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...techniques of argument. His talk of an elite conspiracy has seeped into the political dialogue. It is becoming increasingly fashionable to condemn entire schools of thought without explanation, to speak of groups in sweeping and erroneous generalizations, to condemn any solution that is grounded in something deeper than knee-jerk common sense. In response to these trends, Democrats and Republicans who place the pursuit of truth above their party labels must acknowledge that "liberal academia" is not involved in a secret plot to destroy America. "Elite universities" are not motivated by secret political agendas. Those holding liberal views...
...were pleased to see that the debate at the IOP represented a significant improvement over the initial set of knee-jerk responses to the book. The discourse that evening seemed to constitute a victory of rational discourse over emotionally-charged dismissals...
...President will get blind support from either one. Says Dodd: "We want Clinton to succeed but not at our expense. This wasn't just a speed-bump election. It was sweeping, and we're nervous about this President. The surest road to our own defeat is to be knee-jerk cheerleaders for the Administration...
Affirmative action is a flawed solution, but the refusal to acknowledge different levels of opportunity for Blacks before the college level discredits knee-jerk conservative attacks...
...talking about knee-jerk rhetoric, where does abortion fit into this? (Planned Parenthood is the Anti-Christ!) McGuire and the conservatives want to have it both ways--playing the race card to win elections in the suburbs and then pretending there are no real differences between races when it comes time to make public policy...