Walter Williams: Fruits of College Indoctrination

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Walter Williams: Fruits of College Indoctrination

Much of today's incivility and contempt for personal liberty has its roots on college campuses, and most of the uncivil and contemptuous are people with college backgrounds. Let's look at a few highly publicized recent examples of incivility and attacks on free speech.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, were accosted and harassed by a deranged left-wing mob as they were leaving a dinner at Georgetown University. Sen. McConnell was harassed by protesters at Reagan National Airport, as well as at several venues in Kentucky. Sen. Ted Cruz and his wife were harassed at a Washington, D.C., restaurant. Afterward, a group called Smash Racism DC wrote: "No — you can't eat in peace — your politics are an attack on all of us. You're (sic) votes are a death wish. Your votes are hate crimes." Other members of Congress — such as Andy Harris, Susan Collins and Rand Paul — have been physically attacked or harassed by leftists. Most recent is the case of Fox News political commentator Tucker Carlson. A leftist group showed up at his house at night, damaging his front door and chanting, "Tucker Carlson, we will fight! We know where you sleep at night!" "Racist scumbag, leave town!"


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[Oceander]

It’s not just “college indoctrination,” it’s democrat party/left of center ideology generally, which emphasizes confrontation and incivility. 

[HoustonSam]

It’s not just “college indoctrination,” it’s democrat party/left of center ideology generally, which emphasizes confrontation and incivility.

Well-stated @Oceander, I agree completely.  The root is their ideology; colleges are simply one mechanism for inculcating the ideology.

[goatprairie]

Unrestrained liberalism eventually leads to leftism. While small doses of liberalism exist in all humans, to follow an agenda of seeking to loosen rules on societal behavior eventually leads many into leftism. Leftism is intent on destroying society.
Fifty years ago the leftist segment of society that created violent groups like The Weatherman and The Black Panthers had small numbers. 
What we have now is too many liberals turned into leftists. Too many Bill Ayers and Huey Newton facsimiles in positions of power. 
Which is why we're seeing more and more self-admitted socialists getting elected in the Democrat Party.