Showing posts with label University of North Carolina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label University of North Carolina. Show all posts

Monday, May 28, 2018

UNC Proposes Segregated College for Conservatives



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.


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http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/article211870854.html

Saturday, May 7, 2016

How About a Fairness Doctrine for Our Public Universities?



A couple of years ago, I referred to the Charlotte area as a talk radio desert.  There was only one station that had any semblance of a conservative format and that was 1110 WBT.  I could not wait for the 12:00 time slot, which of course, is when Rush Limbaugh comes on.  And believe me, it is the fastest three hours in talk radio because to state it quite frankly, the local talent sucks.


Every once in a while, depending on the topic, I would listen to Diane Rehm on NPR.  Her show is usually filled with a bunch of libtards spewing liberal propaganda.  However, I can say that she is better than silence.


Recently, other stations have popped up in the market, notably 1660 AM and 94.5 FM which hails from South Carolina.  Lately, I’ve resorted to downloading some shows that are not available during work hours or conflicts with Rush such as Mark Levin and Laura Ingraham.


The reason I’m bringing this topic up is because the Charlotte Observer published an op-ed by a professor at the UNC School of Media and Journalism.  Mr. Jim Hefner believes the Fairness Doctrine should be reinstated and that republicans should get behind this effort to silence the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck.  Did I mention this should be done in the name of fairness?


His argument is the public airwaves shouldn’t be filled with a bunch of right-wing blowhards who have divided this country and the Republican Party.  Mr. Hefner is under the impression that white males are somehow constrained and force fed propaganda.  He refuses to believe that there is a market for conservatives with a dissenting point of view.


This so-called professor is outraged that conservatives have taken over the public airwaves.  After all he, I mean the public, owns it.  Why should Rush Limbaugh and a coterie of conservatives make millions of dollars off of his airwaves?  How dare they!


Well, Professor Hefner, I have a gripe too.  Why isn’t there a Fairness Doctrine in our university system?  Shouldn’t our public schools have a balanced education for young, impressionable students who are being spoon fed a dose of your lies and stupidity on a daily basis?  Unlike the public airwaves, students are forced to sit in your indoctrination classes at an exorbitant cost.  Listeners can turn off the radio.  Students have to endure your bullshit in order to obtain a degree.  How is that fair?


So I say North Carolinians should demand a Fairness Doctrine in our public school systems.  After all, a mind is a terrible thing to corrupt!

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