http://www.metafilter.com/tags/conservative_activism Posts tagged with 'conservative_activism' at MetaFilter. Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:43:12 -0800 Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:43:12 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/39625/Thou%2Dshalt%2Dnot%2Dcriticize%2DRepublicans <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/election.php?story=dispatch/2005/01/27/20050127-C1-04.html">"80 percent or so of them (professors) are Democrats, liberals or socialists or card-carrying Communists."</a> So says Ohio Senator Larry A. Mumper, who has <a href="http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=126_SB_24">introduced</a> an "academic bill of rights for higher education," which would prohibit professors from "persistently discussing controversial issues in class or from using their classes to push political, ideological, religious or anti-religious views." The text of the bill is adapted from an <a href="http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org">organization </a> founded by Marxist-turned-conservative activist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horowitz">David</a> <a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20000703&c=1&s=sherman">Horowitz</a>. Similar bills have been introduced in other states. Is this a genuine attempt to foster <a href="http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i23/23b01201.htm">"intellectual diversity"</a>, or a <a href="http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i23/23b01301.htm">"trojan horse"</a> to force universities to adopt a quota system for conservative professors? tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.39625 Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:43:12 -0800 academia censorship conservative_activism free_speech politics googly