U. Michigan Profs Accuse Trump, Musk of Lawlessness, Anti-Democratic Extremism at Teach-In
“U.S. president and the richest man in the world are challenging constitutional precedents and about to collide with the courts.”
You can be sure that this same message is being spread at thousands of other schools across the country.
The College Fix reports:
Professors accuse Trump, Musk of lawlessness, anti-democratic extremism in UMich teach-in
A parade of professors who co-hosted a recent standing-room-only teach-in at the University of Michigan argued that President Donald Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk are engaging in lawlessness and anti-democratic extremism to the detriment of the country.
The two-and-a-half-hour teach-in drew several hundred students to an Angell Hall auditorium and even prompted the need to create an overflow room. An email advertising the Feb. 12 event stated that the “U.S. president and the richest man in the world are challenging constitutional precedents and about to collide with the courts.”
“Why is this happening? What is at stake? And what can be done about it?”
Ten professors representing fields including public policy, law, political science, business and communications spoke at the event for roughly five to 10 minutes apiece. There were also some questions from the audience.
Business Professor Jerry Davis targeted the role of Big Tech and Silicon Valley’s influence in current political trends, saying they used to actively support left-wing causes — but no more. Davis called out Musk in particular, saying “he and his friends don’t believe in democracy.”
“They think it’s been a mistake,” Davis said. “They think there should be deference to those who are genetically or in whatever ways superior, like the founder class.”
Referencing a term called the “Nerd Reich,” Davis added: “They are clearly enthralled by an anti-Democratic ideology.” He said the Big Tech founder class sees themselves as the “makers,” and others as the “takers.”
Speaking on the topic of whether the president owns the government, law Professor Julian Davis Mortenson, a legal historian and constitutional litigator, said he has always been someone who sees both sides of an issue, but he is now concerned President Trump is overstepping his constitutional powers.
A parade of professors who co-hosted a recent standing-room-only teach-in at UMichigan argued that President Trump and Elon Musk are engaging in lawlessness and anti-democratic extremism to the detriment of the country.
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It seems to me that they’re speaking about themselves, not about Trump and Musk. Everything they say about those two is in fact true about them.
Oh, the makers and the takers thing is real, but it’s not particular to Big Tech founders. It’s particular to anybody who pays taxes instead of living off them.
As a U of M alumni I can write with pride they have not a will never get a dime from me. They don’t even call me anymore.
I can say the same for Boston University and also for SUNY.
Go pound sand.
Unless there are two of you, you can’t be “alumni”. And of course giving them money would be like flushing it down the toilet.
I do need to lose weight,
When was the last time you heard academics supporting democracy, freedom of speech or anything else in the Bill of Rights–they’d be the first to cut off such rights and send you to a re-education camp