George Mason University calls cops on student for article criticizing Trump
George Mason University calls cops on student for article criticizing Trump
After a GMU student wrote a provocative essay asking when violence against tyranny is justified, the university promptly forgot its own revolutionary roots — and called the cops.
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George Mason has been a right wing school for awhile. They started with economics and found it to be a way to compete with DC schools (that are normal academic institutions) and UVA (one of the best schools in the world) and now it’s just a marketing thing.
Not saying anyone should shut it down. The quote "science advances one funeral at a time" is not always wrong. But usually, it advances by the hard, seemingly uninteresting work of hundreds of people.
I’ve been to George Mason and taken classes there. What makes it a right wing school? The closest thing I can think of was Edward Wegman teaching there and the dude was a professed liberal… he just didn’t agree with the math. Overall, I’d say my classes were left leaning. (Or maybe just sane leaning)
I’d say GMU is more of a commuter school/school for international students.
It’s probably not the undergrad curriculum so much as the professors they hire. But the Antonin Scalia School of Law is one sign.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/30/us/supreme-court-scalia-law-school.html
The Mercutus Center
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercatus_Center
Some “professors” who are being paid despite not actually teaching there:
The trifecta of repulsion
People in these positions should be humble, sincere, righteous and, most importantly, unable to be bribed.
Interesting! I didn’t even know GMU had a law school
Open mouth insert foot.