{"id":2009,"date":"2016-05-08T05:54:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T05:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2025-09-29T19:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:23:06","slug":"nick-krostoff-ny-times-calls-out-leftists-for-their-intolerance-espcecially-in-the-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2009","title":{"rendered":"Nicholas Kristoff, NY Times – calls out leftists for their intolerance, especially in the universities."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kristoff\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Even though I disagree with Kristoff on most things – although not on some of his ideas about fighting poverty – I've always felt that he's an honest NYT columnist, unlike, for example, Paul Krugman.<\/p>\n

It's really a great column.<\/p>\n

A Confession of Liberal Intolerance<\/a><\/p>\n

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WE progressives believe in diversity, and we want women, blacks, Latinos, gays and Muslims at the table \u2014 er, so long as they aren\u2019t conservatives.<\/p>\n

Universities are the bedrock of progressive values, but the one kind of diversity that universities disregard is ideological and religious. We\u2019re fine with people who don\u2019t look like us, as long as they think like us.<\/p>\n

O.K., that\u2019s a little harsh. But consider George Yancey, a sociologist who is black and evangelical.<\/p>\n

\u201cOutside of academia I faced more problems as a black,\u201d he told me. \u201cBut inside academia I face more problems as a Christian, and it is not even close.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been thinking about this because on Facebook<\/a> recently I wondered aloud whether universities stigmatize conservatives and undermine intellectual diversity. The scornful reaction from my fellow liberals proved the point.<\/p>\n

\u201cMuch of the \u2018conservative\u2019 worldview consists of ideas that are known empirically to be false,\u201d said Carmi.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth has a liberal slant,\u201d wrote Michelle.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy stop there?\u201d asked Steven. \u201cHow about we make faculties more diverse by hiring idiots?<\/p>\n

To me, the conversation illuminated primarily liberal arrogance \u2014 the implication that conservatives don\u2019t have anything significant to add to the discussion. My Facebook followers have incredible compassion for war victims in South Sudan, for kids who have been trafficked, even for abused chickens, but no obvious empathy for conservative scholars facing discrimination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This is almost funny. Almost … but not quite.<\/p>\n

One study found that only 2 percent<\/a> of English professors are Republicans (although a large share are independents).<\/p>\n

In contrast, some 18 percent of social scientists say they are Marxist. So it\u2019s easier to find a Marxist in some disciplines than a Republican.<\/p>\n

Here's the link again to the whole column<\/a>, which takes five minutes to read.<\/p>\n

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