As if it were somehow a closely-guarded secret that liberals hate Republicans, a University of Michigan communications professor decided to come out of the closet – so to speak – in a diatribe she titled, “It’s Okay to Hate Republicans.” In the op-ed, written for In These Times magazine, Susan Douglas tells the world that she “can’t stand the thought of having to spend the next two years watching Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Ted Cruz, Darrell Issa or any of the legions of other blowhards denying climate change, thwarting immigration reform or championing fetal ‘personhood.’” In making her case for the enlightened emotion of hate, Douglas calls on a history of spurious research into partisan politics. Drawing on this social science folderol, she says that conservative thought is centered in “core elements of social intolerance. The need for certainty, the need to manage fear of social change, leads to black-and-white thinking and an embrace of stereotypes.” Inevitably, not everyone at the University of Michigan agreed with the professor’s views. Grant Strobl, chairman of UM’s Young Americans for Freedom group, said, “the university should take action on the behalf of intellectual diversity and all of the students who are intimidated into silence.” Joining him in the rebuke was Bobby Schostak, chairman of the Michigan Republican Party: “The piece by Professor Susan J. Douglas is ugly and full of hatred, and it should not be tolerated by the University of Michigan.”
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 00:48:39 +0000
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