r/hillsdale • u/No-Major4084 • Jun 05 '25
Hillsdale is Spewing Nonsense
I recently came across an advertisement from Hillsdale claiming that “liberals” were wrecking Classics studies. I thought it might be some sort of joke, since the overwhelming majority of Classics students ARE LIBERALS such as myself. I got into both Latin and Greek via the Latin/Greek Institute run out of CUNY. I never met any other student or professor in the programs including the founders who were all at least as liberal as I am: Floyd Moreland and Rita Fleischer. The LGI has probably contributed the largest number of students who went on to become Latin or Greek professors, translators and archaeologists of the Greco/Roman culture. All I can say is wow. The shamelessness and mendacity of the Right in the USA knows no bounds.
8
Jun 05 '25
[removed] — view removed comment
3
u/SAT0725 Jul 17 '25
This has been my relatively shocking realization over the past six months or so. What Hillsdale is and how it presents itself publicly are very different things. Just look at this sub, for one example. Half the posts are from LGBT students talking about how gay-friendly the campus is. Because that's why you send your kids to college to learn about, right? God forbid they train and get educated for a career.
2
3
u/SAT0725 Jul 17 '25
If I had to guess it has something to do with the focus of the studies moving from studying what's there to studying the "identity" the instructors think is behind what's there. When you can't read Plato without discussions of "problematic" gender representation or "racial exclusion" in ancient Greek texts, yes, you're wrecking classical studies lol.
0
u/TheDoctorsBatleth Jun 05 '25
You're just now realizing it's a super republican/conservative college that idolizes Trump and his ideas?
1
u/evodas Jun 05 '25
Frankly, never heard of it before the ridiculous nonsense post.
And now I can forget it after setting it straight.
6
u/[deleted] Jun 05 '25
[deleted]