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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/opinion/sunday/a-confession-of-liberal-intolerance.html?_r=0
WE progressives believe in diversity, and we want women, blacks, Latinos, gays and Muslims at the table — er, so long as they aren't conservatives. Universities are the bedrock of progressive values, but the one kind of diversity that universities disregard is ideological and religious. We're fine with people who don't look like us, as long as they think like us.
O.K., that's a little harsh. But consider George Yancey, a sociologist who is black and evangelical. "Outside of academia I faced more problems as a black," he told me. "But inside academia I face more problems as a Christian, and it is not even close."
I've been thinking about this because on Facebook recently I wondered aloud whether universities stigmatize conservatives and undermine intellectual diversity. The scornful reaction from my fellow liberals proved the point.
"Much of the 'conservative' worldview consists of ideas that are known empirically to be false," said Carmi. "The truth has a liberal slant," wrote Michelle. "Why stop there?" asked Steven. "How about we make faculties more diverse by hiring idiots?"
To me, the conversation illuminated primarily liberal arrogance — the implication that conservatives don't have anything significant to add to the discussion. My Facebook followers have incredible compassion for war victims in South Sudan, for kids who have been trafficked, even for abused chickens, but no obvious empathy for conservative scholars facing discrimination.
The stakes involve not just fairness to conservatives or evangelical Christians, not just whether progressives will be true to their own values, not just the benefits that come from diversity (and diversity of thought is arguably among the most important kinds), but also the quality of education itself. When perspectives are unrepresented in discussions, when some kinds of thinkers aren't at the table, classrooms become echo chambers rather than sounding boards — and we all lose.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @05:08AM
Maybe that means you should recalibrate your understanding of the "liberal media."
If they are running stories that give runaway a hard-on, then maybe they aren't so agenda-driven after all.
Truth is, runaway has a history of submitting stories from the NYT. Just most of the time he doesn't bother to include the actual URL. [soylentnews.org]
Its kinda weird actually.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Monday August 29 2016, @07:53AM
Well it is considered rude to post paywalled material. It is considered polite to locate a similar version out on the open Internet and link that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @08:04AM
(a) If you can't get past the the NYT's flimsy paywall, maybe you are on the wrong site
(b) He didn't post an alternate source either. If you can't figure out how to click the provided link to the soylent story, maybe you are on the wrong internet.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @11:44AM
What the hell for an argument is (a)? You are not supposed to do everything you are technically able to.
If NYT wants to live without 50% of its potential eyeballs and thus lose mindshare they can shoot themselves into their collective feet by all means. Why are you advocating for letting them both eat and keep their cake?