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'''John Porter East''' was a [[Senator]] from [[North Carolina]] from 1981 until his suicide in 1986. A [[Republican]], he was an ally of fellow [[North Carolina]] [[Senator]] and [[Republican]] [[Jesse Helms]]. Together, they opposed the creation of [[Martin Luther King Day]]. He earned a 100% rating every year from the [[American Conservative Union]].<ref>http://acuratings.conservative.org/acu-federal-legislative-ratings/?year1=1986&chamber=11&state1=0&sortable=1</ref> He was also a strong opponent of [[abortion]] and greatly influenced the late [[conservative]] political theorist [[Russell Kirk]].<ref>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Kirk</ref> Prior to entering the [[Senate]], he had been a professor at [[East Carolina University]]. | '''John Porter East''' was a [[Senator]] from [[North Carolina]] from 1981 until his suicide in 1986. A [[Republican]], he was an ally of fellow [[North Carolina]] [[Senator]] and [[Republican]] [[Jesse Helms]]. Together, they opposed the creation of [[Martin Luther King Day]]. He earned a 100% rating every year from the [[American Conservative Union]].<ref>http://acuratings.conservative.org/acu-federal-legislative-ratings/?year1=1986&chamber=11&state1=0&sortable=1</ref> He was also a strong opponent of [[abortion]] and greatly influenced the late [[conservative]] political theorist [[Russell Kirk]].<ref>https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Kirk</ref> Prior to entering the [[Senate]], he had been a professor at [[East Carolina University]]. | ||
==East and [[professor values]]== | ==East and [[professor values]]== | ||
| − | John Porter East was one of the first people to notice modern-day liberal bias present in the academia. In 1970, he said the following about campuses: {{cquote|“It is common knowledge that American college and university faculties tend to be overwhelmingly “liberal” in their political leanings. As noted sociologist Seymour Lipset has written, “Intellectuals, academics…in the United States tend as a group to be disproportionately on the left. They are either liberal Democrats or supporters of left-wing minorities.”}} | + | John Porter East was one of the first people to notice modern-day liberal bias present in the academia. In 1970, he said the following about campuses: {{cquote|“It is common knowledge that American college and university faculties tend to be overwhelmingly “liberal” in their political leanings. As noted sociologist Seymour Lipset has written, “Intellectuals, academics…in the United States tend as a group to be disproportionately on the left. They are either liberal Democrats or supporters of left-wing minorities.”<ref>https://susandharris.com/a-former-senators-prophetic-warning-to-america/</ref>}} |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 21:02, October 9, 2020
John Porter East was a Senator from North Carolina from 1981 until his suicide in 1986. A Republican, he was an ally of fellow North Carolina Senator and Republican Jesse Helms. Together, they opposed the creation of Martin Luther King Day. He earned a 100% rating every year from the American Conservative Union.[1] He was also a strong opponent of abortion and greatly influenced the late conservative political theorist Russell Kirk.[2] Prior to entering the Senate, he had been a professor at East Carolina University.
East and professor values
John Porter East was one of the first people to notice modern-day liberal bias present in the academia. In 1970, he said the following about campuses:
| “ | “It is common knowledge that American college and university faculties tend to be overwhelmingly “liberal” in their political leanings. As noted sociologist Seymour Lipset has written, “Intellectuals, academics…in the United States tend as a group to be disproportionately on the left. They are either liberal Democrats or supporters of left-wing minorities.”[3] | ” |