In a News & Observer op-ed, UNC-CH Prof. Andrew J. Perrin suggests the campus “marginalization of conservatives” isn’t that big a deal. And (take note, you conservatives!): “As reasonable citizens, we should be prepared to shift our thinking in the face of new evidence and different points of view.”
In other words, you conservatives shouldn’t kvetch about being subjected to a constant stream of leftist ideology — it might just change your minds! Besides, y’all are losers anyway: “Conservative students’ accusations of discrimination are, quite simply, evidence that they are losing in the marketplace of ideas.”
A marketplace? OK, let’s run with the analogy. The conservatives’ complaint amounts to this: the government has set up a monopoly instead of allowing competition; i.e., this contest of ideas is fixed.
Perrin also wrongly suggests the Committee for a Better Carolina doesn’t “engag[e], honestly and openly, in the exchange of ideas.” Check out their web site (e.g., click on the “flip side” link). I’d say they do a heckuva lot better job at it than Perrin.
