Conservatives maybe the majority population in this country, but we are definitely a minority when it comes to the culture. We are well aware of the biases that face us on social media. Snowflake outlets employ tactics such as blacklisting, demonetization and shadow-banning. Popular sites are losing revenue because they refuse to conform to their Orwellian dystopia.
What can conservatives do about these thuggish attempts to curb free speech? Well, the obvious is to create search engines and other platforms that cater to our needs. A whole genre of conservative blogs and news outlets came into existence because of our frustration about a corrupt media that acted more as propaganda machine for the Democratic Party than as an honest purveyor of truth. Now look who’s complaining.
Conservatives are also sick and tired of paying tax dollars and tuition fees to an institution that indoctrinates their children to hate their country, culture and creed. Western civilization has been a boon to mankind and modernity, but that’s not what these Marxist professors spew on college campuses. Socialism is all the rage in academia while life, liberty and property are considered engines of greed and corruption. Something has to give and I believe it’s finally happening.
The News and Observer published an op-ed by a member of the UNC board of directors. Mr. Joe Knott has come to the conclusion that defenders of Western civilization need a separate college of their own. Here is an excerpt:
My proposal is that we establish at our flagship university an Honors College with the stated purpose of bringing to North Carolina the best, most respected and accomplished scholars in the world who love and defend Western civilization.
Once established in their own College, free from bureaucratic interference and control by the existing faculty, these scholars can articulately and respectfully begin the debate that has been missing. These scholars, without fear of having their classes disallowed, changed to include “approved” texts or forced to submit to majority norms, can teach and defend the glories and roots of Western civilization and culture as they see fit.
The existing faculty will continue to be free to criticize and teach the shortcomings and failures of our culture and will continue to propose what they consider to be better alternatives. The only difference is that no view on either side would go unchallenged.
The Honors College would be able to hire and fire, grant or deny tenure, accept or reject students according to the college’s own standards and judgments without any input, veto, or bureaucratic delay or control from the existing faculty. The new Honors College would have its own dean who would answer only to the provost.
Welcome to a new era of segregation. Today’s Left won’t allow a difference of opinion on their campus, so, we have to create our own. Even then, don’t expect these militant ideologues to leave conservatives alone. They cannot allow free thinkers to exist. What they demand is homogeneous thought whether we like it or not.
Source:
http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/article211870854.html
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