O'Reilly: "The University of Hawaii Should Be Ashamed"

[Rudey]

Did the KKK speak at your school? These fascist pigs are McCarthy morons!!!

-Rudey

Originally posted by KSig RC
None of this was the government, per se - and the comparisons to McCarthyism are specious at best. You're mistaking institutions and people who support the government for actual, institutional actions by the government. It may or may not become a slippery slope argument eventually, but for right now, "Red Scare" comparisons are as alarmist and flaky as Churchill's own declarations regarding capitalism, to my mind.



Again, who is supporting this campaign? Is it really against legitimate scholarship?

While there are certainly segments of the vocal minority, of which O'Reilly comiserates, that get quite a bit too affrontary for my tastes, I really just don't see this as systematic - especially considering research that identifies tenured professors as being overwhelmingly liberal and Democratic (which are not identical, contrary to GP's signature's implications).

I guess the bottom line is that, from a fairly moderate viewpoint, it seems like both sides are identifying only the extremes and accepting those as the 'norm.' It's caustic and frustrating.



The guy's a dick, Sandy - his "Little Eichmanns" statements are absurd and patently offensive to a huge number of people, and even worse: it's entirely unnecessary to making his point. The reason for his comparison is that, much like Eichmann, the people in the WTC are just "doing their job" and thus are attempting to free themselves from blame and accept innocence post hoc (which he infers Eichmann received). Rather than saying this, he invokes the Nazi party, surely understanding the impact of such words. It's insane.

(as proof . . . peep
this article rejoining revisionist holocaust denial - then think of how this relates to his theories on Native American genocide and the government . . . )

He's not saved by the fact that he uses the phrase "little Eichmann" as a category for classifying people. He knows the connotation, and he's choosing to abuse it - except for now, it's even more clear why he's doing it . . . soap-boxing for an unrelated issue is the ultimate dick move, especially when it's still not freeing Leonard Peltier or returning wealth or prosperity to Native American populations in the US.

[DeltAlum]

Looks like the University of Colorado may try to buy him out and avoid all of the Tenure and Academic Freedom issues.

It appears that this guy may be a liar, a plagerist and an all around jerk -- but the potential damage to the process of academic freedom is real in my opinion.

The Bolder Campus has enough other problems right now. Maybe a buyout would be best. Let him go teach at some radical little private liberal arts college (no, all liberal arts colleges aren't radical, please don't go there) where he will never be heard of again. Somebody would love to have him, I'm sure.

[KSigkid]

Originally posted by DeltAlum
Looks like the University of Colorado may try to buy him out and avoid all of the Tenure and Academic Freedom issues.

It appears that this guy may be a liar, a plagerist and an all around jerk -- but the potential damage to the process of academic freedom is real in my opinion.

The Bolder Campus has enough other problems right now. Maybe a buyout would be best. Let him go teach at some radical little private liberal arts college (no, all liberal arts colleges aren't radical, please don't go there) where he will never be heard of again. Somebody would love to have him, I'm sure.

Unfortunately, you're right. All this talk will get him hired somewhere, by somebody. I wouldn't be happy if my tuition was being used to pay his salary.