Glem politisk korrekthet. Nå er det patriotisk korrekthet som er på
moten, selvsagt med de konservative i spissen.
Mvh,
Per
"New property relations can only become new social relations
if there are also new forms of management." - Michel Pablo
New York Times 24 November 2001
ARTS & IDEAS
An Organization on the Lookout for Patriotic Incorrectness
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/24/arts/24LIST.html
By EMILY EAKIN
The Rev. Jesse Jackson made the list for remarking to an audience at
Harvard Law School that America should "build bridges and
relationships, not simply bombs and walls." Joel Beinin, a professor
of Middle Eastern history at Stanford University, earned a place on
it for his opinion that "If Osama bin Laden is confirmed to be behind
the attacks, the United States should bring him before an
international tribunal on charges of crimes against humanity." And
Wasima Alikhan of the Islamic Academy of Las Vegas was there simply
for saying "Ignorance breeds hate."
All three were included on a list of 117 anti-American statements
heard on college campuses that was compiled by the American Council
of Trustees and Alumni, a conservative nonprofit group devoted to
curbing liberal tendencies in academia. The list, part of a report
that was posted on the group's Web site
(www.goacta.org/Reports/defciv.pdf) last week, accuses several dozen
scholars, students and even a university president of what they call
unpatriotic behavior after Sept. 11.
Calling professors "the weak link in America's response to the
attack," the report excoriates faculty members for invoking
"tolerance and diversity as antidotes to evil" and pointing
"accusatory fingers, not at the terrorists, but at America itself."...
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Defending Civilization: How Our Universities Are Failing America and
What Can Be Done About It
http://www.goacta.org/Reports/defciv.pdf
Published by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni
Introduction:
"In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, Americans across
the country responded with anger, patriotism, and support of military
intervention. The polls have been nearly unanimous - 92% in favor of
military force even if casualties occur - and citizens have rallied
behind the president wholeheartedly.
Not so in academe. Even as many institutions enhanced security and
many students exhibited American flags, professors across the country
sponsored teach-ins that typically ranged from moral equivocation to
explicit condemnations of America.
While America's elected officials from both parties and media
commentators from across the spectrum condemned the attacks and
followed the President in calling evil by its rightful name, many
faculty demurred. Some refused to make judgments. Many invoked
tolerance and diversity as antidotes to evil. Some even pointed
accusatory fingers, not at the terrorists, but at America itself."
ACTA National Council:
David Riesman, Honorary Chairman; Henry Ford II, Professor of Social
Sciences, Emeritus, Harvard University
Lynne V. Cheney, Chairman Emeritus; Fellow, American Enterprise
Institute; Former Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities
Richard D. Lamm, Vice Chairman; Director, Center for Public Policy
and Contemporary Issues, University of Denver; Former Governor of
Colorado (D)
Jerry L. Martin, President, American Council of Trustees and Alumni
Saul Bellow, University Professor, Boston University; Nobel Laureate
in Literature
William J. Bennett, Director, Empower America; Former U.S. Secretary
of Education
Chester E. Finn, Jr., President, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation; Former
Assistant Secretary of Education
Georgie Anne Geyer, Syndicated Columnist, Universal Press Syndicate
Irving Kristol, Co-Editor, The Public Interest
Joseph I. Lieberman, US Senator (D-CT)
Philip Merrill, Publisher, The Washingtonian
Martin Peretz, Editor-in-Chief and Chairman, The New Republic
Laurence H. Silberman, US Circuit Judge, US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
William K. Tell, Jr., Retired Senior Vice President, Texaco, Inc.
Curtin Winsor, Jr., William H. Donner Foundation; Former US
Ambassador to Costa Rica
Herman B. Wells (1995-1998)
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