By Jeff Crouere
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Liberals are always preaching the values of diversity and
inclusion. Regrettably, such platitudes are just rhetoric, because upon closer
examination liberals hate diversity.
As evidence, just examine some recent and disturbing
activities on the campus of Rutgers University. After former Secretary of State
and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice was invited to give the
commencement address, liberals went crazy. In February, the faculty council
passed a resolution demanding that the university withdraw their invitation to
Rice. Thereafter, student protesters stormed the office of the Rutgers
President to express their disapproval of the selection and condemn Rice as a war
criminal.
What is ironic in this whole series of events is that
Rice no conservative, but a very moderate Republican, who just happened to
serve in the George W. Bush administration. Her academic and professional
credentials are extraordinary and Rutgers students should have been extremely
grateful to have someone of her caliber address them.
Unfortunately, only negative protests were heard from
students and faculty, so Dr. Rice eventually decided to decline the invitation.
In her letter to the university, Rice noted that “I have defended America’s
belief in free speech and the exchange of ideas. These values are essential to
the health of our democracy.”
Sadly, it seems that universities are no longer committed
to free speech or open debate as only liberalism is allowed. This trend has
been occurring across the nation for years. Whereas, universities are supposed
to be laboratories for free discussion, embracing all ideological viewpoints;
upon closer examination, liberalism is not only dominant, it is unchallenged.
On a regular basis, conservative speakers are either
completely shunned or, if they are invited, verbally and even physically
attacked on campus. Conservative commentator Ann Coulter, among many others,
has been targeted. Today, even moderates like Dr. Rice are unwelcome.
Among the top universities in the nation, the
commencement speaker list for 2014 is a Who’s Who of liberalism. Delivering graduation
addresses this year will be former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Harvard
University, Secretary of State John Kerry at Yale University, former Vice
President Al Gore at Princeton University, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
at the University of California- Berkeley, MSNBC host Chris Matthews at Ohio
State University, President Barack Obama at the University of California-Irvine
and First Lady Michelle Obama at Dillard University in New Orleans.
At none of these universities will there be protests from
conservatives outraged at the liberal commencement speaker. Conservatives
understand that the overwhelming majority of college professors and
administrators are liberal. They are also not threatened by a liberal giving a
speech. They are secure in their beliefs and will listen with respect, even if
they disagree.
In contrast, liberals are totally threatened by an
opposing viewpoint. They are not at all secure in their beliefs and are worried
about their set of principles being tested by a contrary position. Thus,
liberals exploded with discontent at the idea of Condoleezza Rice speaking at
their university.
Liberal thought is pervasive and is dominant at almost
all colleges and universities in the nation. As a result, parents pay $60,000
per year in tuition at prestigious institutions such as Tulane University for
professors like Melissa Harris Perry of MSNBC and James Carville, former
Clinton advisor.
It is no wonder that students graduate from college and
then vote for Democrat candidates. It is only through experience and trying to
maintain a household, paying taxes, opening a business, dealing with
bureaucracy and red tape that many of these brain washed youngsters begin to
see the fallacies of liberal policies in action.
Thus, the real world proves to be a more valuable
teaching tool than the liberal indoctrination in those ivory towers.
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