Lynne "Lon" Cheney is a monster!!!
Hey Folks -
It's an old problem:
The right, dedicated to the elite and to maintaining their prerogatives, defines ANYTHING that threatens their preminence as "biased." What jerks like Lynne "Lon" Cheney are after is NOT a level playing field but a game-ending imposition of their one-sided view.
See below.
- Uke Man
Bills target "left-wing indoctrination" at Southern universities
southernstudies. org/facingsouth/ 2008/02/bills- target-left- wing-indoctrinat ion.asp
Today's issue of Stateside Dispatch, a publication ofthe Progressive States Network, takes a critical lookat conservative efforts to squelch dissent on collegecampuses. In the right's latest attempt to discourageviewpoints it deems politically unpalatable, theAmerican Council of Trustees and Alumni -- anorganization founded in 1995 by Dick Cheney's wife,Lynne -- is promoting what it calls "IntellectualDiversity" legislation. Based on the concern thatacademics are overwhelmingly left-leaning, thelegislation mandates that professors remainideologically neutral in the classroom and createsstate councils to monitor views being presented.
According to PSN, such bills have been introduced thisyear in 10 states, with half of those in the South:Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi, West Virginia andLouisiana. The version introduced in Virginia -- whichwas scaled back somewhat from the model legislationand passed the state House unanimously -- requiresschools to report to the state council on highereducation and the legislature on efforts to promotethe free exchange of ideas.
Interestingly, at least one state that's looked intowhether there are problems with the free exchange ofideas in the academy due to left-wing bias have foundnone. Several years ago, Pennsylvania' sRepublican-controll ed state House created a speciallegislative committee to investigate whether studentswho hold unpopular views need protection. In November2006, the committee issued a report that said it foundno evidence of widespread problems.
The "Intellectual Diversity" legislation is based onthe controversial ideas of left-wingradical-turned- right-wing radical David Horowitz,author of The Professors: The 100 Most DangerousAcademics in America, which targets professors fromSouthern schools including Baylor, Duke, Emory, NorthCarolina State, Texas A&M, University of Kentucky,University of South Florida, and the University ofTexas. One of the academics Horowitz has singled out,UT-Austin Communication Studies Professor Dana Cloud,has written of the hate mail, physical threats andother harassment she's experienced as a result ofbeing targeted by Horowitz, whose tactics she'slikened to McCarthyism. She also reports how studentsin the Horowitz-founded Students for Academic Freedomkeep a watch list and encourage the reporting ofprofessors who exhibit "bias":
... which could mean anything from telling a Bushjoke to encouraging students to think critically aboutgender; but NEVER means talking about capitalism inthe business school or celebrating corporate culturein the advertising department ...
It's an old problem:
The right, dedicated to the elite and to maintaining their prerogatives, defines ANYTHING that threatens their preminence as "biased." What jerks like Lynne "Lon" Cheney are after is NOT a level playing field but a game-ending imposition of their one-sided view.
See below.
- Uke Man
Bills target "left-wing indoctrination" at Southern universities
southernstudies. org/facingsouth/ 2008/02/bills- target-left- wing-indoctrinat ion.asp
Today's issue of Stateside Dispatch, a publication ofthe Progressive States Network, takes a critical lookat conservative efforts to squelch dissent on collegecampuses. In the right's latest attempt to discourageviewpoints it deems politically unpalatable, theAmerican Council of Trustees and Alumni -- anorganization founded in 1995 by Dick Cheney's wife,Lynne -- is promoting what it calls "IntellectualDiversity" legislation. Based on the concern thatacademics are overwhelmingly left-leaning, thelegislation mandates that professors remainideologically neutral in the classroom and createsstate councils to monitor views being presented.
According to PSN, such bills have been introduced thisyear in 10 states, with half of those in the South:Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi, West Virginia andLouisiana. The version introduced in Virginia -- whichwas scaled back somewhat from the model legislationand passed the state House unanimously -- requiresschools to report to the state council on highereducation and the legislature on efforts to promotethe free exchange of ideas.
Interestingly, at least one state that's looked intowhether there are problems with the free exchange ofideas in the academy due to left-wing bias have foundnone. Several years ago, Pennsylvania' sRepublican-controll ed state House created a speciallegislative committee to investigate whether studentswho hold unpopular views need protection. In November2006, the committee issued a report that said it foundno evidence of widespread problems.
The "Intellectual Diversity" legislation is based onthe controversial ideas of left-wingradical-turned- right-wing radical David Horowitz,author of The Professors: The 100 Most DangerousAcademics in America, which targets professors fromSouthern schools including Baylor, Duke, Emory, NorthCarolina State, Texas A&M, University of Kentucky,University of South Florida, and the University ofTexas. One of the academics Horowitz has singled out,UT-Austin Communication Studies Professor Dana Cloud,has written of the hate mail, physical threats andother harassment she's experienced as a result ofbeing targeted by Horowitz, whose tactics she'slikened to McCarthyism. She also reports how studentsin the Horowitz-founded Students for Academic Freedomkeep a watch list and encourage the reporting ofprofessors who exhibit "bias":
... which could mean anything from telling a Bushjoke to encouraging students to think critically aboutgender; but NEVER means talking about capitalism inthe business school or celebrating corporate culturein the advertising department ...
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