We have one of these up here, Prof Leo Sandy at Plymouth State who is about on the same par as these folks. Paid with our tax dollars, his site gleefully flies the UN flag and he absolutely advocates for a one world government. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you (thank, tenure!). And no, I’m not linking him.
Anyways, here’s more of that same rogue gallery.
Transnational’ Profs Forego Patriotism [Candace de Russy]
- The philosopher Martha Nussbaum warns that “patriotic pride” is “morally dangerous.”
- University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann, when she was affiliated with Princeton, revealed that she finds it “repugnant” for American students to learn that they are “above all, citizens of the United States” instead of partisans of her preferred abstraction, “democratic humanism.”
- New York University’s Richard Sennett denounces “the evil of a shared national identity” and concludes that the erosion of national sovereignty is “basically a positive thing.”
- Cecilia O’Leary of American University identifies American patriotism as a right-wing, militaristic, male, white, Anglo, and repressive force.
- Peter Spiro of Hofstra University says it “is increasingly difficult to use the word ‘we’ in the context of international affairs.”
I give you agents of destruction of this nation.
Remember parents of college age (or soon to be) kids – I hope you have taught your kids well. I hope that you have instilled in them a love for this country in spite of it’s failings and errors, for even if all the "badness" was added up, all the good that is in this country and the good it has done around the world far outweighs that "bad".
If that were not true, why wouldn’t these folks see their hypocrisy and move? If they truly believed what they spout, why haven’t they skaddadled to another fine world hotspot (hmm, many talk about Cuba….) Yet again we see the case of "fine for me, but keep passing the paycheck!" Go ahead and rant and rave here – try that somewhere else.
My problem is that the "young skulls full of mush" (as Rush puts it) really don’t really know much better as much of their previous education concerning our history and civics gives little to act as a bulwark against this kind of dribble.
(H/T: Phi Beta Cons)
