If you want to know what's happening on our college campuses (or if you will "campi") these days,
this article on Colorado University is an excellent primer. The school, known for being very left-wing and employing the likes of Ward Churchill is thinking about endowing a chair that would be called "Professor of Conservative Thought and Policy." Not since Dian Fossey went to study the gorillas has scholars been so brave as to delve into the "oddity" that is conservatism. I think David Horowitz has it right:
While he approves of efforts to bolster a conservative presence on campus, Mr. Horowitz fears that setting up a token right-winger as The Conservative at Boulder will brand the person as a curiosity, like "an animal in the zoo." We "fully expect this person to be integrated into the fabric of life on campus," replies Todd Gleeson, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Naturally, the students and faculty are up in arms over the idea and demanding the right to veto it. One student gives their views quite astutely (notice the wording):
Sophomore Marissa Malouff sees the campus as a sort of re-education camp. Sheltered rich kids from out-of-state might come for the snowboarding, but while they’re here they get dunked in a simmering pot of left-wing idealism. And that, in her view, is how it should be.
"They need to learn about social problems and poverty and the type of things liberal professors are likely to talk about," says Ms. Malouff, a Democrat.
There you have it, but the article waits until the very end to show us that the plan is itself a rouse.
In fact, Mr. Peterson said it’s not imperative that the new professor of conservative thought be an actual conservative.
"We hire lots of scholars of the French language," he says, "and they aren't necessarily French."
Thank you and good night!
Labels: Conservatism, Cultural Marxism, David Horowitz, Liberal Fascism, Universities
