Yesterday, prominent anti-Critical-Race-Theory and anti-"gender-affirming-care" advocate Christopher Rufo wrote an op-ed for the New York Times:
I’ve written an op-ed for the New York Times arguing for abolishing the DEI bureaucracy and restoring colorblind equality in universities. We are advancing the principles of classical liberal education and putting left-wing racialism on the defensive.https://t.co/T7KG7dsUec
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) July 27, 2023
Here's how his piece starts out:
Academia is in the midst of a generational turmoil. Blue states such as California and Oregon have recently transformed their public universities with expansive “diversity, equity and inclusion” programs that have profound implications for admissions, speech, hiring and scholarship. Red states such as Florida and Texas have recently passed legislation abolishing them, concluding that the programs that have sprung up to execute D.E.I. promote a stifling orthodoxy that undermines the pursuit of truth.
This appears to be a binary left-right conflict. The right sees the abolition of D.E.I. as a step toward meritocracy, while the left sees it as an attack on minority rights. But moving beyond reflexive partisanship, there is a strong argument for abolishing D.E.I. programs on liberal grounds.
I am a noted conservative opponent of critical race theory and D.E.I. programs and was recently appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida as a trustee of New College. I believe that properly understood, the classical liberal arts tradition is the best hope for the American university system. We are faced with a paradox: In order to strengthen the values of liberal education, political leaders must use democratic power to reform drifting academic institutions and resist the process of ideological capture.
You probably didn't find anything especially triggering about any of that. But then, you're not Mother Jones, who is so triggered by Rufo having an opinion and being allowed to express it in the New York Times that they re-upped a piece on Rufo they'd published in June just so they could tweet about yesterday's op-ed:
Chris Rufo, the man helping Ron DeSantis’ efforts to turn back the clock on social progress, just wrote an op-ed in the New York Times...https://t.co/AtKF08LD4c
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) July 27, 2023
Clearly Mother Jones just sucks at making conservatives look bad. They failed with a cover story on Ron DeSantis earlier this month, and they've done a pretty lousy job with Rufo on this.
Oof.
Thanks for boosting!
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) July 28, 2023
Ha! Seriously, though. It's a reasonably safe bet that a good chunk of Mother Jones' audience doesn't really follow Rufo very closely, if at all. But Mother Jones just gave him free exposure in their hallowed pages. Pretty sweet for Rufo.
Cool.
— JWF (@JammieWF) July 28, 2023
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I had no idea @realchrisrufo wrote an article, I'll read it! Love that guy!
— Alecia (@AleciaVaught17) July 28, 2023
It seems pretty safe to assume that Rufo's not hurting from this. The same definitely cannot be said for Mother Jones.
You gonna be ok?
— Eric (@EB21122) July 28, 2023
I’m sorry this is happening to you. pic.twitter.com/GxYfatLJF5
— Katie Scarlett (@Katiescarlet2) July 28, 2023
Hope you'll be okay. https://t.co/xg5AhDLysT
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 28, 2023
Narrator: They won't.
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