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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Oh, it absolutely does. This is a matter of gravity, and one which you have it weighted opposite as to what we should be worried about. Ideological orthodoxy within a campus may spring up in ways that arrest us and get our attention, but it’s neither widespread in practice nor acceptance. Instances are the exception, not the rule. Anti-intellectualism outside the campus, however, is being promoted by someone in a role that that impacts and sways many more millions of people than all the ideological professors dotted around the vast post-secondary landscape combined.
I’m not saying the campus problem doesn’t exist, but the problem of it’s existence pales in comparison to how quickly and deeply anti-intellectualism has spread. Just look at this thread and notice a few of the opinions people hold on higher education.
I think you’ve got it wrong, and I think you have it wrong because the problem with ideological orthodoxy in universities is a small scale and fixable problem. It being used as a catalyst to discredit Universities as a whole, to paint them all as leftist havens, is, however, part of a huge and growing problem where you are going to see intellectuals and the educated diminished and discredited on the backs of a false narrative about a university education.
You think climate change deniers are annoying with their “leftist conspiracy” thing now? Just wait until they’ve successfully diminished the value of the intellectual, then see how much trust scientists and scholars have.
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False. Universities have been silencing dissenting opinion through various different forms over the past few years. This is just the latest in a long line of "creeping" on campus free speech. I've refused to donate to both of my alma matters because of the below (btw, good tip if you want to stop those donations calls, just tell them you refuse to donate because of their position on X). This type of censorship is disgusting.
http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonto...ion-group.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...sters-1.941376
Don't even get me started on Trinity Western Law School.