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01/15/2008: "College requires ALL views be tolerated, causes riots"

Bergen Community College wants to require students and staff to pledge to "embrace and celebrate differing perspectives" and help the "less fortunate," but some faculty members and free speech advocates say the oath is unconstitutional and smacks of political correctness run amok.

A proposed "responsibility code" was drafted as a response to what school administrators say is a rise in "uncivil" behavior -- including the use of language that is demeaning to women and minorities -- on the Paramus campus.

Professor George Cronk, a professor of philosophy and religion who also is an attorney, said the code is an attack on freedom of conscience. "It asks you to pledge things that no rational person would. You can't require people to respect one another. ... There are some views that don't deserve respect," he said, citing ideologies such as fascism.

[ Educators take a stand against hypocrisy, and then hypocrites -- who want tolerance for anything degenerate but nothing positive -- panic and riot. ]

http://www.northjersey.com/education/BCC_faculty_pledges_to_fight_code_of_conduct_You_cant_mandate_civility_critics_say.html