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Originally posted by RACooper
What a competent military commander that got screwed over by partisan politics?
Or did you mean the "traitor" thingy? (funny because he's technically a patriot or loyalist up here).
Okay seriously now: the more attention you give this jackass the longer you extend his 'flash in the pan' moment of fame, or in this case notoriety... so the more morons like O'Reilly complain about him - the more attention the draw to the him... idiocy in reporting feeding idiocy in academia a vicious and self-perpetuating cycle
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Slight hijack...I'm curious as to why you think Arnold got screwed over by partisan politics. Now, it's true he wasn't popular with his fellow officers, and perhaps even true that he was passed over for advancement within the Army because of his lifestyle (kind of a socialite). However, it seems to me that he truly was a traitor; he was paid money by the "enemy" at the time, the British army.
I absolutely, positively don't agree with the guy...but you can't stop the U. of Hawaii from having him as a speaker. It's never a bad thing to have a wide range of views presented to students (even if some of those views are way off the charts).
I'll say again what I've said before on O'Reilly; I feel like he's a much better speaker in person than he comes across as on TV or in print. But that's just my opinion, and I know there are PLENTY of people who disagree with me on that.
ETA: To clarify, I would be upset if my tuition were going to something like this.
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