Kennesaw State Prof Invents New Term: ‘Liberal Privilege’
Professor Melvyn Fein nails it on the head with this one. We could use a few more profs like him.
The College Fix reports.
WOW! Professor Coins Awesome New Term: ‘Liberal Privilege’
Check this out: a professor not only speaks out against white privilege – saying people should be judged by the content of their character – he goes on to explain the real problem – liberal privilege.
Melvyn Fein, a sociology professor at Kennesaw State University, writes for the Marietta Daily Journal:
Far more pervasive is “liberal privilege.” The very people who accuse others of not being sufficiently grateful for their status are guilty of taking their own advantages for granted. Liberals do not seem to recognize the special treatment they receive. They actually believe they are nicer and smarter than others as a result of having been allowed to get away with this conceit.
Liberals, because they are liberal, assume they are more compassionate than anyone who disagrees with them. From elementary school on, they are praised for their concerns about the welfare of others — even though this kindness is only manifested in verbal declarations.
Likewise, from the earliest grades, their teachers applaud their superior intelligence. Since they agree with the principles they are being taught and regurgitate them on cue, they are regarded as unusually perceptive. Critical thinking, although orally encouraged, is, in practice, punished.
And so liberals grow up in a bubble of self-deception. Their self-esteem is grounded in conforming to beliefs that do not accord with reality, but which nevertheless earn them gold stars and certificates of achievement.
Then they enter the real world. Yet for them, it is not altogether real. The books they read and the television shows they watch confirm their special status. Liberal newsreaders and authors assure them they are better than their conservative peers. Clearly, they are more generous and insightful than these relics.
Professor Fein – why aren’t there more of you out there? Liberal Privilege – that has a nice ring to it.
We’ll try a few:
#LiberalPrivilege – Is OK with discrimination, as long as it’s against Christians
#LiberalPrivilege – They are for free speech – unless it’s something they disagree with
#LiberalPrivilege – They are against racism – but support affirmative action quotas based on skin color
WOW! Professor Coins Awesome New Term: ‘Liberal Privilege’ (The College Fix)
Comments
There it is in a nutshell! Ultimately they want to rule the world and have the final say on everything.
Yowza! A career sociologist graduated NYU now at Kennesaw State is making public statements about his observations of liberal privilege. Surprised may be to mild a word for me.
There is no doubt for me that liberals see themselves and behaves as he describes. To be honest, I find that the more committed a person is with their ideology – meaning the less open they are to “the other” – the more this applies, left or right. But the hypocrisy of the left as he describes it is unmatched by far.
Color me shocked. The truth can be ugly.