Nutty Professors

[HagiaSophia]

The University of Louisville said in a statement released over the weekend that it has withdrawn the contract of sociology lecturer Dr. John McTighe for at least the spring semester.

McTighe was quoted by student columnist Brian Yates as saying “It was the religious zealots who say they were voting on morals. *I think we should all buy AK47’s and shoot them all! *That’s what I would suggest, if it were allowed.” *[Full disclosure: Mr. Yates is the publisher of the Louisville Patriot.]

Following Yates’ commentary, U of L received 1,600 e-mail messages, many from members of the American Family Association, who had sent an e-mail to members and posted an item on its website.

McTighe said in a statement that there was “absolutely no attempt to advocate violence.”

He told the Courier-Journal last week that Yates misquoted him and that his remarks were taken out of context. *He did acknowledge making comments similar to those cited in the Louisville Patriot’s December issue.

loupatriot.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/12/13/41bda77ca4bf1

 

[jlw]

7 out 10 professors in academia agree with the nutty professor to one degree or another.

Ok, maybe those numbers aren’t accurate.

It’s probably 9 out of 10.

 

[HagiaSophia]

7 out 10 professors in academia agree with the nutty professor to one degree or another.

Ok, maybe those numbers aren’t accurate.

It’s probably 9 out of 10.

And they always turn out to have tenure :crying: - I hear there was a beaut made by a professor at UT Austin today but haven’t seen it in the news yet -

 

[GilKobrin]

A good documentary by a friend of mine on the subject of Liberal indoctrination on campuses, by professors:

brain-terminal.com/video/brainwashing-101.html

 

[HagiaSophia]

GilKobrin:

A good documentary by a friend of mine on the subject of Liberal indoctrination on campuses, by professors:

brain-terminal.com/video/brainwashing-101.html

We’ve had several threads on the “closing of the American mind” (to paraphrase an old book on the subject) - what ticks many of us off, is that our Catholic universities have played into it as well. I believe Dennis Prager has also adressed this problem numerous times.

Many Catholic parents do not receive what they think they are paying tuition for and we also believe that all higher education should open minds and have a diversity of opinion - that’s definitively not happening on the campus scene today as I’m sure your friend will testify.

 

[GilKobrin]

Beyond a doubt. Have you read anything by Mike Adams or Ben Shapiro from Townhall?

 

[La_Chiara]

HagiaSophia:

And they always turn out to have tenure :crying:

Not a coincidence. Tenure gives them the security to be outrageous, and get away with it.

 

[HagiaSophia]

GilKobrin:

Beyond a doubt. Have you read anything by Mike Adams or Ben Shapiro from Townhall?

Link didn’t work - get some excerpts and post’em why doncha?

 

[HagiaSophia]

La Chiara:

Not a coincidence. Tenure gives them the security to be outrageous, and get away with it.

Some day we’ve got to get a thread going on tenure and is it a good thing or a bad thing…I’m not quite sure I’m up on all it does these days - but some of these people - you simply have to wonder - where do they come up with this stuff?

 

[GilKobrin]

HagiaSophia:

Link didn’t work - get some excerpts and post’em why doncha?

Sorry, it should be www.townhall.com. Either way, I’ll post one of Dr. Adams’s more recent columns:

I’d like to report a hate crime
December 7, 2004

Dear UNC-Wilmington Board of Trustees:

The other day I was sitting in my office, minding my own business, when I received a nasty email from UNCW student (name deleted). She was angry about one of my recent articles and said that people like me (read: conservatives) should not be allowed to reproduce. She sent me the nasty email using the university computing system. For future reference, her email address is (deleted)@uncw.edu.

But (name deleted) apparently decided that one email wasn’t sufficient to make her point. A couple of days later, when I went to check my mailbox, I found two condoms, each with the name “planned parenthood” printed on the wrapper. Apparently, this student really doesn’t want me to reproduce!

(Name deleted)’s use of Planned Parenthood condoms was especially offensive to me. As you may know, Planned Parenthood is viewed by some conservatives the same way that blacks view the KKK or that Jews view the Nazi Party. Of course, such comparisons are invalid, given that Planned Parenthood has murdered far more innocent people than the KKK and the Nazi Party combined.

After I tossed the condoms in the trash, I went back to my office only to discover that the phrase “Insensitive Ahes” had been placed atop the “Men’s Resource Center” (MRC) sign on my office door. As you may know, in 2003, I designated my office as an MRC because I felt that men needed a safe place to hide from angry feminists who patrol our campus looking for someone to falsely accuse of rape or sexual harassment. Without this “safe zone” there would be no place for victims of feminist terrorism to get the love and support that they need, while working in a hostile environment…[continued
http://www.dradams.org/articles/20041207.html”]http://www.dradams.org/articles/20041207.html]

Dr. Mike S. Adams ([www.DrAdams.org](http://www.dradams.org/)) occasionally uses the terms “hate speech” and “hate crimes” interchangeably. It is hard to know where one ends and the other begins. Several college administrators claim to know the difference, but, because it is classified information, will not share it with the general public.

Shalom!

Gil