Darth Omar (01-06-2019)
Some of the "useful idiots" (a reference to American liberals by the old USSR leaders) denied that the Gulags were places of obscene horror, torture and deprivation.
They, in effect, perpetuated their existence by their denials. The suffering continued.
Darth Omar (01-06-2019)
You addressed that remark to me...IN THIS THREAD.
Learn to say, "I made a mistake" when you make a mistake.
Neither.Do you have a problem with Vanderbilt or just higher education in general?
I have a degree in economics...with additional majors in Philosophy and Religion. Didn't have much in the way of financial resources, so I went to a less expensive Lutheran College (on the GI bill)...rather than university. Did graduate work at at university in psychology. (My interests were eclectic.)
I understand that Vanderbuilt is an excellent engineering school albeit a bit pricey. It does seem always to be fighting charges of having racist and homophobic tendencies.
Fuck American liberals.
The gulags were disgusting...places of horror.
I do not remember any American liberal ever suggesting they were not.
If in fact, Soltzhenisyn meant "American liberals" when he talked about "useful idiots"...perhaps you can dig up something he said to that effect.
If that is merely something you manufactured...perhaps you can quote an American liberal denying they were horrendous places.
By the way, today's Russians seem to think American conservatives...and Donald Trump in particular, are useful idiots.
I haven't heard those charges.Vanderbilt was ranked 13th overall recently by Forbes, I believe. They are a very liberal university. My father and all seven (7) of my siblings have degrees from there.
One of my three brothers joined the Communist party while there. We convinced him that he could either tear up his membership card or eat it. He tore it up.
My Son-in-Law has almost completed his PhD in Econ. He only has his dissertation to defend.
Good for you...if true.
Earl (01-06-2019)
Without reading the entire thread...by "journalists" was it just the one or far more?
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