Know your democrats...
Dan Flynn, executive director of Accuracy in Academia, says colleges and universities like to talk about diversity. But their notion of diversity in the faculty lounges is "where everyone should look like the United Nations but think like a San Francisco coffee house." That is, they're willing to hire a bunch of people who look different. They may come from different backgrounds and be different colors and genders. But their mentality -- their ideology -- is the same. Surveys of the partisan political affiliations of professors at major universities show that Democrats outnumber Republicans by margins as high as 31 to 1. Flynn commented about the bias in higher education: "That's not diversity at all. That's waging war on real diversity -- intellectual diversity."
Dan made his remarks on a panel that examined the rotting roots of our culture and the educational system. The panel was part of a day-long conference to commemorate Accuracy in Media's 30th anniversary. This panel and one other was videotaped by C-SPAN for broadcast at a later date. So check C-SPAN listings for the date and time of the broadcast.
The ideological bias is reflected in general courses as well as those for students pursuing a journalism degree. Dan mentioned courses in "queer media" and "race, gender and the media." At Columbia's prestigious School of Journalism, students learn about sexual orientation and the media. Outside of the journalism departments, the situation is equally bleak. At Harvard and Columbia, courses are offered bearing titles like "Queer Acts." The course description says, "Drag will be encouraged but not required." Flynn commented, "Perhaps we should be thankful for that."
On college campuses, there is an emerging field known as "Gay and Lesbian Studies." A textbook for students in this field describes child molesters, identified merely as "boy-lovers," as being unfairly stigmatized. The feminist author, who teaches at a major university, attacks the FBI and postal inspectors for investigating and prosecuting pedophiles, who, she says, should have their civil liberties protected. She calls pedophiles a "community of men who love under-age youth" and she describes child molesting as a "cross-generational encounter." She also wants to protect those who engage in sado-masochism -- that is, inflicting pain for sexual pleasure -- and transsexuality. She compares opponents of child molesters to racists.
"It might be funny if no one was listening to this," commented Dan Flynn. "But this essay is required reading in a course at Harvard and other lesser known schools that try to play follow the leader with some of the elite campuses around the country."
The latest growing fad is animal rights. Peter Singer, who has been hired as a professor at Princeton, believes in human rights for some animals but no human rights for some humans. He terms the use of animals for human purposes to be "speciesist" - a form of racism toward animals. Singer believes it's a form of discrimination to eat a hamburger, but that parents should be able to have their newborn killed because it's not really human. In protest of Singer's views, Steve Forbes has cut off Princeton from any more contributions. Others should follow his lead.
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