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You can't make this shit up anymore. I guess we're not breeding degenerate morons fast enough to refill the GOP ranks after #walkaway? They must be running scared with all these Dems talking about "free college", so I guess it's time to just ban higher education because it's a "liberal breeding ground".
https://www.newsweek.com/tennessee-senator-ban-higher-education-abortion-1458420
A Republican Tennessee lawmaker has called for the abolition of higher education for teaching liberal "garbage," which he says is resulting in the "murder of over half a million innocent lives" every year through abortion. Senator Kerry Roberts made the call while discussing Cherisse Scott, the CEO of Memphis-based reproductive advocacy group Sister Reach, and her appearance at the Senate Judiciary Committee last month to speak out against Senate bill 1236, which would implement an almost complete ban of abortions in Tennessee.
During a September 2 episode of his radio show, Roberts discussed Scott's testimony and said it is proof that the "liberal breeding ground" of higher education must be removed in order to "save America," as first reported by the Associated Press.
Roberts accused Scott of using "every liberal bit of indoctrination that you can get in a university setting today" when discussing why she is against banning abortion.
Roberts added: "If there's one thing that we can do to save America today is to get rid of our institutions of higher education right now and cut the liberal breeding ground off.
"The stupid stuff that our kids are being taught is absolutely ridiculous. And this is a woman who's a product of higher education, she's learned all of this stuff that flies in the face of what we stand for as a country. And here we are as legislators paying for this garbage to be taught to our children.
"And we're not doing anything about it and all these Red states across America, we let it exist, and it's absolutely unbelievable. And this is the price that we pay; the murder of over half a million innocent lives every year, with people sitting there justifying it to their last breath."
...
In a statement to Newsweek clarifying his views, Roberts said: "While the call for eliminating higher education was clearly hyperbole, I stand behind my general critique of liberal arts education in America 100 percent.
"Many higher education institutions have unquestionably become liberal breeding grounds where radical values and hatred for America are fomented. Conservative parents are often spending (or borrowing) tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars to participate in an elaborate bait and switch. They sign up their children for education and advancement and instead receive intimidation and indoctrination.
Roberts added: "It's time for conservatives—whose taxpayer dollars significantly fund these institutions of higher education—to rise up and demand the restoration of balance in our halls of higher education.
"Do we literally need to abolish higher education in America? Of course not. There are institutions that have found balance and they are to be applauded. But it's time for lawmakers to question the efficacy of higher education in America, meaningless majors, liberal bias, and intolerance of traditional values and conservative points of view."
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Oh sure, just hyperbole? The last time conservatives demanded balance, they removed the fairness doctrine from the FCC and we ended up with Fox News.
If you want to see what happens to a publicly-funded state university when the GOP takes control, look no further than the University of North Carolina system under GOP supermajority rule.
Remember when liberals were being blamed for violating free speech rights on campus?
https://alumni.unc.edu/news/group-of-states-leaders-ask-bog-to-avoid-meddling-micromanaging/
https://alumni.unc.edu/news/bog-votes-to-shut-down-uncs-poverty-center/
https://www.carolinajournal.com/new...to-silence-critics-sources-media-outlets-say/
http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2019...u-chancellor-pushed-out-in-personal-vendetta/
https://www.newsweek.com/tennessee-senator-ban-higher-education-abortion-1458420
A Republican Tennessee lawmaker has called for the abolition of higher education for teaching liberal "garbage," which he says is resulting in the "murder of over half a million innocent lives" every year through abortion. Senator Kerry Roberts made the call while discussing Cherisse Scott, the CEO of Memphis-based reproductive advocacy group Sister Reach, and her appearance at the Senate Judiciary Committee last month to speak out against Senate bill 1236, which would implement an almost complete ban of abortions in Tennessee.
During a September 2 episode of his radio show, Roberts discussed Scott's testimony and said it is proof that the "liberal breeding ground" of higher education must be removed in order to "save America," as first reported by the Associated Press.
Roberts accused Scott of using "every liberal bit of indoctrination that you can get in a university setting today" when discussing why she is against banning abortion.
Roberts added: "If there's one thing that we can do to save America today is to get rid of our institutions of higher education right now and cut the liberal breeding ground off.
"The stupid stuff that our kids are being taught is absolutely ridiculous. And this is a woman who's a product of higher education, she's learned all of this stuff that flies in the face of what we stand for as a country. And here we are as legislators paying for this garbage to be taught to our children.
"And we're not doing anything about it and all these Red states across America, we let it exist, and it's absolutely unbelievable. And this is the price that we pay; the murder of over half a million innocent lives every year, with people sitting there justifying it to their last breath."
...
In a statement to Newsweek clarifying his views, Roberts said: "While the call for eliminating higher education was clearly hyperbole, I stand behind my general critique of liberal arts education in America 100 percent.
"Many higher education institutions have unquestionably become liberal breeding grounds where radical values and hatred for America are fomented. Conservative parents are often spending (or borrowing) tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars to participate in an elaborate bait and switch. They sign up their children for education and advancement and instead receive intimidation and indoctrination.
Roberts added: "It's time for conservatives—whose taxpayer dollars significantly fund these institutions of higher education—to rise up and demand the restoration of balance in our halls of higher education.
"Do we literally need to abolish higher education in America? Of course not. There are institutions that have found balance and they are to be applauded. But it's time for lawmakers to question the efficacy of higher education in America, meaningless majors, liberal bias, and intolerance of traditional values and conservative points of view."
--
Oh sure, just hyperbole? The last time conservatives demanded balance, they removed the fairness doctrine from the FCC and we ended up with Fox News.
If you want to see what happens to a publicly-funded state university when the GOP takes control, look no further than the University of North Carolina system under GOP supermajority rule.
Remember when liberals were being blamed for violating free speech rights on campus?
https://alumni.unc.edu/news/group-of-states-leaders-ask-bog-to-avoid-meddling-micromanaging/
https://alumni.unc.edu/news/bog-votes-to-shut-down-uncs-poverty-center/
https://www.carolinajournal.com/new...to-silence-critics-sources-media-outlets-say/
http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2019...u-chancellor-pushed-out-in-personal-vendetta/
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