Today in facist academia
Fascist academia: There are so many of these stories each day that I find it somewhat repetitive to post them over and over again. Here are today’s sampling of college protesters and academic administrators shutting down speech they don’t like.
- Student protesters shut down University of Oregon president’s speech to ‘stand against fascism’
- Rutgers students ‘don’t need no facts’ to heckle speaker
- Antifa, students shut down College Republicans event at Columbia University
- Aldephi University blocks vaguely conservative message by lacrosse team, forces its own politics on students
- Texas university cancels Republican’s speech as Black Lives Matter shouts lawmaker down
Note that these stories cover five different universities. In several cases the university administration participated in shutting down dissenting views. In all cases it appears the administrations are complacent in supporting the heckler’s veto by not doing anything to stop it.
From the press release: From the moment he is handed a possibility of making the first alien contact, Saunders Maxwell decides he will do it, even if doing so takes him through hell and back.
Unfortunately, that is exactly where that journey takes him.
The vision that Zimmerman paints of vibrant human colonies on the Moon, Mars, the asteroids, and beyond, indomitably fighting the harsh lifeless environment of space to build new societies, captures perfectly the emerging space race we see today.
He also captures in Pioneer the heart of the human spirit, willing to push forward no matter the odds, no matter the cost. It is that spirit that will make the exploration of the heavens possible, forever, into the never-ending future.
Available everywhere for $3.99 (before discount) at amazon, Barnes & Noble, all ebook vendors, or direct from the ebook publisher, ebookit.
And if you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and I get a bigger cut much sooner.
Fascist academia: There are so many of these stories each day that I find it somewhat repetitive to post them over and over again. Here are today’s sampling of college protesters and academic administrators shutting down speech they don’t like.
- Student protesters shut down University of Oregon president’s speech to ‘stand against fascism’
- Rutgers students ‘don’t need no facts’ to heckle speaker
- Antifa, students shut down College Republicans event at Columbia University
- Aldephi University blocks vaguely conservative message by lacrosse team, forces its own politics on students
- Texas university cancels Republican’s speech as Black Lives Matter shouts lawmaker down
Note that these stories cover five different universities. In several cases the university administration participated in shutting down dissenting views. In all cases it appears the administrations are complacent in supporting the heckler’s veto by not doing anything to stop it.
From the press release: From the moment he is handed a possibility of making the first alien contact, Saunders Maxwell decides he will do it, even if doing so takes him through hell and back.
Unfortunately, that is exactly where that journey takes him. The vision that Zimmerman paints of vibrant human colonies on the Moon, Mars, the asteroids, and beyond, indomitably fighting the harsh lifeless environment of space to build new societies, captures perfectly the emerging space race we see today. He also captures in Pioneer the heart of the human spirit, willing to push forward no matter the odds, no matter the cost. It is that spirit that will make the exploration of the heavens possible, forever, into the never-ending future. Available everywhere for $3.99 (before discount) at amazon, Barnes & Noble, all ebook vendors, or direct from the ebook publisher, ebookit. And if you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and I get a bigger cut much sooner.
Twitter has now recanted on its war against that republican congresswoman, part (IOM) because people stood up and were counted. I hope this is a new era of freedom. To stop a bully, one must make a stand!
For those who do not like confrontation, voting with the pocketbook works well. The NFL is out for me. There is enough entertainment without putting up with the intimidation.