Thomas Dingman

Above is the front cover for the latest American Dissident, issue #23. It features Harvard University, which recently placed civility on a higher level than democracy (i.e., vigorous debate, freedom of speech and freedom of expression).  Depicted are Thomas Dingman, Dean of Freshman, Sue Brown, Ph.D., Resident Dean, Katie Steele, Director for Freshman Programming, Brandon Edwards, Assistant to Dean of Freshmen and Freshman Programs Assistant leading flagellant students of the new freshman class in a recitation of the pledge:

“I shall act with integrity, respect, and industry, and to sustain a community characterized by inclusiveness and civility. The exercise of kindness holds a place on a par with intellectual attainment.”

Sadly,one former student, Ralph Waldo Emerson, is imprisoned in a pillory and reciting a different pledge: “Go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways.” Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” used to be required reading by each new freshman class at Harvard… that is, until multiculti happy-face dogmatists took over.  Unsurprisingly, not one of the above persons contacted deigned to respond to my correspondance.