Mead Memorial Chapel

Not assoc. with VT Gov Jim Douglas. Independent commentary.

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

If emotional blackmail were a Federal Crime, former Middlebury College President Laurie Patton would be serving a life sentence. Here she is clutching her pearls to bemoan eugenics:

"Eugenics is a subject that should strike us at our core, requiring that we confront our values, our history, and some difficult choices around legacy and accountability. Based in early 20th-century notions of racial purity and “human betterment,” eugenics policies sought to isolate and prevent the procreation of so-called “delinquents, dependents, and defectives” to bring about a more “desirable” society. Such policies were enacted through the involuntary confinement of community members in state schools, hospitals, and other facilities—and the unconscionable practice of forced sterilization.

According to ample scholarly research in this area, victims of Vermont eugenics included people who were poor; who suffered from mental illness, incurable diseases, and physical disabilities; so-called “illegitimate children,” French Canadians, Abenakis, women more than men, those who were illiterate, and people of mixed racial ancestry. All were targets. Eugenics policies separated families, caused untold individual suffering, and left lasting physical and emotional scars."

https://t.co/jpzvL1t5bw

She said this to smear Governor John Mead for mentioning eugenics ONCE in 1912, a devout Christian alumnus who built the college the iconic Mead Memorial Chapel on campus. What she ODDLY FORGOT TO MENTION? THE ENTIRE COLLEGE TAUGHT EUGENICS FROM 1896-1946, HELD CONFERENCES, AND ONE PRESIDENT CHAIRED A EUGENICS COMMITTEE.

https://t.co/wr6IPjvxkF

Yet, because of her crocodile tears, the trustees of the college voted to strip the Mead family name from the chapel and deface it, and impugn Governor Mead, one of the most beloved and famous alumni of the college, who left his junior year there in 1863 to voluntarily enlist to fight in the War Between The States.

Hypocrisy, thy name is Laurie Patton. Perfidy, your patron saint is Laurie Patton. Despicable woman.

And now this vile, treacherous Cultural Bolshevik is head of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Long march through the institutions, indeed.

https://t.co/HpbU1W1Ggu

Look upon this virtue-signalling face and weep for American Heritage.

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

Has Vermont considered seizing Middlebury College's $1.7 Billion dollar endowment as Reparations for their 50 year eugenics program which they refuse to admit? Certainly the college students would support reparations for other historical events - why not reparations for their eugenics program? Seizing the college's endowment would go a long way to reduce health care costs for Vermonters since the college harmed Vermonters with their support of the 1931 VT sterilization bill.

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

You know what's truly funny? These students who blocked Charles Murray from speaking, with signs saying "fuck eugenics" and "no eugenics" were attending Middlebury College, which had one of the most extensive and longest lasting eugenics programs in the country, yet they were unaware because the college has never admitted it. Please share.

https://t.co/Sa0ajtAmJe

[Robert P. George @McCormickProf]

I repeat:

https://t.co/mh39jdRhyR

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

@jeffbograd @charlesmurray If you want to beat back extreme Progressivism at colleges, then just share this lawsuit with your fellow graduates, who are most likely unaware of it.

https://t.co/W2aeCXxaKd

[BostonTea @BostonTea84]

Roland G. Fryer jest rzadkim przykładem czarnego profesora topowego uniwerku, który dostał się na uczelnię nie za kolor skóry, ale za pracę naukową. Nie był oszustem, nie był plagiatorem, nie był obłąkanym mitomanem. Jego problem polegał na tym, że zrobił badania i uzyskał wyniki, które nie spodobały się władzom na uniwersytecie ani lewicowym aktywistom kontrolującym kampus. Mówimy tutaj o Uniwersytecie Harvarda.

"Jeden z kolegów wziął mnie na stronę i powiedział, żebym tego nie publikował, bo zrujnuję swoją karierę. Nie posłuchałem go i opublikowałem, i potem przez miesiąc pod moim domem stała policja, a na zakupy chodziłem z uzbrojoną ochroną. Kupowałem pieluchy dla dziecka w towarzystwie ochroniarza z bronią."

Groźby śmierci wysyłane przez lewicowych fanatyków to jedno. Drugą kwestią jest reakcja władz uczelni. Krótko po publikacji artykułu pojawiły się zarzuty, że Fryer flirtuje z pracownicami w swoim laboratorium EdLabs. Wytknięto mu "niepożądane zachowania o charakterze seksualnym" (głównie werbalne, w tym żarty). Harvard zawiesiła go na dwa lata bez wynagrodzenia, zamknął laboratorium i nałożył ograniczenia. Fryer przeprosił za nieodpowiednie żarty, zaprzeczył jednak zarzutom o molestowanie.

Nie napisałem jeszcze, co takiego odkrył Fryer, że rozwścieczył lewicowych cerberów politycznej poprawności. Otóż odkrył, że amerykańska policja wcale nie strzela i nie zabija czarnych częściej niż białych i że użycie broni przez policje warunkowane jest zachowaniem podejrzanego.

Tak, dobrze przeczytaliście. Tyle wystarczy, aby na Harvardzie chcieli cię zabić.

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

You know what's truly funny? These students who blocked Charles Murray from speaking, with signs saying "fuck eugenics" and "no eugenics" were attending Middlebury College, which had one of the most extensive and longest lasting eugenics programs in the country, yet they were unaware because the college has never admitted it. Please share.

https://t.co/Sa0ajtAmJe

[Unfrozen Caveman MD @UnfrznCavemanMD]

@charlesmurray I blogged my reaction to the unpleasantness at Middlebury in 2017, from a libertarian perspective. Please forgive the title (It’s a Star Trek reference).

I would be grateful for your comment or corrections on it: https://t.co/nBMLYqbzKA

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

@JonathanTurley Dr. Turley, did you see the recent honors thesis from Middlebury College which describes how Conservatives self-censor on campus due to the extremist ideological bias? You may want to cover this.

https://t.co/4eAaxQivoH

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

It is a sad state of affairs. A new incident has occurred at Middlebury College, and it is appalling in the extreme, but no one will mention it because it has not been made public yet, and doing so could hurt the conservative students involved. This is like a new Catch-22. Let's call it the Progressive Harm Paradox: it harms society to not discuss it, but it also harms individuals to discuss it.

Suffice it to say that Middlebury College is recreating the Chinese Red Guards experience in real time. It is descending to a nadir of bullying, lack of free speech and free thought, and patently obvious lies that the college will not correct, and a lack of honor that defiles the heritage of the West. Imagine a college tarring and feathering one of its most loyal and generous alumni, one that made the college successful.

It is so disgraceful that only far left ideological swine like Presidents Ian Baucom and Laurie Patton are comfortable sitting in such educational filth. We live in times where our Heritage American institutions are being destroyed by the indoctrination of Cultural Marxism, a mental cancer that warps the mind away from Logos.

And the Progressive Harm Paradox prevents us from discussing it.

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

@HdxAcademy @washingtonpost Read here how Conservatives self-censor on the campus of Middlebury.

https://t.co/4eAaxQivoH

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

@ElonsonBack @McCormickProf No paywall.

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

@convexity888 @charlesmurray @McCormickProf Then in 2019, there was the Ryszard Legutko incident.

Then in 2021 there was the Mead Chapel incident.

Then in Spring 2026 there was an incident.

[Asymmetrical Information @convexity888]

@charlesmurray @McCormickProf
Recent graduates of Middlebury, regardless of major, are insufferable. It's as if this (and the countless ciphers of it parroted by propagandizing profs in lockstep) are their Credo. Charles Murray making them "unsafe" was Pandora's box.

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

@jeffbograd @charlesmurray Today is far worse than you can imagine. Read this summary of this thesis at Midd'.

https://t.co/4eAaxQivoH

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

@ckid541 @charlesmurray What do you think of the hypocrisy of the college in regards to their eugenics history?

https://t.co/0mSKuRK8ms

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

@Babygravy9 Now read thishigh honors thesis about bias at Middlebury College.

https://t.co/4eAaxQivoH

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

@martianwyrdlord Please discuss this recent honors thesis. Read what "free speech" is like on the campus of Middlebury College.

https://t.co/4eAaxQivoH

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

@JonathanTurley Dr. Turley, did you see the recent honors thesis from Middlebury College which describes how Conservatives self-censor on campus due to the extremist ideological bias? You may want to cover this.

https://t.co/4eAaxQivoH

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

@fibsitonlaer There are also fan websites about the chapel. They are:

https://t.co/7dYPSDsNeI

https://t.co/j6RPChxkco

You can find lots of info and photos there of the chapel. Glad you enjoyed VT Governor John Mead's creation!

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

@kkdc_10 Thank you for no longer donating to Middlebury College.

[Mead Memorial Chapel @MeadChapelVT]

@McCormickProf Here are some quotes from Charles Murray and Ryszard Legutko on that topic in regards to Middlebury.

https://t.co/PaGgSFbLTb

https://t.co/Bmn2623jr4