By Judson Phillips at judsonphillips.com
The rise of the special snowflake
November 12, 2015 — 1 Comment
The special snowflakes are among us. They are the new millennial generation that is in college or graduated in the last few years. Why are they so special?
Unlike most real Americans, they have to be coddled. Before they are confronted with anything, they need “trigger warnings.” If the trigger is too great, they must have “safe spaces” where they are not confronted with any idea they don’t like. The fear “microagressions” and embrace the tyranny of collectivism.
It is time something is done about the circumstances that create these “special snowflakes.” What can be done about the insanity
currently reigning on college campuses?A revolution is required and it starts at the state level. States have tremendous control over state universities. It starts with the legislature. Voters need to go to their state legislators and demand they change the way colleges operate.
Colleges and universities do not operate in the free market. They rely on endowments, tuition and state subsidies. It is time for the legislatures to cut off funds until Universities start making changes.
Too many universities have faculty members who teach freak show classes for freak show degrees. These degrees are totally useless in the real world. Why do universities even offer classes such as “Feminist critique of 50 shades of grey.” State supported Universities should be forced into a market based model. Departments that do not generate enough revenue through tuition should be closed.
Professors should be required to offer classes that generate enough revenue to cover the cost of the professor’s salary plus the additional costs of the buildings and support staff. A class on “Homoerotic literature” is not going to do that. Intro to Business or Engineering principles will have no problem meeting their funding requirements.
The other reform that needs to be made is at the federal level. Guaranteed student loans need to be abolished. They are the ultimate in crony capitalism. Banks are guaranteed either the loans are paid back or the government covers the loss.
Even without the guarantee, banks would still offer student loans. But they would offer loans, provided the students showed a plan to repay the loans. It would eliminate the phenomena of students graduating with debt of $100,000 and a useless degree in feminist studies.
Cutting off the guaranteed student loans would eliminate the endless funding of left wing universities and the practice of universities hiring far left wing hacks, like the University of Missouri’s infamous Melissa Click, for jobs that simply give them a subsidy for activism.
America’s universities are no longer centers for higher education. They are factories that produce indoctrinated, whining, entitled brats. Professorships are now little more than sinecures for leftwing activists.
Real Americans are tired of the spectacles such as happened this past week at the University of Missouri. Even more than being tired of the embarrassing excesses, Americans are tired of paying the bills for these leftwing clowns.
It is time to demand change now.
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