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Yurtle · 11-04-2009, 07:53 AM

It's not necessarily that conservatives/right-wingers are automatically intolerant or even less tolerant than a liberal. That's not the statement. The statement is: Should a liberal tolerate intolerance of ANY kind, even from fellow liberals?

@Bird Rock. Did you....

Did you read what you wrote before you posted? Honestly curious. Liberals have to resort to character assasination and distraction because they can't argue a debate, and yet what are you doing aside from posing liberals as a monolith of people who can't argue their way out of a box?

Anyways,

School: Middlebury

Why: With them being known for intense language schooling, I'm not particularly surprised that they'd have an international focus on things, and put forth a lot into diversity/multi-culturalism. I doubt the campus entirely reflects this in terms of ethnicity, but it is the rare college that does... At any rate, they have several 'green' projects, and sent me a wonderful view book on recycled paper that proudly touted the fact that Vermont has socialists within its government (and you could possibly meet them in town!)

Source: College View Book

As in response to the cries of: U of Chi!

I have to say: Firstly, there is no basket-weaving program. I wouldn't be surprised if they have one, but I looked through their course catalogue and they DON'T. It's offensive to find Women studies to have the same importantance as basket weaving- that major doesn't MAKE you a leftist, it's not intellectualism lite, and if it was, could you by any stretch of the means picture U Chi having it?

Secondly, there's always been a divide between U of Chi's left and U of Chi's economists. (As the admissions officer bashfully stated: You either really like our economics school, or you blame us for the current state of the economy...[because it was that school of thought in action]. )

At any rate, it's not surprising for one side of the line to say: "Whoa, hey. Why are you investing so much in a political ideal over another ideal? Is that really fair?" It's not as if the School of Economics has fallen by the wayside or anything. U of Chi also started the original school of Sociology-- so why is there no Sociology Center money coming through?

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Yurtle Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 585	It's not necessarily that conservatives/right-wingers are automatically intolerant or even less tolerant than a liberal. That's not the statement. The statement is: Should a liberal tolerate intolerance of ANY kind, even from fellow liberals? @Bird Rock. Did you.... Did you read what you wrote before you posted? Honestly curious. Liberals have to resort to character assasination and distraction because they can't argue a debate, and yet what are you doing aside from posing liberals as a monolith of people who can't argue their way out of a box? Anyways, School: Middlebury Why: With them being known for intense language schooling, I'm not particularly surprised that they'd have an international focus on things, and put forth a lot into diversity/multi-culturalism. I doubt the campus entirely reflects this in terms of ethnicity, but it is the rare college that does... At any rate, they have several 'green' projects, and sent me a wonderful view book on recycled paper that proudly touted the fact that Vermont has socialists within its government (and you could possibly meet them in town!) Source: College View Book As in response to the cries of: U of Chi! I have to say: Firstly, there is no basket-weaving program. I wouldn't be surprised if they have one, but I looked through their course catalogue and they DON'T. It's offensive to find Women studies to have the same importantance as basket weaving- that major doesn't MAKE you a leftist, it's not intellectualism lite, and if it was, could you by any stretch of the means picture U Chi having it? Secondly, there's always been a divide between U of Chi's left and U of Chi's economists. (As the admissions officer bashfully stated: You either really like our economics school, or you blame us for the current state of the economy...[because it was that school of thought in action]. ) At any rate, it's not surprising for one side of the line to say: "Whoa, hey. Why are you investing so much in a political ideal over another ideal? Is that really fair?" It's not as if the School of Economics has fallen by the wayside or anything. U of Chi also started the original school of Sociology-- so why is there no Sociology Center money coming through? Last edited by Yurtle; 11-04-2009 at 08:00 AM.
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