Post by Jesse Morrell on Apr 12, 2007 21:09:51 GMT -5
Colleges inculcate liberalism in classes
By: Dane Joseph - Commentary
College students today are overwhelmingly liberal because of the liberal indoctrination prevalent at most universities. Independent thought can hardly be attributed to the liberal beliefs of few, if any, college students. When a liberal student speaks, they're really just vomiting up the ideas of others, or the books they think are clever, but without any more depth, thought, analysis or originality than the source. Their words are really nothing more than noxious spew, remnants of a repugnant intellectual feast purchased at an overpriced university, quickly spat out as a sort of reflexive nervous tick when they delve into topics that they have a faulty understanding of, at best.
Universities are the Democrats' breeding ground for many reasons. For one, professors are overwhelmingly liberal. In my field of study, more than 80 percent of college professors nationally contributed money to the Democrats.
Additionally, required readings usually have an implicit or explicit liberal bias, and few professors require their students to read conservative-leaning texts. In the rare instances when conservative views are discussed, the professor usually treats it as a comedic fallacy. With a full-time class schedule, the ever daunting onslaught of exams, and in some cases a part-time job, students become too apathetic or exhausted to devote any time to learn both sides of an issue on their own.
The sociological dynamic also undermines the likelihood of college students independently adopting their own political beliefs. At one college I attended, which isn't regarded as ultra-liberal, like Berkeley, more than 65 percent of the students were liberal and less than 30 percent were conservative. Much of this is overwhelming to new students who seek acceptance in what is often a large and intimidating new school.
Though diversity is often ironically lauded as a great liberal virtue on campus (it's the principal argument for affirmative action), the small conservative student body is ostracized, subjected to peer pressure, attacked by professors, or in some cases physically assaulted ---- or other forms of hate speech and hate crimes ---- due to their beliefs. A Web site maintained by Open Air Outreach and a campus newspaper, the www.dailybruin.com, have more information on this.
Many liberal students latch onto simple phrases but have no depth to their understanding. Phrases such as "separation of church and state," "America is overpopulated," etc., are thrown around because they sound convincing and often go unchallenged, and especially so when a professor used it convincingly during the lecture. Those epigrams might sound inspired or intelligent, but don't let it fool you. Much of it's really just being belched out as an unpleasant result from the other night's cocktail dinner of pretentious liberal musings ---- perhaps an idea here or there they ripped out and pirated because it seemed infinitely more intelligent (though probably really isn't, if only they gave independent thought a chance) than anything they could come up with on their own.
Hopefully other universities emulate what Palomar College students have done to control propaganda. The Palomar College Republicans' Web site has a weblink students can use to report politicized classes.
Carlsbad resident Dane Joseph graduated from UCLA Law School in 2006.
By: Dane Joseph - Commentary
College students today are overwhelmingly liberal because of the liberal indoctrination prevalent at most universities. Independent thought can hardly be attributed to the liberal beliefs of few, if any, college students. When a liberal student speaks, they're really just vomiting up the ideas of others, or the books they think are clever, but without any more depth, thought, analysis or originality than the source. Their words are really nothing more than noxious spew, remnants of a repugnant intellectual feast purchased at an overpriced university, quickly spat out as a sort of reflexive nervous tick when they delve into topics that they have a faulty understanding of, at best.
Universities are the Democrats' breeding ground for many reasons. For one, professors are overwhelmingly liberal. In my field of study, more than 80 percent of college professors nationally contributed money to the Democrats.
Additionally, required readings usually have an implicit or explicit liberal bias, and few professors require their students to read conservative-leaning texts. In the rare instances when conservative views are discussed, the professor usually treats it as a comedic fallacy. With a full-time class schedule, the ever daunting onslaught of exams, and in some cases a part-time job, students become too apathetic or exhausted to devote any time to learn both sides of an issue on their own.
The sociological dynamic also undermines the likelihood of college students independently adopting their own political beliefs. At one college I attended, which isn't regarded as ultra-liberal, like Berkeley, more than 65 percent of the students were liberal and less than 30 percent were conservative. Much of this is overwhelming to new students who seek acceptance in what is often a large and intimidating new school.
Though diversity is often ironically lauded as a great liberal virtue on campus (it's the principal argument for affirmative action), the small conservative student body is ostracized, subjected to peer pressure, attacked by professors, or in some cases physically assaulted ---- or other forms of hate speech and hate crimes ---- due to their beliefs. A Web site maintained by Open Air Outreach and a campus newspaper, the www.dailybruin.com, have more information on this.
Many liberal students latch onto simple phrases but have no depth to their understanding. Phrases such as "separation of church and state," "America is overpopulated," etc., are thrown around because they sound convincing and often go unchallenged, and especially so when a professor used it convincingly during the lecture. Those epigrams might sound inspired or intelligent, but don't let it fool you. Much of it's really just being belched out as an unpleasant result from the other night's cocktail dinner of pretentious liberal musings ---- perhaps an idea here or there they ripped out and pirated because it seemed infinitely more intelligent (though probably really isn't, if only they gave independent thought a chance) than anything they could come up with on their own.
Hopefully other universities emulate what Palomar College students have done to control propaganda. The Palomar College Republicans' Web site has a weblink students can use to report politicized classes.
Carlsbad resident Dane Joseph graduated from UCLA Law School in 2006.