Ignorance and apathy
Posted By: Harlowe, 12/26/2023 5:25:08 PM
The joke is told about a poll taker who asks about ignorance and apathy in the country. "I don't know, and I don't care," says the respondent. The consequences of that attitude are playing out across America. There are two questions most reporters never seem to ask when it comes to mass demonstrations like the recent ones over the Israeli-Hamas War. One is whether they are spontaneous, or are they organized and subsidized by outside entities? Second, have large financial gifts from foreign entities and left-wing organizations compromised some universities that fear losing money should they speak up in ways that might offend the donors?
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The joke is told about a poll taker who asks about ignorance and apathy in the country. "I don't know, and I don't care," says the respondent. The consequences of that attitude are playing out across America. There are two questions most reporters never seem to ask when it comes to mass demonstrations like the recent ones over the Israeli-Hamas War. One is whether they are spontaneous, or are they organized and subsidized by outside entities? Second, have large financial gifts from foreign entities and left-wing organizations compromised some universities that fear losing money should they speak up in ways that might offend the donors?
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Mr. Thomas points out that failure to ask those questions “contributes to public (and student) ignorance and apathy” and emphasizes that “deliberate ignorance and false teaching about events here and in the Middle East and China” as well as America media’s refusal “to pay serious attention to the connection between foreign donations” that influence policies and teaching at recipient universities “plays into the hands” of America’s adversaries. He suggests reporters could “use a crash course in history at a university that refuses donations from foreign entities that have agendas.”