Remarkable Statements by Bloomberg

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From the nanny himself.  Perhaps he's channeling his inner-libertarian?


Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg accused the entire Ivy League of liberal political bias during a particularly fiery commencement address at Harvard University Thursday.
"It is just a modern form of McCarthyism," Bloomberg said of university "censorship" of conservatives. "Think about the irony: In the 1950s, the right wing was attempting to repress left wing ideas. Today, on many college campuses, it is liberals trying to repress conservative ideas even as conservative faculty members are at risk of becoming an endangered species"

"And that is probably nowhere more true than it is here in the Ivy League," declared Bloomberg.

Bloomberg cited campaign contributions from Ivy League faculty members during the 2012 presidential race in order to press his point. Bloomberg, an independent, endorsed President Barack Obama's re-election. However, in his speech, he said he found it troubling that so many university employees were on the Democratic side of the race.

"In the 2012 presidential race, according to Federal Election Commission data, 96% of all campaign contributions from Ivy League faculty and employees went to Barack Obama," he said. "There was more disagreement among the old Soviet politburo than there is among Ivy League donors."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/michael-bloomberg-blasts-ivy-league-for-liberal-censorship-2014-5#ixzz33CXibAS3

There should always be a forum for both Liberal and Conservative ideas in campuses. As long as the words or actions of an individual do no harm, and invoke thought. The more controversial, the better, because controversy invokes the most critical of thought, and the most productive debate. It also allows the non-thinkers to self-identify, which is very important to any truly intellectual community interested in producing leaders instead of followers.  Bloomberg has done a great service by offering these words, a service that I'm sure will not go unpunished by the left.

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From the nanny himself.  Perhaps he's channeling his inner-libertarian?


Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg accused the entire Ivy League of liberal political bias during a particularly fiery commencement address at Harvard University Thursday.
"It is just a modern form of McCarthyism," Bloomberg said of university "censorship" of conservatives. "Think about the irony: In the 1950s, the right wing was attempting to repress left wing ideas. Today, on many college campuses, it is liberals trying to repress conservative ideas even as conservative faculty members are at risk of becoming an endangered species"

"And that is probably nowhere more true than it is here in the Ivy League," declared Bloomberg.

Bloomberg cited campaign contributions from Ivy League faculty members during the 2012 presidential race in order to press his point. Bloomberg, an independent, endorsed President Barack Obama's re-election. However, in his speech, he said he found it troubling that so many university employees were on the Democratic side of the race.

"In the 2012 presidential race, according to Federal Election Commission data, 96% of all campaign contributions from Ivy League faculty and employees went to Barack Obama," he said. "There was more disagreement among the old Soviet politburo than there is among Ivy League donors."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/michael-bloomberg-blasts-ivy-league-for-liberal-censorship-2014-5#ixzz33CXibAS3

There should always be a forum for both Liberal and Conservative ideas in campuses. As long as the words or actions of an individual do no harm, and invoke thought. The more controversial, the better, because controversy invokes the most critical of thought, and the most productive debate. It also allows the non-thinkers to self-identify, which is very important to any truly intellectual community interested in producing leaders instead of followers.  Bloomberg has done a great service by offering these words, a service that I'm sure will not go unpunished by the left.

Please, modern conservationism's issues aren't with Ivy League professors, it's with reality.