We need to heal the breach between conservatism and liberalism in education, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto.
The world seems torn by a sacred contradiction. “Anyone who is not against us is for us,” said Christ, according to Mark. Luke and Matthew put intransigence into His mouth: “He who is not with me is against me.” In the US we seem have adopted the intransigent version.
Eclecticism is no longer allowed: you’re a soi-disant liberal, you must aver the whole progressive caboodle, justifying abortions, endorsing capricious “identity” and deferring to the delusions of gender theory. Nor, if you want others to understand your position, can you embrace social and moral conservatism without accepting the evils of madcap capitalism. America’s political deadlock is among the consequences. For Catholics, especially in higher education, where you can hardly blow a kiss without hitting a liberal, the results are convulsive.
