government wants to purge liberals from universities

[flyingfysh]

It's not the US government (yet). It's the government of Iran. See http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14676069/

Iran's leader calls for purge of liberal professors

Ahmadinejad says 'change has begun' to staffing in country's universities

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Tuesday for a purge of liberal and secular teachers from the country's universities, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported in another step back to 1980s-style radicalism.

"Today, students should shout at the president and ask why liberal and secular university lecturers are present in the universities," the agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying during a meeting with a group of students.

Ahmadinejad complained that changes in the country's universities were difficult to accomplish and that the country's educational system had been affected by secularism for the last 150 years, but said "such a change has begun."

Earlier this year, Iran retired dozens of liberal university professors and teachers. And last November, Ahmadinejad's administration for the first time named a cleric to head the country's oldest university in Tehran amid protests by students over the appointment.

[bluerum]

1. Hey - just like the US!

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. It appears that the rw has quite a bit in common with Ahmadinejad

after all.

[rodeodance]

8. yeah, you'd think Bush would woant to have a folky chat with him.

[Double T]

3. How long before bushco adopts this policy????

political cleansing.....

[QuestionAll...]

4. It's already been in the works for some time now...

Juan Cole was denied.
sorry, forget the details, too many details!

There's been some talk for a time now about certain subjects (questioning Israel, for one) are not to be allowed on campuses.

[whistle]

5. Well, the U.S. under BushCo is getting closer and closer to Nazi

Germany with habitual and dangerous criminal registration laws and Nuremberg Racial Purity laws:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/holocaust/timeprint.html

[Warpy]

6. The effect will be the same in either country

Empty classrooms.

[135th]

7. But haven't you all read...

...Horowitz list of the 100 Most Dangerous Professors? Don't you realize that many are liberal? Don't you want our children to be safe from them before they are forced to criticize Israel, get abortions, and have access to on campus birth control?


Why don't you love our children???

[nealmhughes]

9. My favorites on the Horowitz list are Eric Foner and Glenda Gilmore!

Howard Zinn is dangerous! Reading the Peoples' History will make you want to skip The Fountainhead and read Communist Manifesto! Cornel West is a Satanist! Don't let that benign Ethopian Orthodox exterior fool you students! God judged Ed Said for his writing...

Putrid. The College Republicans are neck-deep in Horowitz's manure.

[razors edge]

10. think of the money they'll save,

higher education need never go beyond bible school.