{"id":2361,"date":"2021-11-03T14:11:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T14:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/why-i-will-not-support-my-alma-mater-an-open-letter-2\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T14:11:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T14:11:07","slug":"why-i-will-not-support-my-alma-mater-an-open-letter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2021\/11\/03\/why-i-will-not-support-my-alma-mater-an-open-letter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Will not Support my Alma Mater: An Open Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2 November 2021<\/span><\/div>\n
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Cheryl Mott Smith<\/span><\/div>\n
Executive Director<\/span><\/div>\n
Gift Planning<\/span><\/div>\n
Loyola Marymount University<\/span><\/div>\n
cheryl.smith@lmu.edu<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Dear Cheryl Mott Smith,<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I am an LMU graduate, class of '72. I am now in a position to make substantial monetary contributions to causes I deem worthy. LMU will not be on my list. As a classical liberal, I oppose the increasingly leftward lurch of LMU since the '60s and its uncritical embrace of the destructive and culturally-Marxist diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda. I stand for free speech, open inquiry, and the pursuit of truth. This retired philosophy professor will not support the transformation of universities into leftist seminaries. I will post this letter online and encourage others to write similar letters. A copy will be sent to the LMU president.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sincerely,<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Dr. William F. Vallicella<\/span><\/div>\n
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P. S. After composing the above, this outrage<\/a> came to my attention.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I hope others will write similar letters to their alma maters. One effective and nonviolent means of opposing the depredations of the destructive culturally-Marxist race-delusional Left is by reducing their funding. You cannot reach them with reasoned discourse: they do not inhabit the plane of reason. But everyone understands money and its withholding.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Speaking out has some value, but one runs the risk of being 'cancelled,' 'doxxed,' and otherwise harassed.  But no one needs to know that you are refusing contributions to 'woke-stitutions.' A cute coinage that just now occurred to me. Too cute perhaps. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Cross-posted at my Facebook page where it has snagged 24 likes, 30 comments, and one share, so far.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2 November 2021   Cheryl Mott Smith Executive Director Gift Planning Loyola Marymount University cheryl.smith@lmu.edu   Dear Cheryl Mott Smith,   I am an LMU graduate, class of '72. I am now in a position to make substantial monetary contributions to causes I deem worthy. LMU will not be on my list. As a classical … Continue reading “Why I Will not Support my Alma Mater: An Open Letter”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,92,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-autobiographical","category-political-tactics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}