On 13 dic, 23:07, Bill Shatzer <ww...@NOcornell.edu> wrote:
> >>>I hope so. Unfortunately the fascist left has control of much of the
> >>>news media and education system and is working hard to turn the
> >>>citizens into sheep-like creatures who do no critical thinking.
>
> >>Ah-ooh-gah! Ah-ooh-gah!
>
> >>Conspiracy nut alert! Conspracy nut alert!
> > Why? Do you think everything that happens is caused by conspiracy?
>
> The more relevant question would be why do you think that way?
Because study after study has shown that college profs and media
people tend to be far more to the left than the average citizen.
> "Fascist left".
Yup. Read for example Goldberg's book, _Liberal Fascism_. And note
that fascism is not just Nazism,
"The economic system inaugurated by the Fascist regime of Benito
Mussolini in Italy. It was adapted in modified form under other
European dictatorships, among them Adolf Hitler's National Socialist
regime in Germany and the Spanish regime of Francisco Franco. Although
the Italian system was based upon unlimited government control of
economic life, it still preserved the framework of capitalism.
Legislation of 1926 and later years set up guilds, or associations, of
employees and employers to administer various sectors of the national
economy. These were represented in the national council of
corporations. The corporations were generally weighted by the state in
favor of the wealthy classes, and they served to combat socialism and
syndicalism by absorbing the trade union movement. The Italian
corporative state aimed in general at reduced consumption in the
interest of militarization."
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Fascism/Fascism_def_char_hx.html
Today's "liberals" are not in favor of the military but do want more
government control of our lives and to mix government with industry.
> "control of the media and education".
Yup. See above. They hold the positions of power in most universities
and the MSM so they can control those institutions.
> "working hard". "sheep-like creatures".
Try opposing political correctness on an average college campus and
see what happens. They want sheeple who will accept their ideas
without question.
> That sounds a lot like conspiracy theory la-la land to me.
Try thinking a bit more broadly. There is more than one explanation
for that type of thinking. Personally I think the major explanation
is groupthink. That type of sheep-like behavior is all around us,
from following fashion to political correctness etc. I think the MSM
and most university people are engaging in groupthink.
> > It has been shown multiple times that the MSM is leftist dominated and
> > that especially most universities are likewise.
>
> But "fascist left"? C'mon!
In the real sense of fascism, lock-step ideas, big government etc.
Remember that fascism was kind of the in thing before Hitler gave it a
bad name. As Goldberg documents, Wilson wanted it for the US.
> > Whether that was
> > because of a concerted effort to put leftists in those positions or
> > just that leftists found those positions attractive is of lesser
> > importance than the fact that it happened.
>
> Perhaps - but only a conspiracy nut would content that there is some
> ulterior plan to create "sheep-like creatures."
Who said there was a plan? Groupthink seldom involves planning to
force people into that mold.
> And in my experience, most universities -promote- critical thinking, not
> the reverse.
Try telling that to Lawrence Summers who was forced out at Harvard for
having the temerity to suggest that they look at science to see if
women really are identical to men except for plumbing.
Actually most universities will accept and even maybe encourage
critical thinking as long as it does not infringe on their politically
correct sacred cows. Propose a way of testing a theory in chemistry
or physics and that is just fine. However don't you dare propose a
critical examination of affirmative action or the idea that women have
the same interests as men.
> There are exceptions of course. Liberty University and Oral
> Roberts spring to mind - as well as a couple others.
And Harvard.
Opposing homosexual marriage is leftist? If you work for a private
institution don't be surprised if they get unhappy if you oppose
something important to the sponsor.
However BYU was quite accepting of the alternate graduation speaker
some students got when they did not want to hear Dick Cheney. How
many schools like Oregon, Oregon State, Harvard etc. would have
allowed Cheney to speak at all, or not drowned him out had he tried to
speak?