Anyone familiar with the tactics of the fundamentalists who took over the Southern Baptist Convention during the 1980's will understand the import of an article in today's Dallas Morning News. The article reveals that conservatives are beginning to collect information that can be used to wage a propaganda war against liberal academics.
My advice to liberal academics in Texas is to operate under the assumption that students are being sent to record their lectures and conversations. Expect these students to report to Rovian political operatives who will use unguarded statements or will twist and distort factual statements to make life miserable for them.
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I bet you are glad you are not in this mess. I feel sorry for the poor professors who are caught in this, is yours and Pat's friend Jeff still teaching there?
Why is the truth so threatening to these people? If their view is a good one then people will choose it.
In effect, they are trying to circumvent the whole concept of intellectual honesty and free will.
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