"...the ones who agree with me. The ones who don’t are just being divisive, and must be excluded from society.”The seething resentment against tenure has always been a thing, but if Texas wants to destroy its flagship university - one of the best in the country - then Texans have a right to be stupid. https://t.co/Nf08ij7wgz
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 29, 2023
Tom Nichols is right about what happens next. But Patrick and Abbott also want to raise the reputation of the state universities. Obviously they are stupidly working at cross-purposes.
Back when Rick Perry was governor, he tried to promote state universities hiring more adjuncts and fewer professors on tenure track. UT Alumni made their opposition quite clear, considering what that would have done to the university’s reputation and academic standing. I’m wondering if they aren’t going to rise again.
If that doesn’t happen, Patrick and Abbott are going to be left explaining the exodus of professors and the falling reputations of all the state schools. That would probably begin within a few months after the laws took effect.
These guys are Sooper-geniuses! Except for the damage it would do, I’d almost look forward to them facing the consequences of their stupidity. Because they really are just a pack of god-damned fools who think people who don’t think as they do, don’t matter. I’d like them to finally and irrevocably be proven wrong.
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