And yet conservatives are usually the ones writing off the liberal arts as useless pursuits of "liberal snowflakes", not advocating for them as essential facets

And yet conservatives are usually the ones writing off the liberal arts as useless pursuits of "liberal snowflakes", not advocating for them as essential facets of civilization. Edit: To be clear, the behavior described by the above commenter is reprehensible. Independently of that, I think it's incredibly sad that universities are being turned into businesses that only care about profit. Obviously that makes the original article a mixed bag.