new film exposes apparent lack of academic freedom in US

[Neil Peart]

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200710/CUL20071008b.html

Critics who question the need for race-based affirmative action programs, among other politically controversial issues, are prominently featured in a new documentary that looks at academia's treatment of dissenting views.

Although most of America's institutions of higher learning were designed to foster debate and mold students into critical thinkers, a two-and-a-half-year investigation shows that a repressive political climate has taken hold in recent years - a climate where dissent is silenced and free speech is jeopardized, according to Evan Coyne Maloney, who made the documentary "Indoctrinate U."

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[HomeschoolrsRUs]

Neil,
You need to limit the content of your post, per board policy, when posting articles. I have taken the liberty of adjusting this post and another for you, but you need to be careful of this in the future.
Thanks,
Hms

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Hms

[DesertFox]

a two-and-a-half-year investigation shows that a repressive political climate has taken hold in recent years - a climate where dissent is silenced and free speech is jeopardized If by "recent years" they mean "the last forty years," then I can agree with this statement.

"The very people who invoke the name of tolerance are shown to be quite intolerant themselves. ... The very notion of tolerance has been turned upside down." NOSS: No Shit, Sherlock.

[Maggie_T]

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