Walter E. Williams: Anti-intellectualism among the academic elite
"But what about the flap over Dr. Summers' suggestion that genetics or innate differences might play a role in the paucity of women in science and engineering? It's not that important whether Dr. Summers is right or wrong. What's important is the attempt by some of the academic elite to stifle inquiry. Universities are supposed to be places where ideas are pursued and tested, and stand or fall on their merit. Suppression of ideas that are seen as being out of the mainstream has become all too common at universities. The creed of the leftist religion is that any difference between people is a result of evil social forces. That's a vision that can lead to the return to the Dark Ages."
So many people today deny the existence of objective morality and truth. That leaves them free to choose in every situation to believe what they will, and if it doesn't fit their agenda, they deny or reject it.
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