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I disagree that all conservative critiques of universities philosophical and political bends are superfluous. I agree that most are, especially as a propaganda-
by tomrod 4y ago
I disagree that all conservative critiques of universities philosophical and political bends are superfluous. I agree that most are, especially as a propaganda-driven meme, but not all. You _need_ second order diversity of ideas, which tends to be achieved by the first order diversity of background, in order to flourish. Subject to paradox of tolerance criteria, an institute of learning and research should allow academic freedom but not necessarily academic safety. Bad ideas are bad!
- brookst 4y ago> I disagree that all conservative critiques of universities philosophical and political bends are superfluous. Well you just obliterated that straw man. > You _need_ second order diversity of ideas, which tends to be achieved by the first order diversity of background, in order to flourish That I 100% agree with. But that is not a conservative position, at least for any normal definition of conservative. Conservatives fought school desegregation, fight immigration, and fight admissions policies that aim to provide that diversity of background. Please don't infer my opinions from that statement. Affirmative action-like policies especially are very complicated and I don't have an easy dontrinaire answer. But the fact is conservatives are generally much less interested in diversity than liberals (see: gender/racial mix of the parties in congress, or their judicial nominees).