University And College Professors

Trump’s War On “Knowledge Workers”: Scientists, Professors, Attorneys, Journalists, Librarians!

Another manifestation of the harm and danger that Donald Trump has brought upon America is his ongoing war on “Knowledge Workers”, the educated and intellectual experts in American society.

This includes such groups as:

Scientists and Medical Professionals
Professors and Teachers in all fields of Knowledge
Attorneys and other Legal Professionals
Journalists in Newspapers, Periodicals and Cable News
Librarians in Public Libraries and School Libraries

In his attack on these professional fields, Trump is undermining scientific and medical expertise, in so doing threatening public health.

Trump is also trying to rewrite the history of the American nation; transforming what people can read and study in the field of literature; and promoting a white Christianity as the only acceptable cultural alternative for the future.

The goal clearly is to control the minds and thoughts of the younger generations for the future, and to promote a narrow minded view of the world.

The resistance against this threat has been heroic, but the long term danger is still a dire threat to American democracy and the rule of law.

Universities And The Israel-Hamas War: The Appropriate Role For Professors

The sad and tragic events occurring at many universities and college across tha nation regarding the Israel-Hamas War are inciting anti Jewish and anti Muslim hatred, which is deplorable!

And the fact that there are university and college professors who are abandoning their role as moderators of differences, and actively engaging in promoting occupation of university facilities and extremist actions and rhetoric, is totally outrageous and unacceptable behavior!

The role of professors is to promote dialogue and discussion, and work to promote understanding, but their standing as faculty does not give them the right to provoke extremist actions of any kind!

Free speech and the right to demonstrations on public issues does not certify the right to occupy buildings and provoke violence, so professors lose their high ethical and moral standing when they do so, and it should be condemned by all reasonable people!