"Throughout history the emergence of antisemitism has been an indicator of social decline. Once Jews are targeted, no minority is safe..." (sorry to quote your prior comment)
And how do these things happen? The cowardice and collapse of the liberal class, which is the source of so much of our modern campus (and cultural) insanity.
"Throughout history the emergence of antisemitism has been an indicator of social decline. Once Jews are targeted, no minority is safe..." (sorry to quote your prior comment)
And how do these things happen? The cowardice and collapse of the liberal class, which is the source of so much of our modern campus (and cultural) insanity.
Our liberal class is the the last place in America to look for courage or for a principled defense of liberalism. The same people who've been given both the gift of liberal democracy and the charge of transmitting our culture, history and civics etc—teachers educators admins even curators and librarians—have completely abdicated their roles and failed the rest of us.
Imagine if a prior iteration of protestors—maybe those kids who spat in the face of Christakis at Yale or those kids at Berkeley who shout down every conservative speaker ever invited to campus—had been expelled instead of awarded, if good-faith discourse and free speech were prized and protected instead of replaced with WHO/WHOM, at the very least our academic class would have a shred of dignity instead of their constant anxious equivocation.
America's liberal class have proved themselves to be cowardly conformists who only have existential worries about their careers, paychecks and status, who are congenitally incapable of discipling a single child (especially if they're paying full tuition!) and whose only other concern is: No enemies to the Left, because that may cause uncomfortable conversations or risk losing a promotion, and besides, they "just want to make the world a better place"🤮—all lazy cop-outs.
If liberal society survives it won't be because academics suddenly recognized the "clear distinction between free expression and impermissible disruption of university operation, vandalism, and even violence," it will only be because other people and institutions step in where they failed and arrive to clean up their messes.
"Throughout history the emergence of antisemitism has been an indicator of social decline. Once Jews are targeted, no minority is safe..." (sorry to quote your prior comment)
And how do these things happen? The cowardice and collapse of the liberal class, which is the source of so much of our modern campus (and cultural) insanity.
Our liberal class is the the last place in America to look for courage or for a principled defense of liberalism. The same people who've been given both the gift of liberal democracy and the charge of transmitting our culture, history and civics etc—teachers educators admins even curators and librarians—have completely abdicated their roles and failed the rest of us.
Imagine if a prior iteration of protestors—maybe those kids who spat in the face of Christakis at Yale or those kids at Berkeley who shout down every conservative speaker ever invited to campus—had been expelled instead of awarded, if good-faith discourse and free speech were prized and protected instead of replaced with WHO/WHOM, at the very least our academic class would have a shred of dignity instead of their constant anxious equivocation.
America's liberal class have proved themselves to be cowardly conformists who only have existential worries about their careers, paychecks and status, who are congenitally incapable of discipling a single child (especially if they're paying full tuition!) and whose only other concern is: No enemies to the Left, because that may cause uncomfortable conversations or risk losing a promotion, and besides, they "just want to make the world a better place"🤮—all lazy cop-outs.
If liberal society survives it won't be because academics suddenly recognized the "clear distinction between free expression and impermissible disruption of university operation, vandalism, and even violence," it will only be because other people and institutions step in where they failed and arrive to clean up their messes.
Great observations.
thanks!