Ranting against Wash U's honoree
Around here, the biggest debate of the season is not the presidential race, but Washington University's decision to give Phyllis Schlafly an honorary degree during graduation ceremonies this weekend.
Kathy G, writing at Crooked Timber, is a case in point. She not only despises Schlafly, but goes on a rant against the very idea of any conservative or republican being worthy to sit on the dais at a Wash U graduation.
"But this way madness lies. Because, as much as conservatives may whine and scream to the contrary, liberalism and conservatism are not moral equivalents. Because, on the one side you have the thinkers and activists who have advanced freedom, social justice, and human rights, and on the other, you have those who have attempted to thwart all those things."
The tolerance in that statement is incredible....isn't it?
Posted by: Displaced Texan... | May 13, 2008 at 09:14 AM
Pretty much a discussion stopper that's for sure
Posted by: diane | May 13, 2008 at 02:52 PM
Schlafly was probably the queen of intolerance; so she should understand.
Posted by: Rand Conley | May 14, 2008 at 12:59 AM