Re NYTimes: The Misguided Student Crusade Against ‘Fascism’

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: L Jean Camp <ljeanc () gmail com>
> Date: October 23, 2017 at 1:36:49 PM EDT
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] NYTimes: The Misguided Student Crusade Against ‘Fascism’
> Reply-To: ljeanc () gmail com
>
> " students who squelch speech alienate those who are most likely to be sympathetic to their message." and the 
> protests attempted to create discussions of the high cost of tuition and corporatization of education.
>
> The author of this is the 9th highest paid president of 220 public universities. He demanded 50% increase over the 
> previous president. 
> http://www.opb.org/news/article/uo-president-to-be-9th-highest-paid-among-220-universities-/
>
> And depending on where this university is on the curve this cost each  one of those students from $300 to $6000 in 
> tuition 
> https://www.pearson.com/corporate/news/blogs/research/2013/01/look-at-your-data--administrator-salary-and-tuition.html
>
> And when Presidential salaries go up, all administrative salaries go up, but faculty salaries do not. 
>
> He is not sympathetic to their cause. 
>
> He is part of the problem of higher tuition. 
>
> And normally he can ignore them. He wants them to sit silently and absorb debt, when they object in the rare moment 
> that he is accessible to students he calls it "silencing".
>
> The thing about fascists is they silence the powerless. 
>
>
> Prof. L. Jean Camp
> http://www.ljean.com
>
> Make a Difference 
> http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/govfel/congfel.asp
>
> > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote:
> > Here's a story from The New York Times that I thought you'd find interesting:
> >
> > Protesters who shut down speech mimic the actions of those they say they oppose.
> >
> > Read More...
> >
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