake” students unable to tolerate uncomfortable opinions. > In response to perceived slights, however artificial or exaggerated they may be, activists demand and often receive compensation > This is an encouraging conclusion as it suggests that students who are more serious about their academic work are more likely to think for themselves [leftist = unable to think for themselves?] and less likely to be drawn into disruptive political activities > If moderate and liberal professors want to take back the campus from illiberal activists who reject open debate and a marketplace of ideas, then a good place to start would be to re-emphasize academics as the raison d’etre of university life

kazagistar 9y ago
Isn't this interesting because it puts a new perspective on the debate? I thought the conservative angle was proffesors and universities corrupting our youth, and this contradicts that... it's always interesting to see evidence of contrast and complexity in political views.
- geofft 9y ago
  This isn't complexity. There's a perfectly straightforward explanation, which is that lots of educated people accept leftism on the merits, and what we're seeing is grasping-at-straws attempts at explaining this politically-incorrect explanation away. Since the "liberal professors" story isn't working out, they need to make up a new one. Explaining the common cold as the work of Asmodeus instead of the work of Belial isn't a new perspective on the debate.

kazagistar 9y ago

Isn't this interesting because it puts a new perspective on the debate? I thought the conservative angle was proffesors and universities corrupting our youth, and this contradicts that... it's always interesting to see evidence of contrast and complexity in political views.

geofft 9y ago
This isn't complexity. There's a perfectly straightforward explanation, which is that lots of educated people accept leftism on the merits, and what we're seeing is grasping-at-straws attempts at explaining this politically-incorrect explanation away. Since the "liberal professors" story isn't working out, they need to make up a new one. Explaining the common cold as the work of Asmodeus instead of the work of Belial isn't a new perspective on the debate.