Michael Bloomberg’s Surprise Warning to Liberals at Harvard Commencement
Rob Bluey
May 31, 2014 at 4:26 pm
Billionaire media mogul and former mayor Michael Bloomberg has infuriated conservatives with his attacks on gun rights and nanny-state policies in New York City. But on a spring day at Harvard University’s commencement, his critique was directed at liberals.
“Today, on many college campuses, it is liberals trying to repress conservative ideas—even as conservative faculty members are at risk of becoming an endangered species,” Bloomberg said.
Bloomberg’s attack of liberal intolerance comes amid heightened debates over religious liberty in American life and free speech on college campuses. Condoleezza Rice, former secretary of state under President George W. Bush, withdrew from speaking after protests at Rutgers University, for example.
According to the Washington Free Beacon, Bloomberg lashed out at liberals, calling some of their actions a form of censorship. He cited a statistic from Harvard that 96 percent of faculty donated to President Obama’s re-election campaign.
“Ninty-six percent,” Bloomberg said, as he interrupted by applause. “There was more disagreement among the old Soviet Politburo than there was among Ivy League donors.”
So how were Bloomberg’s remarks received on campus? CNN found students who would’ve preferred he stayed away, including one who called his speech “detrimental” to graduates.
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Of course what he said is “detrimental”, because it is a factual statement. And facts are detrimental to opinion, emotion, and theoretical talking-points.
and reality…
One of the few times i believe the man is correct.
I think he may have been correct a few times before as a private citizen since he created a billion dollar media empire.
Of course he empathizes with the less fortunate as a billionaire humanitarian.
But this speech shows that even He recognizes how out of control the liberals in this country have become.
How about a RESET with regard to common sense in this country?
I think the problem lies with the younger generation of liberals. These younger people have developed their ideology online, and have worked themselves up into a state of belief that Republicans and those that don’t share their views are evil, guilty of war crimes, tax dodgers, gun nuts, etc.
Outstanding Student loan debt stands at $4 Trillon.
Most of it was sucked up by these 4 year Obama loving institutions.
The left leaning, liberal administrators are completely out of touch with the economic realities facing their own institutions, and seemingly are uninterested in the economic realities facing their ill prepared, misguided graduates.