Bloomberg blasts intolerance of universities

[SkinsNDeacs]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/29/us/bloomberg-harvard-speech/?c=&page=2

Bloomberg compared the intolerance of ideas prevalent in the country today to "McCarthy's Red Scare" in the 1950s and its destruction of thousands of lives. In the 2012 presidential race, he said, the overwhelming majority of campaign contributions from Ivy League faculty went to Barack Obama.

"Today, on many college campuses, it is liberals trying to repress conservative ideas, even as conservative faculty members are at risk of becoming an endangered species," he said.

 

[94Deac]

Bloomberg should see how bad it can be if you were Jewish Democrat at a place like... Johns Hopkins in the 60's.

 

[Wrangor]

"Today, on many college campuses, it is liberals trying to repress conservative ideas, even as conservative faculty members are at risk of becoming an endangered species," he said.

#soundslikeTheTunnels

 

[ImTheCaptain]

sometimes bloomberg sounds like a real idiot

 

[19deac92]

sometimes bloomberg sounds like a real idiot

That is true, but this isn't one of those times.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

:rolleyes

poor conservatives just can't catch a break. war on christmas!

 

[94Deac]

That is true, but this isn't one of those times.

Yes it is. All you need to do is flip the coin over and there are liberals who make the same claims.

 

[SkinsNDeacs]

Yes it is. All you need to do is flip the coin over and there are liberals who make the same claims.

There are liberals who make a claim that the modern day university is dominated by Conservatives that are intolerant to Liberal views?

I am shocked that this board does not recognize a Liberal echo chamber.

 

[Deacfreak07]

You mean to tell me that the political ideology that trashes educators constantly isn't well represented among educators?!? I assume that pro-welfare policies are surely well respected and represented on Wall Street.

 

[94Deac]

Fear not- I see Junebug is awakened. I'm sure we'll get to the bottom of the conspiracy against young, white, right-wingers on nasty, mean, ol' college campuses now.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

because conservative-dominated colleges recruit and draw conservative people, and they're usually pretty religiously aligned schools. that's the biggest echo chamber around.

 

[Junebug]

Fear not- I see Junebug is awakened. I'm sure we'll get to the bottom of the conspiracy against young, white, right-wingers on nasty, mean, ol' college campuses now.

Meh. I'm old.

 

[Junebug]

Also, this:

There are liberals who make a claim that the modern day university is dominated by Conservatives that are intolerant to Liberal views?

 

[94Deac]

The irony here is that Bloomberg is one of the most liberal conservatives in recent political prominence. This may be the only time right-wingers embrace him because they fuck sure didn't when he was banning large sodas, calling for greater gun control, and reforming the educational system in NYC.

 

[TuffaloDeac10]

There are liberals who make a claim that the modern day university is dominated by Conservatives that are intolerant to Liberal views?

I am shocked that this board does not recognize a Liberal echo chamber.

I mean, no less an authority than Ken Rogoff has complained about the difficulty of getting papers with sticky price models published in the face of "neoclassical repression".

 

[Junebug]

So the fact that it is him stating it makes it all the more compelling?

 

[avalon]

The irony here is that Bloomberg is one of the most liberal conservatives in recent political prominence. This may be the only time right-wingers embrace him because they fuck sure didn't when he was banning large sodas, calling for greater gun control, and reforming the educational system in NYC.

Wait until they read the rest of that article.

Nice click-bait title by CNN, though.

 

[TuffaloDeac10]

So the fact that it is him stating it makes it all the more compelling?

You tell me. Do you find Rogoff a more compelling voice in that issue than, say, some other guy?

 

[PhDeac]

There are liberals who make a claim that the modern day university is dominated by Conservatives that are intolerant to Liberal views?

I am shocked that this board does not recognize a Liberal echo chamber.

Skins, can you tell me where THE Modern Day University is located? Are they D2 or D3?

 

[ImTheCaptain]

new york city