Jello wrote:
] Thats because it is not possible for people of a variety of
] races, skin colors, ethnicities and sexual preference to
] converse in an open manner unless the spirit of liberalism
] dominates. Conservative thought is not tolerant of such a
] varied group of people. In fact, the reason that colleges
] have been moving farther to the left, is that they have become
] so diverse. Exposure to diversity kills conservatism by
] dispelling the prejudices, stereotypes and myths that
] contemporary conservatism is founded on.

[ Wasn't it just the other day i read a quote on memestreams that essentially defined liberalism as the desire to think about issues, confront alternatives, and reason out a position, completely independent of political party or ideology? In this context, what you say makes a lot of sense... liberalism isn't leftist, it's the practice of thinking critically. So of course campuses are liberal... it's their nature. The problem is this conflation of "liberal" with "radical leftist" (i.e. socialism.) -k]

RE: Academia, Stuck To the Left