UPDATE: Oh, and did you know that Stanford has a “mainstream” which all appointments, even of visiting fellows, must be part of? “Pamela M. Lee, a professor of art history who helped write the petition against Mr. Rumsfeld, said she hoped her protest would send a message and prompt the university to review its relationship with the Hoover Institution. ‘It’s extremely important for the Hoover to know that their appointments are not in the mainstream of the Stanford community,’ Professor Lee said,’as well as to send a very clear signal to the country that this is not what Stanford is about.’” So, according to Professor Lee, enforcing ideological conformity among the faculty is “what Stanford is all about.” Having one of the most distinguished public servants of the last half century–an objectively true statement, regardless of what one things of his politics–on campus three to five times (!) is not “what Stanford is all about.”
Well, I think what we, as conservatives, need to do is make damned sure that Professor Lee’s academic freedom to deny academic freedom to Rumsfeld is never impeded in any way. Because that would be wrong.
Submit to Stumbled Upon!
On the other hand, it is always satisfying to see fascists like “Professor” Lee unwittingly display their goose-step in public, dizzily unaware of their own absurdity.
Woe to those who eschew the mainstream! Sieg heil!