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Title: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: rangerrebew on February 24, 2014, 11:21:15 am
Harvard writer: Free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed

Posted By Robby Soave On 10:28 PM 02/23/2014 In | No Comments


If this Harvard University student got her way, free speech on campus would be abolished and professors with dissenting views fired, because radical leftism is the only permissible political philosophy and the First Amendment is a barrier preventing modern colleges from fulfilling their proper role as indoctrination camps.

Her name is Sandra Korn. She is a senior at Harvard and columnist for the Harvard Crimson.

In a recent column, Korn unambiguously insisted that the university should stop guaranteeing professors and students the right to hold controversial views and pursue research that challenges liberalism.

“If our university community opposes racism, sexism, and heterosexism, why should we put up with research that counters our goals?” asked Korn in her column.

The column’s subtitle was even more direct: “Let’s give up on academic freedom in favor of justice.”

Korn cited several instances of perspectives that clashed with her own being banned from campus as triumphant examples of the way Harvard should be run. The firing of Subramanian Swamy, a Harvard summer school instructor who was dismissed for his anti-Islamic views, was one such triumph.

She also invoked the academic boycott of Israel — something condemned by Harvard President Drew Faust and numerous other university presidents — as an example of the kind of tactics leftists should defend and use in order to get their way on campus.

Korn did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Her sharp rejection of intellectual freedom — a value enshrined by U.S. law and central to the success of American institutions of higher learning — is common among left-wing activists at elite colleges. Last week, Erin Ching, a sophomore at Swarthmore College, took a similar view when she criticized her university for committing the unforgivable crime of allowing a conservative — Christian thinker Robert George — to speak on campus.

“What really bothered me is, the whole idea is that at a liberal arts college, we need to be hearing a diversity of opinion,” she said, according to the Daily Gazette. “I don’t think we should be tolerating [George’s] conservative views because that dominant culture embeds these deep inequalities in our society.”

George, a Swarthmore alumnus, came to campus to debate Cornell West.

Pro-life students at the University of Alabama were victims of a similar belief that conservative views should not be publicly espoused on campus. (RELATED: U. of Alabama censors pro-life students for ‘offensive’ poster)


And at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, merely emailing an inoffensive .gif of President Barack Obama kicking a door triggers an investigation. The perpetrator was forced to apologize for committing a racial insensitivity. (RELATED: Student forced to apologize for emailing pic of Obama kicking a door, because RACISM)


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Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: andy58-in-nh on February 24, 2014, 12:23:11 pm
Yes, I know. She's an silly little elitist snot whose mind is impervious to any discomfiting thoughts, such as might make her question her sense of moral superiority.

But as we've seen, such people sometimes grow up to be President.

In any event, it's almost a relief to now see the heart of Progressivism beginning to give voice to its inner Stalin. 
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Oceander on February 24, 2014, 04:25:00 pm
Ms. Korn will have no one to blame for herself if her mythical conservative bogeyman ever materializes and chucks her into the gulag she so fetishizes, because she so desperately wants to create precisely that set of political conditions that will make it possible for that mythical bogeyman to do so.
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: happyg on February 24, 2014, 05:11:16 pm
She's must be a Hillary wannabe. Now, she needs to find her "Slick Willie".
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: rangerrebew on February 24, 2014, 05:15:27 pm
She's must be a Hillary wannabe. Now, she needs to find her "Slick Willie".

With any kind of luck she will marry a radical imam. :bash:
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: DCPatriot on February 24, 2014, 05:26:04 pm
Yes, I know. She's an silly little elitist snot whose mind is impervious to any discomfiting thoughts, such as might make her question her sense of moral superiority.

But as we've seen, such people sometimes grow up to be President.

In any event, it's almost a relief to now see the heart of Progressivism beginning to give voice to its inner Stalin.

Andy....I'm convinced these 'outrageous' statements and/or actions taken by the government and their followers are a deliberately timed probe...akin to testing the vulnerability of their target.

This comes on the very heels of the FCC monitoring newsrooms...which they've put aside for the moment....at least publicly.

If we step back just a little, we can see there is a full blown Nazi-like takeover going on right now.  And they're well beyond 2nd gear....

What do they have to fear?  The mainstream media fully supports them already.  With 2014 coming, they're redlining....while grinning insanely.


Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: happyg on February 24, 2014, 05:28:22 pm
Andy....I'm convinced these 'outrageous' statements and/or actions taken by the government and their followers are a deliberately timed probe...akin to testing the vulnerability of their target.

This comes on the very heels of the FCC monitoring newsrooms...which they've put aside for the moment....at least publicly.

If we step back just a little, we can see there is a full blown Nazi-like takeover going on right now.  And they're well beyond 2nd gear....

What do they have to fear?  The mainstream media fully supports them already.  With 2014 coming, they're redlining....while grinning insanely.

 :amen: This is plain as day, but the MSM is blind. They see fog on a clear day.
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Lipstick on a Hillary on February 24, 2014, 05:28:40 pm
She's must be a Hillary wannabe. Now, she needs to find her "Slick Willie".


I wonder if she's David Korn's daughter?   :pondering:
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Bigun on February 24, 2014, 05:51:20 pm
This is what is being taught at Harvard these days!

Wake up people!
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: happyg on February 24, 2014, 06:22:08 pm

I wonder if she's David Korn's daughter?   :pondering:

Sandra Y. L. Korn '14, a Crimson editorial writer, is a joint history of science and studies of women, gender, and sexuality concentrator in Eliot House (http://cdn.jewishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Sandra-Korn.jpg)

Her parents are Elizabeth A. Korn, a pediatric endocrinologist, and William D. Korn, whose own Harvard degrees are in economics and business administration.

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/bruce-bawer/harvards-rebel-without-a-clue/ (http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/bruce-bawer/harvards-rebel-without-a-clue/)
 She did do an internship at The Nation, so could be a relative of David Korn. Both are equally stupid.
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Bigun on February 24, 2014, 06:26:53 pm
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Sandra Y. L. Korn '14, a Crimson editorial writer, is a joint history of science and studies of women, gender, and sexuality concentrator in Eliot House

And what in the HELL is that pray tell???
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: happyg on February 24, 2014, 06:36:49 pm
And what in the HELL is that pray tell???

Who knows?  :shrug: To liberals, education is what they say it, not what it actually is. From what I read about her, she is most likely a lesbian. I don't know for sure but...
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Bigun on February 24, 2014, 06:41:45 pm
Who knows?  :shrug: To liberals, education is what they say it, not what it actually is. From what I read about her, she is most likely a lesbian. I don't know for sure but...

Never heard of a "Concentrator" until today and I spent a good number of years working in the halls of academia.
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: rangerrebew on February 24, 2014, 06:45:50 pm
Maybe she/he is a crossdresser.  A concentrator is a person who philosophizes instead of working; you know, concentrates. :silly:
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Lando Lincoln on February 24, 2014, 06:46:11 pm
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Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: rustynail on February 24, 2014, 06:54:13 pm
Bless her heart.
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Luis Gonzalez on February 24, 2014, 07:08:16 pm
(http://cdn.jewishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Sandra-Korn.jpg)

woof...
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: rangerrebew on February 24, 2014, 10:15:53 pm
You are being kind to her, Luis.
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: mountaineer on February 24, 2014, 10:21:36 pm
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a joint history of science and studies of women, gender, and sexuality concentrator
I understand there's a huge demand for her type of degree.   :whistle:  Would you like fries with that?
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: massadvj on February 24, 2014, 10:30:53 pm
I concentrated very deeply on sexuality for most of my life.  I wish I had known I could get academic credit for it.  From Harvard, no less.

I at least give her credit for saying what most liberals think, but dare not say.
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Bigun on February 24, 2014, 10:44:04 pm
I concentrated very deeply on sexuality for most of my life.  I wish I had known I could get academic credit for it.  From Harvard, no less.

I at least give her credit for saying what most liberals think, but dare not say.

If I had know that I would have more letters behind my name for sure! (I'm pretty certain that Harvard is the ONLY place one can get academic credit for that but I could be wrong!)

ROFLMAO!
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: happyg on February 24, 2014, 10:51:25 pm
It looks like a few of you were graded by someone other than a Hawvawd perfesser!  :silly:
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Luis Gonzalez on February 24, 2014, 11:39:47 pm
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“What really bothered me is, the whole idea is that at a liberal arts college, we need to be hearing a diversity of opinion.”

Here's what I believe is the saddest aspect of this entire thing.

Students at two of our top liberal arts Universities think that "liberal arts college" means that these are politically liberal academic institutions that teach arts, instead of understanding that they are colleges that teach literature, philosophy, mathematics, and social and physical sciences rather than professional and technical subjects.

They are ignorant on the most basic aspects of their own academic lives.
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Bigun on February 25, 2014, 12:09:51 am
Here's what I believe is the saddest aspect of this entire thing.

Students at two of our top liberal arts Universities think that "liberal arts college" means that these are politically liberal academic institutions that teach arts, instead of understanding that they are colleges that teach literature, philosophy, mathematics, and social and physical sciences rather than professional and technical subjects.

They are ignorant on the most basic aspects of their own academic lives.

Hear Here!!

I couldn't agree more!
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: massadvj on February 25, 2014, 12:49:09 am
Here's what I believe is the saddest aspect of this entire thing.

Students at two of our top liberal arts Universities think that "liberal arts college" means that these are politically liberal academic institutions that teach arts, instead of understanding that they are colleges that teach literature, philosophy, mathematics, and social and physical sciences rather than professional and technical subjects.


Most traditional liberal arts colleges HAVE turned into politically liberal institutions that teach arts.  The rest of them kept the ivy covered buildings and converted to professional and technical subjects.  There simply is no demand for majors like history, philosophy and mathematics any more.
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Bigun on February 25, 2014, 12:54:56 am
There simply is no demand for majors like history, philosophy and mathematics any more.

And that itself is a SAD state of affairs if you ask me.
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Luis Gonzalez on February 25, 2014, 12:56:55 am
Most traditional liberal arts colleges HAVE turned into politically liberal institutions that teach arts.  The rest of them kept the ivy covered buildings and converted to professional and technical subjects.  There simply is no demand for majors like history, philosophy and mathematics any more.

I get that.

The point is that I think that they believe that there's an invisible coma between the words "liberal" and "arts" in  "liberal arts college'. That's the only way that sentence I highlighted makes any sense.

Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: massadvj on February 25, 2014, 01:00:20 am
I get that.

The point is that I think that they believe that there's an invisible coma between the words "liberal" and "arts" in  "liberal arts college'. That's the only way that sentence I highlighted makes any sense.

Or maybe a bunch of liberal guys named art went to college....
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: happyg on February 25, 2014, 01:03:47 am
Or maybe a bunch of liberal guys named art went to college....

I thought it was colleges that taught the art of being a liberal.  :whistle:
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Fishrrman on February 25, 2014, 01:39:10 am
[[ “If our university community opposes racism, sexism, and heterosexism, why should we put up with research that counters our goals?” asked Korn in her column. ]]

"Heterosexism" ???

What planet is that from ??
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Chieftain on February 25, 2014, 01:42:10 am
That ugly bastard needs a haircut.

And just WTF is a "sexuality concentrator" ??

That is all.

 :smokin:
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: aligncare on February 25, 2014, 01:51:50 am
My youngest daughter will graduate May with a mathematics degree from SUNY, Potsdam in upstate New York. Darn proud of that young lady – she made it this far without a getting a tattoo.
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: mountaineer on February 25, 2014, 02:13:53 am
My youngest daughter will graduate May with a mathematics degree from SUNY, Potsdam in upstate New York. Darn proud of that young lady – she made it this far without a getting a tattoo.
And a much better school than Harvard, I'm sure, when it comes to learning something actually useful.
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: kevindavis007 on February 25, 2014, 02:14:47 am
Sandra Y. L. Korn '14, a Crimson editorial writer, is a joint history of science and studies of women, gender, and sexuality concentrator in Eliot House (http://cdn.jewishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Sandra-Korn.jpg)

Her parents are Elizabeth A. Korn, a pediatric endocrinologist, and William D. Korn, whose own Harvard degrees are in economics and business administration.

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/bruce-bawer/harvards-rebel-without-a-clue/ (http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/bruce-bawer/harvards-rebel-without-a-clue/)
 She did do an internship at The Nation, so could be a relative of David Korn. Both are equally stupid.

I don't think she will get married..
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: andy58-in-nh on February 25, 2014, 04:15:04 am
Andy....I'm convinced these 'outrageous' statements and/or actions taken by the government and their followers are a deliberately timed probe...akin to testing the vulnerability of their target.

This comes on the very heels of the FCC monitoring newsrooms...which they've put aside for the moment....at least publicly.

If we step back just a little, we can see there is a full blown Nazi-like takeover going on right now.  And they're well beyond 2nd gear....

What do they have to fear?  The mainstream media fully supports them already.  With 2014 coming, they're redlining....while grinning insanely.

I agree that there is both deliberation and concert inherent in many of the Left's provocations these days.

Which is to say that I believe they are intentionally pushing and prodding those they consider their enemies (i.e. - non-Progressives) to respond - violently, they hope - so that the State may come down upon such apostates with all of the delicious force that Leftists now openly crave.

And yet, spoiled little rich twits like this girl have long envisioned themselves as the Vanguard of the Revolution. I remember them well from the 60s and 70s - children of privilege cavorting with Black Panthers; romanticizing thuggery because reason demands self-evaluation, when Utopia simply will not wait. 
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Luis Gonzalez on February 25, 2014, 04:19:01 am
I think I've located Sandy's long-lost twin brother.

(http://cdn.jewishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Sandra-Korn.jpg)
(http://stockfresh.com/files/m/metsafile/m/58/1228803_stock-photo-groucho-mask.jpg)
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Oceander on February 25, 2014, 04:21:12 am
My youngest daughter will graduate May with a mathematics degree from SUNY, Potsdam in upstate New York. Darn proud of that young lady – she made it this far without a getting a tattoo.

Bravo!!!  If I'd had any smarts when I did the college undergrad thing, I would have gone for mathematics instead of the path of shame I chose.

If she were to get a tattoo, though, which famous equation would it be?
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: andy58-in-nh on February 25, 2014, 04:22:48 am
I think I've located Sandy's long-lost twin brother.
(http://cdn.jewishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Sandra-Korn.jpg)
(http://stockfresh.com/files/m/metsafile/m/58/1228803_stock-photo-groucho-mask.jpg)

She certainly sounds like a "Marx" Brother. 
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: happyg on February 25, 2014, 04:34:36 am
My youngest daughter will graduate May with a mathematics degree from SUNY, Potsdam in upstate New York. Darn proud of that young lady – she made it this far without a getting a tattoo.

Good for your daughter! She is way up north! My son lives in Amsterdam, NY.
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: rangerrebew on February 25, 2014, 02:00:18 pm
Most traditional liberal arts colleges HAVE turned into politically liberal institutions that teach arts.  The rest of them kept the ivy covered buildings and converted to professional and technical subjects.  There simply is no demand for majors like history, philosophy and mathematics any more.

Haven't they also added abortion clinics?
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Lipstick on a Hillary on February 25, 2014, 02:10:01 pm
My youngest daughter will graduate May with a mathematics degree from SUNY, Potsdam in upstate New York. Darn proud of that young lady – she made it this far without a getting a tattoo.

Nice job, AC.   :beer:
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: aligncare on February 25, 2014, 02:22:32 pm
Bravo!!!  If I'd had any smarts when I did the college undergrad thing, I would have gone for mathematics instead of the path of shame I chose.

If she were to get a tattoo, though, which famous equation would it be?

I totally get what you're saying, O. When I first got into Chiropractic you could actually make money at it.

But my income's been a steady decline since 1985. And now with Obamacare I really wish I had stuck with my original career choice: to be the drummer in a power trio, like Ginger Baker.
Title: Re: Harvard writer: free speech threatens liberalism and must be destroyed
Post by: Bigun on February 25, 2014, 02:22:42 pm
My youngest daughter will graduate May with a mathematics degree from SUNY, Potsdam in upstate New York. Darn proud of that young lady – she made it this far without a getting a tattoo.

Congratulations to you both!