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...harassed, are hesitant to present their views in class for fear of reprisal from their professors and classmates and have even been victims of physical violence because of their orientation. If the preceding sentence had begun with “African-Americans” instead of “conservatives?? there undoubtedly would be stirrings of national outrage. However, when an ideological minority is silenced, even at an institution supposedly committed to fostering different intellectual views like Amherst, such repression is belittled and ignored...
This odious notion of racial or sexual determinism is the primary source of conservatives?? objections to diversity senators, as well as to the larger idea of “diversity” as an inherent social good. The assumption that a black person (or white for that matter) has a certain social value, simply because of his or her skin color, is patently racist. If, for example, a black family were denied access to a “restricted” community because it was believed that their moving in would detract from the social value, we would...
With the exception of 1998-1999 council President Beth A. Stewart ’00, and her successor, Noah Z. Seton ’00—both well-known conservatives??many presidents have used their position as a bully pulpit to try and influence the University on controversial issues such as Harvard stock holdings or whether grapes harvested by allegedly unfairly treated workers should be served in the dining halls...
...personal political biases out of the story, giving the reader an enjoyable rundown of Kennedy’s “Irish Mafia,” old-style Southern Democrats, Eisenhower’s essential acceptance of FDR’s New Deal and the growth of a young conservatives?? movement alongside the emergence of Students for a Democratic Society and sit-in activists. The book also gives an excellent analysis of the political geography of the time (who the most important operatives were, the scattered patchwork of support it took to win a national campaign...
...called Reagan II. Since taking office, Bush has taken action on issues such as abortion and the environment that go beyond conservative hopes. As Time reports, even many conservative consultants are shocked by Bush, though they are not complaining. But Bush’s stands have not just surpassed conservatives?? expectations, they have, in some cases, broken campaign pledges, and this won’t fly. Voters know that Candidate Bush tread softly on abortion and promised not to repeal certain environment measures. Now there’s liberty and arsenic...