Sandra Korn, a senior who writes a column for the Harvard
Crimson newspaper, thinks radical leftism is the only permissible political
philosophy, and the First Amendment only hinders colleges from brainwashing
students with her viewpoint.
“Let’s give up on academic freedom in favor of justice,”
states the subtitle of her Feb. 18 column, in
which she insists Harvard stop guaranteeing students and professors the right
to hold controversial views and conduct research putting liberalism in a
negative light.
“If our university community opposes racism, sexism, and
heterosexism, why should we put up with research that counters our goals?” Korn
asks.
“It is tempting to decry frustrating restrictions on
academic research as violations of academic freedom. Yet I would encourage
student and worker organizers to instead use a framework of justice. After all,
if we give up our obsessive reliance on the doctrine of academic freedom, we
can consider more thoughtfully what is just.”
Korn’s view grabbed the attention of the nation’s top
conservative voice, Rush Limbaugh.
“This is not unique. This is not satire. This is not
parody,” Limbaugh said on his nationally broadcast radio program Tuesday. “This
woman, Sandra Korn, is real, and she’s serious that free speech needs to be
abridged because it is threatening liberalism. It means that liberalism cannot
hold up to scrutiny. It cannot withstand a challenge. If liberalism were
infallible, if liberalism were so powerful and automatic, they would welcome
challenges to it – and they would welcome the attempt to persuade and to
convert. But instead they’re threatened by it.”
When asked of he thought her belief was going to become a
movement, Limbaugh indicated it already was one.
“This is what the left is,” he explained. “Why do you think
they want to get rid of this program? Why do you think they want to get rid of
Fox News? Why do they want to silence criticism? What is Obama’s modus
operandi? Eliminate the opposition. This is already a movement!”
“This woman has just written a column about it at Harvard
with what appears to be an extreme view of eliminating the First Amendment as a
way of silencing opposition. But she’s very honest. The First Amendment, free
speech, ‘threatens liberalism,’ meaning liberalism cannot thrive in an open
society. Liberalism is totalitarianism. Liberalism is statism. It is
authoritarianism. It is all of the horrible Isms, and it cannot thrive when
there is open debate. It cannot survive challenges.”
The Crimson article is complete and more comprehensive then
the snippet I first read.
She
references student activity in 1971. This was the time of Radical Liberalism.
The
forced take over or Universities by students.
The
sit in's were NOT peaceful.
Robert
Bork's book is excellent on this time period and look into liberalism.
"Slouching
Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline"
Synopsis
Slouching
Towards Gomorrah is a penetrating, devastatingly insightful exposé of a country
in crisis at the end of the millennium, where the rise of modern liberalism,
which stresses the dual forces of radical egalitarianism (the equality of
outcomes rather than opportunities) and radical individualism (the drastic
reduction of limits to personal gratification), has undermined our culture, our
intellect, and our morality.
In
a new Afterword, the author highlights recent disturbing trends in our laws and
society, with special attention to matters of sex and censorship, race
relations, and the relentless erosion of American moral values. The alarm he
sounds is more sobering than ever: we can accept our fate and try to insulate
ourselves from the effects of a degenerating culture, or we can choose to halt
the beast, to oppose modern liberalism in every arena. The will to resist, he warns,
remains our only hope.
“Silence”
cji
2/26/14
Forget anything to say
no longer acceptable
closing the closet door
locking in chains strong
multiple locks to secure
unwittingly giving up
media the first to go
free-speech disallowed
oligarchical
totalitarianism
attacking freedoms
till only one way found
the road to Babylon
accepted as the way
silencing the only other
roadblocks of hatred
hiding Zion’s road
no longer acceptable
silence left only to say!
Copyright © 2014 – cji
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