A Scrooge Sighting November 25, 2008
Posted by The Underground Conservative in Christmas, Colleges & Universities, Flori-duh, Political Correctness, Tool of the Week, Uncategorized.trackback
We have an official Scrooge sighting. In Flori-duh.
A Flori-duh university has banned all mention of Christmas as well as displays and any celebration. It includes even banning a Christmas tree for donations for needy preschoolers and a Christmas card contest, replacing it with a “giving garden” and a sweater contest, respectively.
FGCU administration has banned all holiday decorations from common spaces on campus and canceled a popular greeting card design contest, which is being replaced by an ugly sweater competition. In Griffin Hall, the university’s giving tree for needy preschoolers has been transformed into a “giving garden.”
The moves boil down to political correctness.
“Public institutions, including FGCU, often struggle with how best to observe the season in ways that honor and respect all traditions,” President Wilson Bradshaw wrote in a memo to faculty and staff Thursday. “This is a challenging issue each year at FGCU, and 2008 is no exception. While it may appear at times that a vocal majority of opinion is the only view that is held, this is not always the case.”
What a tool. In fact, Wilson Bradshaw is our Tool of the Week.
