I think you encapsulated the Libertarian problem entirely....
At times, points made almost remind me of the majority white male Libertarians who holler about their civil rights and privacy, which were not granted others, so I look at them as if they are spoilt children, like when they are wailing about their high taxes to a person starving.
Indeed.....read this thread.....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5004676
How horrible that colleges are going to get ratings, in part determined by the levels of violence they have on campus, that will help determine how much government funding they get! It's terrible! Bad Obama! Bad Arne Duncan!
To repeat a post I made on that critique:
George Will's rape column decried the new federal college rating system because it might include stats on violence that had been derived from "capacious" definitions of sexual assault:
Combine this with capacious definitions of sexual assault that can include not only forcible sexual penetration but also nonconsensual touching. Then add the doctrine that the consent of a female who has been drinking might not protect a male from being found guilty of rape. Then comes costly litigation against institutions that have denied due process to males they accuse of what society considers serious felonies.
Now academia is unhappy about DOE’s plan for government to rate every institution’s educational product. But the professors need not worry. A DOE official says this assessment will be easy: “It’s like rating a blender.” Education, gadgets — what’s the difference?
For shits and giggles, if a DUer wanted to see who else on DU is decrying this new rating system, and blaming the President, the Secretary of Education, and the DOE, they could google the phrase I have bolded in the helpful little box up at the right that admin has provided.
To the Jury...it's not against the TOS to refer to prior postings....the admin gave us a helpful little search box to do so.
Note.....here you have George Will, and a number of DUers critiquing the use of sexual assault rates in determining college rankings....it does not get more Libertarian or ODS than that.
Kozol? Ah..that was one of the books that convinced me to leave teaching and go to law school.
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