Ignorant bastard has never heard of Joseph Conrad’s “The Nigger of the Narcissus”!
Oh, right -— his “profession” is American literature...
Then the apologist-revisionists went after history.
Then they went after the language itself: ebonics, “poetry” slams, texting. . . .
Then they went after the WAMs: White American Males.
All the while, the college English/Lit programs promoted and force-fed the teachers-in-training a model consisting of female writers, gay/lesbian writers, “writers of color,” dissident writers, et al, not in addition to but to the exclusion of the Classics and the Literary Canon. The pressure to conform was enormous, and anyone daring to question or offer a divergent viewpoint/interpretation was made a quick example in public humiliation and chastisement.
It has only gotten worse since I last sat in what was once a hallowed lecture hall.
Twain's Huck and Jim? Arguably, America's greatest-ever satirical work. The effete high priests of academia's ivory tower have no idea what Twain did for them, their country, and why.
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Communist Goals (1963)
Documention below
Congressional Record—Appendix, pp. A34-A35
January 10, 1963
Current Communist Goals
EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, January 10, 1963
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CURRENT COMMUNIST GOALS
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17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers’ associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
18. Gain control of all student newspapers.
19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.
20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions.
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24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them “censorship” and a violation of free speech and free press.
25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
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28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of “separation of church and state.”
29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the “common man.”
31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the “big picture.” Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.
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41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use [”]united force[”] to solve economic, political or social problems.