Did Woodrow Wilson Really Say Constitution Was "Of No Consequence" To Modern Americans?

Dr. Larry P. Arnn Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGp516ylANw

Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism

The Heritage Foundation

A Useful Companion Piece To Dr. Arnn's Interview
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/10/barack-obama-and-the-crisis-of-liberalism

Dear John,

Thanks for your email.

It is time for "conservatives" to do some of their own fact-checking.

Woodrow Wilson did not say the Declaration of Independence was "of no consequence." Here is what he did say: https://books.google.com/books?id=CcRqAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=woodrow+wilson+%22of+no+consequence%22,+declaration+of+independence&source=bl&ots=zEroKckyY3&sig=dUniAcI_nCDELWBEHcQimyKxkRk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPypjW9dfJAhWBcSYKHcTADA8Q6AEIOjAF#v=onepage&q=woodrow%20wilson%20%22of%20no%20consequence%22%2C%20declaration%20of%20independence&f=false

"Patriots" who think we can prosper by deliberately shattering truth into pick-and-choose shards while stonewalling the "Enlightenment" roots of this country -- liberal, revolutionary and against staunchly opposed to any establishment of any religion -- should be ashamed of their hypocrisy and bone-deep deceptiveness.

The truth needs to be taken whole -- richly contextualized -- or "the good Christians" who dedicate themselves (and their children) to aggressive ignorance will continue to do what they do best - shit in the mouth of God-Truth.

"Do You Know What You're Doing To Me?"

Jesus of Nazareth

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/12/do-you-know-what-youre-doing-to-me.html

As for The Great Books... 

In my whole life, I have only met a few conservatives who are as well read as the liberals and progressives with whom I rub shoulders daily.

Larry Arn, president of Hillsdale College is an antediluvian white guy with very little light visible between him and the specter of paranoid White Supremacy.

Here's what we learn about Mr. Arn in Wikipedia's entry on Hillsdale College: 

21st century

Larry P. Arnn currently serves as president of the college, a position he assumed in 2000.^[70] Under his tenure, the college completed multiple new buildings, including the John A. Halter Shooting Sports Center and Margot V. Biermann Athletic Center.^[71] The college also opened the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship, an off-campus educational center in Washington D.C.^[72]

In 2013 Arnn was criticized for his remarks about ethnic minorities when he testified before the Michigan State Legislature against the Common Core curriculum standards. Expressing concern about government interference with educational institutions, he recalled that shortly after he assumed the presidency at Hillsdale he received a letter from the state Department of Education that said his college "violated the standards for diversity," adding, "because we didn't have enough dark ones, I guess, is what they meant." After being criticized for calling minorities "dark ones", Arnn explained that he was referring to "dark faces", saying: "The State of Michigan sent a group of people down to my campus, with clipboards ... to look at the colors of people’s faces and write down what they saw. We don’t keep records of that information. What were they looking for besides dark ones?"^[73] Michigan House Democratic Leader Tim Greimel condemned Arnn for his comments, which he called "offensive" and "inflammatory and bigoted", and asked for an apology.^[74] In response, the college issued a statement apologizing for Arnn's remark, while reiterating Arnn's concern about "state sponsored racism" in the form of affirmative action policies.^[75]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsdale_College

Pax vobiscum

Alan

On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 12:17 PM, JT wrote:

Who knows about this stuff that goes on...and worst by colleges and universities,

From: "Larry P. Arnn, Hillsdale College" <larry.p.arnn@hillsdale.edu>Date: Saturday, December 12, 2015 8:09 AM
To: johntarantino@nc.rr.com
Subject: How to conquer a nation without firing a shot

Dear John, How do you conquer a nation without firing a shot? Leading Progressives like John Dewey came up with the answer over a century ago. Just embed your agenda into the educational system, and in a few generations you will transform the country.  Political Progressives had little use for America’s founding principles. Woodrow Wilson, the first progressive president, complained that “some citizens of this country have never got beyond the Declaration of Independence,” and said the Declaration was “of no consequence” to modern Americans. This view now dominates in our public schools.  And educational Progressives had little use for traditional teaching methods and purposes. Rather than teaching the Great Books of the Western tradition, Dewey recommended education as social development. The past century has seen curricular and teaching excellence replaced with short-lived theories rarely lasting more than a generation. As a result, many public schools are no longer effective at teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic. They also no longer teach young Americans the history of their country—how it was founded on the principle of equal rights, and how it grew to become the freest and most prosperous nation in history. Good citizenship is impossible without this knowledge about America, and as a result our liberty is fading fast. That’s why Hillsdale has launched the Barney Charter School Initiative: to answer the urgent need for fundamental reform of American K-12 education. After just five years, the initiative has helped found 13 charter schools nationwide, with a goal of opening fifty schools by 2022—each one based on a classical liberal arts curriculum, and each one including a strong history and civics component. This initiative is flourishing—but the need for expansion is great. Your year-end donation is crucial to furthering this critical mission. Thank you for your partnership and all you do for liberty.  Make your year-end gift to Hillsdale College here >> Warm regards, Larry P. Arnn President, Hillsdale College Pursuing Truth • Defending Liberty since 1844 Hillsdale College   33 East College St    Hillsdale,  MI   49242   USA You received this email because you are subscribed to News, Information, and Events from Hillsdale College. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive or to unsubscribe.