Michelle Goldberg: "You people are being indoctrinated by professors to believe this stuff, and they have no idea that they’re going to be cursed by God, the God of the bible," said a congressman at the Columbia hearing. No one from Columbia pushes back. This is such a travesty.

"You people are being indoctrinated by professors to believe this stuff, and they have no idea that they’re going to be cursed by God, the God of the bible," said a congressman at the Columbia hearing. No one from Columbia pushes back. This is such a travesty.

Sorry, meant "young people"!

He probably meant to say “you people.”

STILL!

I dunno.. "you people" is always a good tip for extra emphasis and attention.

What do you mean, "young people?"

I just held a class about climate change denial and the attacks on ESG investing and discovered that my students didn't know who George Soros was. "How am I supposed to indoctrinate you in Leftist ideology if you don't do the reading?" I asked.

Were they talking to students? WTH? I really want these congresspeople to come try to indoctrinate my students for a semester. How are students both radical leftists and empty, mindless vessels just waiting to be filled up?

In their defense, how does one hauled into a hearing even begin to push back on this idiocy -- other than letting the idiocy speak for itself?

If they had the spine, they would just say "Sir, with all due respect, what you're saying is insane and idiotic".

The problem is that university administrators are selected for risk avoidance and cowardice.

'I don't believe in your bible' for a start

That'd be career suicide.

if nobody's willing to stand up, we all get rolled

Very true, but...

The problem is that university administrators are selected for risk avoidance and cowardice.

I don't know how the revolution you and I both want will start. But I know it won't start with college administrators.

The head of the history department at the university I was attending was such an Islamophobe that he refused to believe pre-Islamic Arabian religion was Quarysh polytheism and said it was Zoroastrian instead because a majority of written accounts come from the Quran which he didnt deem trustworthy.

What university did the congressman attend?

Right? These chuds will scream about "liberal indoctrination" while at the same time show off their 4 year from Liberty U or George Mason.

Liberty U and George Mason are not in the same category of nonsense indoctrination. Perhaps you are mistaking George Mason for someplace else? (and yes, I know their law school is named for Scalia, but still…)

George Mason grad here! Mason experiences this problem only in its economics department and schools of business, law, and public policy as well as the Mercatus Center. Everything else is legit.

It's kinda funny that an acronym for the Antonin Scalia School of Law is pretty much "Asshole" lol

is that really worth a response

I wish I could indoctrinate my students to do the readings and come to class.

N of 1 research As a college student if a professor said “religion is bad” I would have joined all of them at once.

This seems worse somehow.

Point is I would have done the opposite of anything a professor suggested, because I was 19.

Yes, I understood that. Thats why I said it was worse.

Indoctrinating 19 year olds is no easy task.

If the 19 year old always does the opposite of what you tell them, its the easiest task in the world.

"Do you also mean the God of the Torah, congressman? Or are you ONLY speaking of the God of the Bible? Your statement smacks of antisemitism, congressman."

Which Congressman?

This is the root of the true culture war. The war as old as humanity, between the worshippers and the empiricists. In the modern era, worshippers and science. If one truly BELIEVES then yes, the universities are Satan’s tool. Fundamentalists know education corrupts women.

I'm glad he clarified which God he meant. Because if he was saying it was Chthulu cursing me, I'd be really worried.

By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Worvan, you shall be avenged.

*raises hand* Excuse me, Congressmen, it's not pronounced "professors"; it's pronounced "MAGA whackjobs." And don't worry, we ignore them just fine, though it's a shame that they're going to be smited so hard.

Fuck him.

Probably following the principle of "do not engage the crazy."

At Columbia? Incredible.

Hmm. I wonder how he learned about his god?

I would be terrible if interviewed by Congress. These delusional pricks need a solid, on-camera roasting for their fatuous idiocy.

Why don’t these people fight back? Are they all such cowards? So they really want to back into a theocracy? Cause that’s what we are going to get…. When you get played by the theocrats and magas you should be completely embarrassed But hey at least our side is nice…

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