Tag: Political Correctness
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“I think the answer to bad speech is different speech. The answer to bad speech is not shutting down speech.” Larry Summers
“I worry very much that if our leading academic institutions become places that prize comfort over truth—that prize the pursuit of mutual understanding over the pursuit of better and more accurate understanding—then a great deal will be lost.” Larry Summers [Weekly Standard interview] WATCH INTERVIEW WITH FORMER HARVARD PRESIDENT LARRY SUMMERS ON THE STATE OF…
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Political Correctness: Ideas in Exile
It’s tempting to tsk, tsk at little remembered holidays celebrated in America’s past like POPE’S DAY in Boston. Oh, how intolerant we say. Did they really set aside a day to burn effigies of the Pope? Not the Pope! We may applaud the current pope’s stance on global warming, no cooling, no warming. We may…
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Forbidden Words
I fear the following words could not be printed in a modern history book about an American town without some debate: “The pioneers of ’59 placed our house on a foundation already prepared of Dutch thrift, industry and religious faith. Their children and children’s children, in like manner, added to the story, strong and beautiful,…
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Books I’ve Known And Loved
This one gets some people mad. Not me. I love a writer who dares you to think in new ways. Every page of this book offers something to ponder deeply. A lot of it feels true and just a bit sad. I think I have more hope in Americans than Allan Bloom did but his…
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A Cowgirl Ain’t Nothin’ Without Her Gun.
Little did we know that the thought police would soon determine our costumes offensive, our plastic guns a danger and the awesome looking Redskins logo–the one that celebrates the bravery and nobility of the Indians– a crime against humanity. Gotta go now–I’m off to protest the Fighting Irish leprechaun since I’m part Irish and have…
Author Adrienne Morris 