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Its all the colleges fault!
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/article...30488.html


By Peter Berkowitz
May 06, 2016



The debasement of liberal education is a little-discussed but long-standing cause of the much-discussed polarization of our politics.
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Goes on to discuss how colleges create resentment and contempt for the other side instead of a true "liberal" education.
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Nice summary.
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(05-06-2016 05:14 PM)bullet Wrote:  http://www.realclearpolitics.com/article...30488.html


By Peter Berkowitz
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The debasement of liberal education is a little-discussed but long-standing cause of the much-discussed polarization of our politics.
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Goes on to discuss how colleges create resentment and contempt for the other side instead of a true "liberal" education.

The other side? I guess by default, this would mean the uneducated?
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(05-06-2016 05:14 PM)bullet Wrote:  http://www.realclearpolitics.com/article...30488.html


By Peter Berkowitz
May 06, 2016



The debasement of liberal education is a little-discussed but long-standing cause of the much-discussed polarization of our politics.
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Goes on to discuss how colleges create resentment and contempt for the other side instead of a true "liberal" education.

The other side? I guess by default, this would mean the uneducated?

Well if you read the article you would understand.
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College sucks in many ways but not because of much political, although, as a non-partisan I'll say there's definitely a liberal lean at most schools, minus some really religious schools such as a place like BYU.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/opinio...ef=opinion

Along the same lines, a liberal talks about prejudice and bigotry on college campuses-against Christians and Republicans:



WE progressives believe in diversity, and we want women, blacks, Latinos, gays and Muslims at the table — er, so long as they aren’t conservatives.

Universities are the bedrock of progressive values, but the one kind of diversity that universities disregard is ideological and religious. We’re fine with people who don’t look like us, as long as they think like us.

O.K., that’s a little harsh. But consider George Yancey, a sociologist who is black and evangelical.

“Outside of academia I faced more problems as a black,” he told me. “But inside academia I face more problems as a Christian, and it is not even close.”

I’ve been thinking about this because on Facebook recently I wondered aloud whether universities stigmatize conservatives and undermine intellectual diversity. The scornful reaction from my fellow liberals proved the point.

“Much of the ‘conservative’ worldview consists of ideas that are known empirically to be false,” said Carmi.

“The truth has a liberal slant,” wrote Michelle.

“Why stop there?” asked Steven. “How about we make faculties more diverse by hiring idiots?”
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