Boston Citizens vs. Harvard Faculty

[H. Ross Peron]

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It seems to be the former would be more progressive especially on economic issues.

[Boston Bread]

I'm not trying to be elitist, but someone more educated is going to do a better job of governing, ignoring other factors. With a random selection of Bostonians you're going to have a lot of people who are apathetic, and I don't expect them to be able to draft up legislation as elegantly.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

What's the quote from? And I assume it was once said by a conservative and that you're "ironically" going to turn it on its head.

[Boston Bread]

What's the quote from? And I assume it was once said by a conservative and that you're "ironically" going to turn it on its head.

William F. Buckley

[Associate Justice PiT]

I'm not trying to be elitist, but someone more educated is going to do a better job of governing, ignoring other factors. With a random selection of Bostonians you're going to have a lot of people who are apathetic, and I don't expect them to be able to draft up legislation as elegantly.

     Broadly speaking I would agree, but the fundamental problem is that the Ph.D program (which all of these professors will have gone through) encourages such narrow specialization that their education will be broadly useless for practical application.

     When faced with a public policy issue, the two thousand members of the Harvard faculty may yield three or four professors who are genuinely qualified to deal with it. Despite that, they will all believe that they are qualified. In that sense, the body will likely fare no better than any other body.

[The Mikado]

The first two thousand names of the Boston phone book isn't a random sample. As the joke about that quote has gone for nearly forty years, Buckley is just subjecting Boston to the rule of Aaron A Aaronofski.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

In the course of our nation's history the people of Boston have rallied bravely whenever the rights of man have been threatened...

[Antonio the Sixth]

I'll trust the former to decide policy goals and the latter to put them into practice.

[TNF]

Boston Citizens

The Ivy League should be nationalized

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I'll trust the former to decide policy goals and the latter to put them into practice.

Oh God.

[Indy Texas]

Considering Bostonians seem to be a largely racist, sexist lot with horrid accents, I'm going to have to go with the Harvard faculty.

[DC Al Fine]

I'd trust some Irish Catholics from South Boston to implement a welfare state more than I would the Harvard faculty.

[TDAS04]

Boston Citizens on economic issues, Harvard Faculty on social issues and foreign policy. 

[Murica!]

Boston Citizens

The Ivy League should be nationalized

[Indy Texas]

I'd trust some Irish Catholics from South Boston to implement a welfare state more than I would the Harvard faculty.

Those are the racist, sexist, horrible accent-having lot that I was referencing.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Technocrats have their charms, but alas things never go to plan.

[Lurker]

I guess the former would be more socially conservative and the latter would be more economically conservative, right?

[Mr. Illini]

Harvard Faculty (not participating in right-wing anti-intellectualism)

[Mr. Smith]

Harvard Faculty (not participating in right-wing anti-intellectualism)

Have fun with the elitism and lack of diversity then.

[Lief 🗽]

The faculty, of course (not a silly populist).

[Mr. Illini]

Harvard Faculty (not participating in right-wing anti-intellectualism)

Have fun with the elitism and lack of diversity then.

And since when does not being anti-intellectual mean a lack of diversity?

[TNF]

Harvard Faculty (not participating in right-wing anti-intellectualism)

Liberal intellectuals are garbage though, so

[Mechaman]

I'd trust some Irish Catholics from South Boston to implement a welfare state more than I would the Harvard faculty.

Those are the racist, sexist, horrible accent-having lot that I was referencing.

Something tells me that someday you are going to regret this post.  Needless to say, this is one of the most amazingly hypocritical posts I've seen in my long time here.  Yes maybe I'm judging you harshly, being one of the millions of the Irish "lot" in America, but it is incredible how people like you and more than a few others on this forum hold views that belong in the 19th century and dare pretend a shred of liberalism.

EDIT: Previous wording was more of a "GOTCHA" and was itself kind of hypocritical.  At least I realize that and have changed my ways, can you?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Buckley was a loathsome louse and a grotesque dishonest charlatan, but (alas) I have to agree with him on this point. I have worked at a university (albeit at the very lowest rung and at one rather less elevated than Harvard) and... um... no, you don't want academic politics to replace actual politics. That would not be good.

[Sopranos Republican]

I'd trust some Irish Catholics from South Boston to implement a welfare state more than I would the Harvard faculty.

Those are the racist, sexist, horrible accent-having lot that I was referencing.

Glass houses WASP-boy.