{"id":39106,"date":"2020-06-14T19:54:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T23:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=39106"},"modified":"2020-06-14T19:54:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T23:54:14","slug":"are-colleges-living-up-to-the-principles-they-were-founded-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=39106","title":{"rendered":"Are Colleges Living Up To The Principles They Were Founded On?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Paul Mirengoff posted an article at Power Line Blog<\/a> about the recent virtual graduation at WSU Tech, an affiliate of Wichita State University. Ivanka Trump was scheduled to speak at the school\u2019s virtual commencement.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Some students, faculty members, and alums objected.<\/strong><\/p>\n

WSU\u2019s president responded as college presidents do. She decided that Ivanka would not speak<\/a> at the virtual ceremony. Instead, her address would be available online.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ivanka posted it on Twitter. She included a reference to the \u201ccancel culture,\u201d of which WSU\u2019s actions are an example.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article details the rest of the story:<\/p>\n

The Kansas Board of Regents called an emergency meeting and went into \u201cexecutive session.\u201d After the meeting, the board issued a statement expressing support for free speech, diversity, and inclusion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It decided not to fire WSU\u2019s president, notwithstanding her obvious lack of commitment to these values. In turn, she issued a statement giving lip service to them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I suspect that this \u201cresolution\u201d will satisfy Wichita State\u2019s donors. Whether it should is another question.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At this point in the descent of nearly all American colleges and universities, I wonder why any conservative would donate a penny to almost any of these institutions. Such donations subsidize the indoctrination of students by those who dislike conservatives and despise our values. The effects of this leftist indoctrination are there for all to see. In my view, they are undermining America.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We conservatives should do our best to \u201cdefund\u201d the nation\u2019s colleges and universities until such time as they demonstrate a true commitment to free speech and viewpoint diversity, and cease the systematic leftist indoctrination of students.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not only should conservatives ‘defund’ the colleges that are limiting free speech–we should refuse to send our children there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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