It's About Time.

It's not news at all that a college would punish a student for being conservative, although I appreciate the school's honesty about its progressive agenda. They should all be so transparent.

And it's yet another example of the extreme ignorance and narrowness of perspective of the denizens of academia that Prof. Strom-Gottfried finds social work to be "at odds" with conservative beliefs and values. As every college graduate knows, conservatism is a cold, heartless ideology, forcing people to work for material gain, teenagers to suppress their hormonal desires, and selfish women to face the consequences of their reckless promiscuity. How could a proponent of such punishment, such--responsibility--possibly want to help people?

The irony of the Professor's position and that of the faculty at the Rhode Island College of Social Work is that their progressive welfare free-for-alls actually hurt society, though they will never for a second believe it. Of course a group of people who spend the past forty years (at least) loitering in lecture halls and will probably continue to do so long after they keel over think education is the answer to everything. Make people work for benefits--no way! School-yes! "We can make them just like us!"

Jesus Christ was one of the earliest social workers, and his message was very simple: trust God, and help yourself. It's debatable which part the progressive movement finds more threatening. If the public trusts God, they will rely on Him and His church in times of need, and not on the kinds of government programs which employ a lot of post-doctorate education addicts. And if people think they can help themselves, well--there will be a lot less societal whining, a lot less blaming of the haves by the have-nots. The perpetuation of liberalism relies heavily on the doctrine that you'll never get ahead, so don't bother.

College professors are, of course, the nation's biggest believers in the efficacy of socialism, even though their belief has no basis outside wishful thinking. Their plan to give people something for nothing has a twofold benefit. First, making people dependent on the government, as they will be when they are offered no incentive nor opportunity to help themselves, will naturally require an increase in government. A federal government bloated like a whale carcass in July is a socialist's dream. Secondly, as the poor will be lifetime slaves of government handouts, there will need to be an endless supply of funds--which will come from those commit the ghastly social crime of achieving financial success. Voila--wealth distribution and a government nanny for every citizen!