Thursday, April 24, 2008

Regarding intolerance at Brown

This about nails it.

To the Editor:

I was disappointed, but not surprised, when a law school classmate forwarded me the Providence Journal blurb about the silly pie-throwing stunt at the Thomas Friedman lecture the other night. People should not be too quick to dismiss the antics as the work of a couple overzealous individuals. Such incidents are only the symptom of a culture of intolerance for dissimilar views at Brown among many of the more active advocacy groups. In my time at Brown I witnessed in many of the politically-active circles an unwillingness to show basic respect for other's viewpoints, to the point that many of these Brown students think some viewpoints do not deserve the right to be voiced. Vocal students at Brown should ask themselves - if I'm not even willing to let those I disagree with speak, why in the world do I expect anybody to listen to me?

Matt Lawrence '06
April 23

Activism | Education

4/24/2008 9:51:26 AM by Not For Nothing | Comments [1] |
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Friday, April 25, 2008 8:56:40 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

How refreshing to see someone who seems to be pretty much a liberal himself recognize publicly that there is a dictatorship by the "activists"at many universities(suborned by professors who believe in indoctrination)that effectively silences any "unreliable"speech by students or faculty.I had a neighbor who is a Brown professor in an ehtnic studies deparment who told me very specifically that it is his job to indoctrinate his students with his beliefs.I won't use his name here,but if anyone thinks I'm lying just drop me an email and I will tell you his name and how it came up in the first place.

joe bernstein

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