The Truth About Those Liberal Fascists

Reading the screen caps of the jacket copy of Jonah Goldberg's lame-ass book, it's clear that conservatives really, REALLY don't like teachers.

The quintessential liberal fascist isn't an SS stormtrooper. It is a female grade-school teacher with an education degree from Brown or Swarthmore.

This is basically a non sequitur: "The real fascist isn't an iron-fisted despotic ruler, but a plumber with a drinking problem." But the stab at teachers is familiar. This weekend, Tony Snow told students at Old Dominion University that "The average Iranian is more pro-American than virtually any college faculty in this country." There's a real antipathy here.

These are the same faculty members, by the way, who came rushing to this Princeton student's aid when he claimed to have been a victim of a physical attack for trying to instill conservative values among undergrads on campus. In particular, Robert George, a jurisprudence professor, vigorously defended the student.

Turns out he made the whole thing up, and in fact inflicted the wounds upon himself. He made up a death threat against himself in high school, too. And here's the reality about the Princeton campus:

With an active Republicans Club, a pro-life club, three major Evangelical groups, and the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions that is led by Professor George, Princeton University is considered one of the Ivy League's more conservative campuses.

But it wasn't enough just to be the persecuted majority, the student had to feel like he was the hunted majority. And this professor played right into it.

Somehow, despite all this, it's educators on the LEFT described as belonging to hate groups, as liberal fascists, and as anti-American.

You figure it out.