Not Liberal...Just Shameful

The New Media Journal ^ | November 3, 2007 | Lenny Cavallaro

[NewMediaJournal]

Most readers have by now heard about the divine revelations granted to various “educators” at the University of Delaware and the resultant “Articles of Faith” swiftly promulgated thereafter. It seems that “all whites are racists” and those students who do not believe this outlandish assertion (masquerading as scientific fact) are guilty of heresy and must be “re-educated.” Two recent articles – Brave Newark World by Mike S. Adams, and Brave New Schools by Bob Unruh – provide the gruesome specifics. I suspect other columnists have weighed in as well.

Sadly, I must number myself amongst the heretics, since my intellectual integrity compels me to express genuine horror at the university’s professed creed. I trust that those reading this article share my conviction. I suspect, however, that many do not necessarily share my outrage, since I am offended not only by the premise but by what it conveys about so-called “liberalism” in this country today. In fact, I present this travesty as prima facie evidence of my long-held assertion that there is no longer any real “liberalism” in this country – or, at least, nothing significant.

Liberalism, in its purest form, has nothing whatsoever to do with politics. It refers more accurately to a philosophical state of open-mindedness. Examples abound. The Founding Fathers were all “liberal” in the sense that having ultimately rejected the notion of an American monarchy they were willing to consider the form of government that would eventually evolve into what we have today. With the last example, liberalism again suggests open-mindedness, along with willingness to accept the possibility of change – and, as we know, political philosophers like Thomas Jefferson opined that it even might be beneficial to tear down the government after some designated period of time (e. g., 19 years).

[socialismisinsidious]

Good article. The word Liberalism has been hijacked and no longer means what it once did. Liberalism today = Socialism and the ironic part is: most "liberals" don't even know it.

"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name ‘liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.” Norman Thomas co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union



The update at the bottom of the article amused me. Liberals often end their descent into mental illness when light is shed upon it, but they always regroup and try again...using different linguistics, of course.

[y6162]

blah blah blah..liberalism equals totalitarianism. As a philosophy, it requires police state coercion to prosper.

[Cicero]

Our universities are all turning into little totalitarian states.

I just had an email exchange with friend who is head of a hiring committee. We agreed that it’s sometimes possible to veto a really bad candidate, since the committee has to reach a consensus, but that it’s virtually impossible to hire a good candidate, should one succeed in arriving through the process and present himself.

So you end up hiring the second worst, usually—and that’s in the unusual circumstance that at least one member of the committee happens to be sane.

[Beckwith]

Liberals have morphed into Progressives!

The 70 declared Socialists in the U. S. Congress

[LiteKeeper]

Program canceled as of yesterday!