Two references to the new University of Austin (#UTAX) arrived in my email feed Friday morning - one from The Washington Post Book Club and another from a friend - so I looked it up. “We’re Featuring a University Dedicated to the Fearless Pursuit of Truth,” the virtual calling card for the university reads. The WaPo correspondent, critic Ron Charles, called that motto “cringe worthy,” while my friend interpreted the words as timely pushback against “political correctness” and “cancel culture.”
Even though the context of the creation of this new University has some merit, whenever, I see "Fearless Pursuit of Truth" either from the Left or the Right -- is enough to pause and question. Also ferguson, summers, pinker..they are just so outdated. Not just because they are old white men they just lost their edge and power of insightful critique. We will see.
Even though the context of the creation of this new University has some merit, whenever, I see "Fearless Pursuit of Truth" either from the Left or the Right -- is enough to pause and question. Also ferguson, summers, pinker..they are just so outdated. Not just because they are old white men they just lost their edge and power of insightful critique. We will see.