Let me give another example of the liberal double standard. For 8 years they have called Bush a "chimp" and superimposed Bush pictures on the cartoon figure "Curious George". When an East Coast Merchant made a Tshirt with Obama's face superimposed on Curious George, there was an immediate outcray and much gnashing of teeth and shedding of tears by the left. And you wonder why we dismiss most of the left wing outrcies as hypocrisy.
Why?
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Indeed, many of the comments posted in response to stories written by the Portland Oregonian newspaper took aim at affirmative action. "Can I qualify for the 'Act Six' scholarship?" wrote one commenter. "White, Christian, middle-class, good high school grades?"
And another, scoffing at President Baker's accolades for a more diverse campus, wrote, "How or why is this in and of itself to be considered any kind of 'achievement'? Lowering standards to make your school appear more 'tolerant' or politically correct is hardly an achievement. Affirmative action is a negative—helps no one, and only dumbs down the mission."
At the other end of the extreme are comments that blame "intolerance" at George Fox for the incident, pointing out the lifestyle pledge that students and teachers are required to sign, upon attending school here. The pledge decrees that sexual behaviors outside the context of "mutual compassion, love and fidelity"—such as homosexuality—are inconsistent with God's teaching.
"You make a choice to come here," said Wilkins, defending the pledge. "We've had students who are homosexual on campus before. They are what they are, and we love and accept them regardless. But I'm sure it appears we're intolerant."
Be it racism, the limited good, anti-gay policies or just a dumb prank, there's plenty of material for spirited discussion these days at George Fox University—which is, in no small way, what higher education is all about.
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