richard weaver wrote a seminole work in 1958. what was his point in ideas have consequences.'s no such thing as a neutral idea. your grandmother said garbage in, garbage out. she was right. ideas have consequences. we've been teaching this narcissism and victimization for decades. we are we surprised to see self-absorbed, narcissistic students that are being vengeful and demonstrating vice rather than virtue in the public square. >> so when you wrote "not a day care" people picked up on that. and i love the cover. you have the safety pin as if they needed a diaper. when you wrote the op-ed, more people came to you seeking you out. wanted advice. i wonder, was the problem worse than you knew? >> i'm an academic. i'm in the industry. i'd claim that my industry caused this monster. we caused the problems by the lousy teachers we've had and now we're getting the lousy reaches. no, i'm not surprised to see the problem. what i do think we need to recognize is the degree of the problem. what we have is idealogical fascism in the ivory tower rather than academic freedom. we get the w

you guys know this you've been taught this. 1948, richard weaver told us ideas have consequences was the title of his book. you hardly even need to read the book read the title. ideas have consequences. ideas matter. few years after that, excuse me a few years earlier than 1948 hitler said let me control the text bock and i will control the state. and one said, we warn of where education can be used as a means of total power and control ideas clearly do have consequences. go ahead and evil people have recognized this. good ideas lead to good culture and good behavior and church and good corporations and good kids. bad ideas lead to the opposite. like your grandmother told you, garbage in garbage out. she was right. ideas hear the. matter and i would argue today that education is in a total mess colleges and universities are are in crisis. the contemporary university is no longer known for pursuing truth but rather for celebrating tolerance and in the name of tolerance i'm told that my intolerance is intolerable this is nonsense it is ideological i hate you hate hadful people i'm sure