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n2doc

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3. The righties have hated higher ed since the 60's, at least

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 09:22 AM

Jun 2015

and have been going after tenure at the K-12 level now for decades. I don't see any reason to be surprised, other than how long it has taken them to put the 2 together.

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Since when did tenure become a liberal icon?? [View all] a kennedy Jun 2015 OP

I guess they're emblematic of job security, which most people love, but which is hated by plutocrats Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #1

Beat me to it. malthaussen Jun 2015 #2

The righties have hated higher ed since the 60's, at least n2doc Jun 2015 #3

Tenure's just a smokescreen consistent with the other anti-job security moves. The target is... Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2015 #4

With a smidgen of anti-reality bias thrown in. Orsino Jun 2015 #8

Tenure is always "the problem" when it's in the way. Igel Jun 2015 #5

When the other side became the Party of Not Knowing Stuff. Orsino Jun 2015 #6

It's an anti-union thing, but also, professors who have tenure can say things gollygee Jun 2015 #7

Tenure means I can teach US involvement in Latin America... a la izquierda Jun 2015 #9

Hoping I can get a few, just a few, more responses to this d*mn daimportant topic..... a kennedy Jun 2015 #10