Not really, I'm just debating the degree and prevalance of such things, or that right wing/conservative thought has been completely displaced and suppressed on most campuses. I think the picture is much more nuanced than we get from various media sources, many of which have a certain agenda themselves when it comes to presenting these is…
Not really, I'm just debating the degree and prevalance of such things, or that right wing/conservative thought has been completely displaced and suppressed on most campuses. I think the picture is much more nuanced than we get from various media sources, many of which have a certain agenda themselves when it comes to presenting these issues on campus. That said, I definitely don't disagree that there are more recent problems with ideological/epistemic closure happening on many campuses, particularly around the Israel/Gaza issue, I think it's actually probably more of an issue now than it was a few years ago, actually - while still not representing the majority of what happens on campus, or representative of the majority of students on those campuses where these well publicized events are occurring. "Bubbling with wokeness" - again, these are large campuses with lots going on, not sure how you can make such a broad assessment based on a single visit, but OK I'm sure campuses, as they've always more or less have been, are more "left" than the parents of college students would prefer them to be!
I think Trump's popularity with Gen Z men and boys is largely happening with non-college educated men, although I'm sure there's a contingent of support within higher education with males, as there have always been College Republicans, as I've stated.
"Hi, I'm Caitlyn, I'll be your tour guide today. My pronouns are..." Listen to the bubbles. NC State in particular made sure that everyone who checked in for the campus tour checked in with an obese, trans African-American. Is THAT enough bubbles for you?
Nobody said that "right wing/conservative thought has been completely displaced" on college campus but there is abundant evidence that it's not welcome and is often the object of violent protests when it tries to be heard. Do I really have to assemble a list of cancelled conservative events for you? How about a list of events that were shut down by a mob after they began? How about a list of speakers who had to be escorted off campus for their own safety after trying to give a speech and being overwhelmed? Goodness gracious, buddy. Why would you cling to a notion so easily disproved?
Anyway, I should have conceded earlier that the event organizers did indeed miscalculate. Had they not turned it into a Republican campaign event, they would undoubtedly have had a lot fewer leftover hot wings. The fact that they DID turn it into a Republican campaign event and still got 1000 people through the gate represents to me a seismic shift in the amount of conservatism that is tolerated on college campuses. In spite of these encouraging developments, I wouldn't book Douglas Murray for a Q&A on campus just yet.
Not really, I'm just debating the degree and prevalance of such things, or that right wing/conservative thought has been completely displaced and suppressed on most campuses. I think the picture is much more nuanced than we get from various media sources, many of which have a certain agenda themselves when it comes to presenting these issues on campus. That said, I definitely don't disagree that there are more recent problems with ideological/epistemic closure happening on many campuses, particularly around the Israel/Gaza issue, I think it's actually probably more of an issue now than it was a few years ago, actually - while still not representing the majority of what happens on campus, or representative of the majority of students on those campuses where these well publicized events are occurring. "Bubbling with wokeness" - again, these are large campuses with lots going on, not sure how you can make such a broad assessment based on a single visit, but OK I'm sure campuses, as they've always more or less have been, are more "left" than the parents of college students would prefer them to be!
I think Trump's popularity with Gen Z men and boys is largely happening with non-college educated men, although I'm sure there's a contingent of support within higher education with males, as there have always been College Republicans, as I've stated.
"Hi, I'm Caitlyn, I'll be your tour guide today. My pronouns are..." Listen to the bubbles. NC State in particular made sure that everyone who checked in for the campus tour checked in with an obese, trans African-American. Is THAT enough bubbles for you?
Nobody said that "right wing/conservative thought has been completely displaced" on college campus but there is abundant evidence that it's not welcome and is often the object of violent protests when it tries to be heard. Do I really have to assemble a list of cancelled conservative events for you? How about a list of events that were shut down by a mob after they began? How about a list of speakers who had to be escorted off campus for their own safety after trying to give a speech and being overwhelmed? Goodness gracious, buddy. Why would you cling to a notion so easily disproved?
Anyway, I should have conceded earlier that the event organizers did indeed miscalculate. Had they not turned it into a Republican campaign event, they would undoubtedly have had a lot fewer leftover hot wings. The fact that they DID turn it into a Republican campaign event and still got 1000 people through the gate represents to me a seismic shift in the amount of conservatism that is tolerated on college campuses. In spite of these encouraging developments, I wouldn't book Douglas Murray for a Q&A on campus just yet.