David Horowitz on Inequality - Reed College 2005

Highlight from the infamous lecture between a professor at Reed College and David Horowitz, a right-wing rhetorician. This is a segment, though somewhat tangential, of his argument in favor of "academic equality."

Watch to the end for maximum shock.

Note: This man is powerful, and his ideas should be considered dangerous. "Academic Equality," more or less in Horowitz' opinion, is that the classroom at all levels of education be politically neutral. This is to protect the rights of people of all political backgrounds. However, who will monitor the teachers? Will we have thought police? Will students themselves be put at odds against their instructors? He wants to make political equality in the classrooms a concern of the government: he wants to put this into law. Who is to deem what is equal? What is politically neutral? By the looks of this video, I'm not sure Horowitz would be the best judge.

Apparently, Because Oprah is a rich, fat, black woman - granddaughter of a slave - there are no social hierarchies in the USA. In fact, this whole business about social inequality is completely fictitious and is all lies fed to us by the leftist academics. Because Mexicans immigrate to the US, they obviously face no barriers to success. Racism? It's a thing of the past -- I'm glad we have such brilliant people like Horowitz influencing our government.

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[giantleafy]

Maybe I should make myself clearer. I am not dismissing what Horowitz says as racist or a , as you say, "hate-crime." Thought, some of his language and declarations are rather blunt.

What Horowitz is doing is using specific and examples (Operah etc.) to prove a very wide, and untrue statement: that there are not inherent socio-economic hierarchies in America.

[giantleafy]

He is a spin doctor, and he knows how to come to false conclusions through skilled oration (though I'm sure this is not his finest). Furthermore, the reason he is talking in the first place is to promote his idea of "academic equality." This clip shows that he is not only bias but can take extraneous facts and use them for his own agenda.

The point I want to make is that any political program by this man, especially one toting "equality," should not be trusted and is inherently suspect.

[giantleafy]

No, I don't believe I missed his point.

[wallstreetNO1]

fuckin shit. crackling sound all the way through.

[IcedCoffee81]

Okay, I decided not to watch this because of that fart noise in the background. That sound just needs to go. Horowitz is interesting and he makes some good points. But thanks to the distraction in background, I couldn't even hear him.

[mjn76]

David Horowitz is a very brave man.

[rimbaudlink]

shit video

[ahimoe]

McCutchen's comment is a stretch. What Steinberger did was to take one Horowitz publication on the art of political advocacy [which he didn't advocate "lies", but telling the truth in an effective way. Horowitz's "Radical Son" is an enlightening look at the "new left" which turns out to be pretty much the same as the old left. He is the premiere explainer of leftist psychology in America today. Leftists are always searching for a unobtainable utopia--impossible because it violates human nature.

[bigkahunaburger55555]

the audio is all fucked up

[johnmccutchen]

Professor Peter Steinberger, "the other guy", decided to take the time to read Horowitz's collected works. Using D. Horowitz's own words, which advocate the use of lies in order to advance an agenda, to discredit his present tirade, is an appropriate and responsible application of ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

[noahnz]

Lol seriously. The document itself didn't kill people anyway, not even the ideas killed people - people killed people and none of them ascribed strictly to Marxism.. not like it would have turned out much better if they had, but still...

[geistjagerin]

A lot of it doesn't make any sense. He says that if there are racial hierarchies in America, then immigrants must be stupid to come here. This ignores the obvious fact that racism is also rampant in other countries. Sure Oprah is successful, but there's only one Oprah. She doesn't represent all black people.

[geistjagerin]

Apparently the Communist Manifesto is a "hate document" because it has caused the deaths of millions of people. Why not just call the Bible a "hate document"? Plenty of blood has been spilt over that.

Reading is never a crime. If people have died over it, that's even more reason to read it.