Every day it seems the world gets wackier — and America
weaker. The wackiness is due to a virulent brand of progressivism that has a
stranglehold on the Democratic party. As media focus on the alleged extremist
elements of the Republican party, the real extremism of the progressive Left is
largely ignored. Its impact on our economy and culture is dramatic and
ongoing......... Possibly
the most perplexing aspect of modern progressivism is its intolerance of
alternative viewpoints. And nowhere is this attitude better demonstrated than in the proliferation
of speech codes on our increasingly politically correct college campuses....... A recent “Notable and
Quotable” piece in the Wall
Street Journal (October 22) says it all:
By a margin of 51 percent to 36
percent, students favor their school having speech codes to regulate speech for
students and faculty. Sixty-three percent favor requiring professors to employ
“trigger warnings” to alert students to material that might be discomfiting.
One-third of the students polled could not identify the First Amendment as the
part of the Constitution that dealt with free speech. Thirty-five percent said
that the First Amendment does not protect “hate speech,” while 30 percent of
self-identified liberal students say the First Amendment is outdated……..
Black
Lives Matter is not a real
solution. Its rhetoric is hateful and incendiary. Its goals are divisive. The
fact that the Democratic party now seeks to associate itself with such a group
says all you need to know about its present preoccupation with identity
politics…….To Read More…….
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