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05.21.2008 5:22 pm

Some “intellectuals” clearly are incapable of accepting opposing views

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I am completely fed up with liberals on universities whining and screaming and tearing their hair out and acting like Nazis whenever a conservative dares to set foot on the grounds of some academic alleged utopia of “free intellectual inquiry” to question liberal orthodoxy.  And that goes for the profs’ students, too.

These intellectual pygmies are clearly psychologically incapable of accepting any views other than their own.  They’re convinced that they and they alone hold in their tiny sozzled pumpkin brains all the truths in the universe.  In fact, people who don’t agree with liberals are not only wrong, but evil.

Well, let me give those hundreds of neat-n-trendy students and their equally neat-n-trendy profs who spoiled Wash U’s graduation ceremony a heads-up: in nine years my daughter will graduate from college – maybe in seven years if she decides to attend Wash U, since it’s obviously not as academically rigorous as I had once believed.  Many of this year’s College of Arts and Sciences students will end up as profs at Wash U because no one else will hire them, and of course many of the current profs will still be around, their intellectual worthlessness protected by tenure.  If my daughter attends Wash U and those intellectualoids spoil my daughter’s commencement ceremony with one of their stunts, I will sue every single student and prof involved – that includes you Frau Professor Doktor Darla Dale - for intentional infliction of emotional distress and seek monetary damages as compensation.

Leon McKinney

Town & Country

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Hmm, I wonder if this letter writer will actually monitor this blogspot. Leon, do you feel it is her conservative values that caused people to be so hostile or maybe just some of the out right bogus views she has on women in general and the things she has said? Please do tell me what an “intellectualoid” is exactly, and good luck on that lawsuit buddy, not many people can trump the first amendment but you give it a good college try.

— JimmyRussell
5:52 pm May 21st, 2008

Would this be Col. McKinney Ret. of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers?

— Rich Brown
5:54 pm May 21st, 2008

He starts off well with a fair criticism. Yes, there are those who DO try to silence opposing, conservative views. Fact is, there are those among the students who find those who would try to silence the opposing voice to be reprehensible.

On the other hand, Phyllis Schafly has made a career of walking around with her chin sticking out, daring others to slug it. If you want to join a conversation, or start one, starting out by questioning the intelligence or morality of your opponent is not a practice to improve the conversation. Most people take strong exception to that kind of thing, and complaining about a response to ‘fighting words’ is silly.

— hs
6:51 pm May 21st, 2008

Leon, please visit your local pharmacy immediately. I am sure that they have a drug for your condition.

— Didymus
7:51 pm May 21st, 2008

Way to go Leon. Liberals seem to think that it’s ok to spoil life for everyone else, especially conservatives. When Phyllis Schlafely was honored, the liberal professors and the uninformed students pulled their stunt when they dishonored their own university by acting so childishly.

Could you liberals tell me why its ok to act so disrespectfully? Where is that open mind you liberals declare you possess?

— superdave
10:04 pm May 21st, 2008

Gee, Mr. McKinney -
I guess by your standards it is OK to sue Rush and Ann, et al, for
“…intentional infliction of emotional distress…?”
You do write SO unemotionally and SO objectively…and so positive that your daughter will graduate collitch…
Hey - Walden College might be an alternative as you despise WashU so much.
Incidentally - you might brush up on your usage of German titles…

— Thomas F. Maher
10:10 pm May 21st, 2008

There is plenty of diversity on college campuses. Your typical college will invite a white anti-American liberal to speak, then a black anti-American liberal, then a Jewish anti-American liberal, a Palestenian anti-American liberal, an islamist anti-American liberal, a Mexican anti-American liberal, a New York anti-American liberal, a San Francisco anti-American liberal, a female anti-American liberal, a gay anti-American liberal, a transgender anti-American liberal, etc. See how diverse and open they are!

— tim jones
10:15 pm May 21st, 2008

Yeah, Mr. Jones - I’ve noticed those types of liberal ethnic types on the guest speaker lists at “Your typical college…” - like Bob Jones U and Oral Roberts U and Patrick Henry College and Mt. Vernon Nazarene College (OH); all are well-known bastions of “higher” learning and objective thought…

In listing licentious lib-lecturers, didn’t you forget those “Catholic anti-American liberals” and those “Protestant anti-American liberals” and those “Jehovah’s Witnesses anti-American liberals” and those “Straight anti-American liberals” and those “IRA anti-American liberals” and those “NAFTA anti-American liberals” and ESPECIALLY those “Quaker anti-American liberals” and those…..
Did I miss any groups you failed to include in your screed?

— Thomas F. Maher
11:56 pm May 21st, 2008

tim jones-is that a misspelling? No, Jim Jones is dead. Please define the term anti-American. You guys use it a lot and it seems to have lost meaning from overuse. But if I am to mend my ways, I need to know what’s considered anti-American as I’ve been accused of it by a majority of right-wingers on these lists. Attempting to make America better would seem to be part of your definition or am I mistaken.

Never did get an answer on if this is the same Col. McKinney Ret. that was in the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers. Boy I could tell you some stories about THAT guy.

— Rich Brown
5:55 am May 22nd, 2008

I think you’ll find that intellectuals will accept opposing views from other intellectuals. It’s unfortunate the right wing doesn’t have any. One can’t formulate intelligent responses for opposing views if one’s head is buried in the sand.

— Jom
7:32 am May 22nd, 2008

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