A Reminder that Austin Is The "Liberal" City In Texas

How did the Ancient Greeks and Romans defend the governments? Find out in our new summer course. pic.twitter.com/jIQTGtoh0S

— University of Austin Classics (UATX) (@uaustinclassics) November 9, 2021

New course announcement: "Cancel Culture, Censorship, and the Fall of Rome." pic.twitter.com/j1cQ4Xnjrp

— University of Austin Classics (UATX) (@uaustinclassics) November 9, 2021

I think it's possible to talk about cultural problems in modern academia without sounding like Aaron Rodgers talking about being persecuted.

In theory.https://t.co/zvY7EzLyjZ

— ForbiddenPopehat (@Popehat) November 9, 2021

I’m going to the University of Austin to major in Modern Dance and minor in Astrophysics pic.twitter.com/o4EL8LfaFG

— ForbiddenPopehat (@Popehat) November 8, 2021

That last tweet was the first I'd heard of the "University of Austin" (not to be confused with the state college in Austin, the University of Texas at Austin).  There is, again for clarity, a University of Houston; but it's a state school, too, not a private clown college like this.  (There's also, confusingly enough, an Austin College; but it's in Sherman, Texas.  Have I told you too much yet?)  Apparently they will study "thinkers" like Anne Coulter (is she still alive?) and be taught by luminaries like Micheal (Why Isn't He In Jail?) Flynn.

This is where I remind you that Alex Jones worked out of Austin for a long time, until he basically got sued into oblivion.

I gotta question how this "school" even gets accredited.  Oh, well, fools and their money....

I do like the implicit comparison between America and Rome.  Rome may have brought civil engineering to the ancient world, but it was hardly the model of self-governance, especially after Julius Caesar became diktator and never gave the office up.  But I'm guessing for this crowd that's a feature, not a bug.