They really go back well over 20 years for this stuff\u2026do the alumni really know this stuff, and hold on to their hate so diligently? I think it\u2019s a fair question, because when Progressives speak, things they\u2019ve said many years ago don\u2019t seem to be a problem. Why does only one side get the free pass, again?<\/p>\n

Despite the university\u2019s tale about\u00a0\u00a0\u201calumni complaints\u201d and how such complaints reflect so poorly on the school, that\u2019s their story and they\u2019re sticking to it:<\/p>\n

Once the Liberal Arts College at Concordia announced its choice of speaker for the reunion, \u201ca large number\u201d of alumni reached out to faculty members to voice their concerns, Russell said. Many alumni stated that they would not attend the gala \u201cbecause they objected to the views [Mansfield] has expressed publicly on women and homosexuals,\u201d he added.<\/i><\/p>\n

Not to denigrate the professor here, but was he really so critically important in 1993 that his words are specifically recalled and reviled to this day? I barely remember anything anyone said then without a bit of jogging of my memory, and I suspect most of my readers are the same. Why should anyone believe this story?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sorry, just not buying it. Who are really complaining?<\/p>\n

Professors within the college discussed the alumni concerns,\u2026<\/i>
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\n<\/i>Yeah, I\u2019m leaning towards the faculty, particularly Leftists who just can\u2019t stand anyone (not on their side) who speaks heresy. Doesn\u2019t it sound more credible that faculty would remember some testimony from over 25 years ago than alumni who probably wouldn\u2019t even be alive at the time? I\u2019m not ruling out admin either, mind you, I can totally see them throwing their alumni and the school under the bus just to protect their ideology.<\/p>\n

One faculty member is against insulting the school, Professor Mansfield, and the alumni just to advance Progressivism, and is willing to speak out:<\/p>\n

He said Thursday that he\u2019s received feedback from numerous alumni and students, with \u201c10 to one\u201d against disinvitation.<\/i>
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\n<\/i>What, you mean we’re being lied to? I’m shocked, shocked. I sure hope he has a long career at Concordia\u2026but the gentle reader can forgive me for having some doubts. He\u2019s trying to preserve the integrity of the school, at least. I wish him luck.
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Mansfield on Thursday \u201cpassed\u201d on describing his current views on gender and gay marriage other than to say he\u2019s \u201cguilty\u201d of holding conservative positions.<\/i>
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\n<\/i>Note that this consistent silencing of conservative speakers is having an effect. Mansfields knows things he said in the previous millennium (sigh\u2026I remember when that wasn\u2019t so long ago\u2026) will be held against him, and isn\u2019t about to add to his list of \u201ccrimes.\u201d Do you think the Progressives will scruple to not attack Mansfield\u2019s children when they get the chance? And so a scholar silences himself for love of his family.<\/p>\n

I reiterate this is an everyday event on campus now, and so, much like the silence of our scholars, is all but impossible for the uninitiated to notice. It happens all the same.<\/p>\n