Posted on 01/03/2008 8:25:54 AM PST by bs9021
Deconstructing Universal (Conservative?) Values
by: Bethany Stotts, January 03, 2008
Chicago, Illinois- In this uncertain time of global conflict, some professors believe it is time to teach students to reevaluate and deconstruct America’s real enemies—conservatives, science, democracy, and capitalism. “And so what we’re seeing in globalization is just an extension of our universality. And I would argue the three main modern forms of universality are science, democracy, and capitalism. So that’s one [type] of rhetoric that I think we have to unpack for our students,” said English Professor Robert Samuels at the annual Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention. In other words, he believes that first-year students should be taught to mistrust “universalist” generalizations about the benefits of capital or democracy. “One thing I think we have to work with our students to critically engage them in deconstructing that rhetoric. Really, what’s going on here—this is all based on rhetoric,” he said.
Samuels warned other professors not to directly address political issues in class not because such discussions are inappropriate to the English curriculum or a waste of tuition dollars, but because the current college structure limits academic freedom, utilizing a culture of fear to scare untenured professors into “self-censorship” of their curriculum. “So what I argue as a way of teaching about politics without really running into any problems is, when I teach about politics, I never mention politics or politicians or political parties. I talk about rhetorical structures like globalization, universalization,” said Samuels. In other words, he glibly teaches students about “alternative ways” of viewing the world which will eventually inform their political decisions.
Despite his openly partisan agenda, Professor Samuels maintains that a politicized curriculum—even in non-germane topics such as English or Rhetoric and Composition—never really indoctrinates students.
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you forgot the “gag a maggot” alert........
ping for later
Samuels is a Marxist. We should call him what he truly is. He isn't liberal, progressive, socialist, or leftist. He is a Marxist!
Marxism is our nation's MOST important and serious threat. It isn't islamofascism. The most effective weapon that the Marxists have in their fight against freedom are our SCHOOLS! We can survive a catastrophic terrorist attack, but freedom will NOT survive if the Marxists succeed in indoctrinating the next generation of voters.
Marxists and their Useful Idiots have infiltrated the our schools ( kindergarten through graduate school). They are in all levels of our government bureaucracy. They have taken over the mainstream media, and the arts. Our culture really can not take much more and survive!
Yet,,,the 3 people with the most influence to turn things around ( Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Bill OReilly) rarely call the enemy what he is! MARXIST!
Rush rarely addresses school issues. Possibly it is because he is not a parent and does not feel comfortable doing this.
Yes, Sean and Bill will publicize the PC nuttiness in our nation's schools but they ( to my knowledge) have never plainly identified the problem by calling it what it is: Marxism. Nor, have they put forth the only solutions that will shut down the Marxists most important weapon our schools.
1) Remove your child from government schools immediately.
2) Encourage your neighbor to homeschool or privately school their children.
3) Organize a MASSIVE school tax revolt that with shut the government indoctrination camps ( mis-named "schools") DOWN! Permanently!
4) Thoroughly work to reform or colleges and universities and/or shut them down and build new ones based on Judeo Christian values of freedom and liberty.
5) Establish private scholarship foundations that would give private vouchers to any child needing one. We are a wealthy nation. Harvard has a 35 BILLION dollar endowment. We could do the same for private K-12 education if we wanted. Especially Christians! No child should ever be denied a private Christian education.
The Marxists are hard at work indoctrinating our children. Slavery is only one generation away in the voting booth!
It IS THAT SERIOUS!!! Why are people asleep? Why are Rush, Sean, and Bill asleep? Is it that they don't want to offend the bulk of their conservative audience that addicted to their middle class welfare entitlement (AKA: Government schooling)?
“Deconstruct” is what you do with rhetoric that you cannot refute.
There’s nothing like a twelve hour per week professor making six figures, with a grad student for slave labor, preaching collectivism to financially destitute students.
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