Posted on 09/04/2013 2:07:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A professor at Michigan State University (MSU) opened the first day of his creative writing class on Thursday by bashing Mitt and Ann Romney and ranting against “old Republicans” who he says “raped” the country, according to a student who made a secret recording of the class.
The eight-minute secretly recorded video also reveals Prof. William S. Penn bullying a student who apparently disagreed with his Democratic politics and arguing that Republicans want to prevent "black people" from voting.
“If you go to the Republican convention in Florida, you see all of the old Republicans with the dead skin cells washing off them,” said Penn. “They are cheap. They don't want to pay taxes because they have already raped this country and gotten everything out of it they possibly could.”
“They don't want to pay for your tuition because who are you? Well, to me you are somebody,” he continued.
WATCH: Secret video of MSU professor bashing Republicans, Romney family
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Penn then appeared to harass a student who had apparently displayed displeasure with his politics.
“You can frown if you want,” said Penn, gesticulating towards the student sitting near the front. “You look like you are frowning. Are you frowning?”
Penn, who was a Distinguished Faculty Award recipient at MSU in 2003, and a two time winner of the prestigious Stephen Crane Prize for Fiction, then went on to accuse Republicans of crafting a systematic plan for “getting black people not to vote.”
“This country still is full of closet racists,” he said. “What do you think is going on in South Carolina and North Carolina. Voter suppression. Its about getting black people not to vote. Why? Because black people tend to vote Democratic.”
“Why would would Republicans want to do it?” he asked. “Because Republicans are not a majority in this country anymore. They are a bunch of dead white people. Or dying white people.”
In a brief conversation with Campus Reform on Tuesday, Penn would not confirm or deny it was him in the recording, which was given to Campus Reform by a current in his student who asked to remain anonymous.
“I’m not interested,” Penn told Campus Reform.
Tom Oswald, a spokesman for MSU told Campus Reform in an email Tuesday, that the university had no further comment on the situation.
“Thank you for reaching out to us," wrote Oswald. "If you’ve already reached out to the professor in this situation, I don’t think we in the university’s central PR office would have anything more to say on this matter."
Update 8:29 p.m., EDT, Sept 3, 2013: A MSU spokesman said the school will "looking into" the matter.
"MSU is thankful we’ve been made aware of the situation; we will be looking into it. At MSU it is important the classroom environment is conducive to a free exchange of ideas and is respectful of the opinions of others," wrote Kent Cassella, an MSU spokesman in am email to Campus Reform on Tuesday night.
Remember this low-IQ clown is a professor who 1) has no clue about history, 2) has no clue about which parties voted which way on any number of crucial events involving blacks, and 3) works at the “university” that has demonstrated that they have no standards.
In other words, he appears to be your typical useless lib prof.
Caveat emptor.
Penn, who was a Distinguished Faculty Award recipient at MSU in 2003, and a two time winner of the prestigious Stephen Crane Prize for Fiction, then went on to accuse Republicans of crafting a systematic plan for “getting black people not to vote.”
A College Professor? You would think he might know that the only reason blacks can vote is because of Republicans. Oh well
This kind of hate is not a rarity, it is common on many if not most campuses. Need you wonder why young people in the 18-34 age group vote for socialists? It is especially bad for black students who feel intense pressure to conform to community expectations. Need you wonder why socialists get 90+ percent of blacks’ votes? The left has to use extreme pressure and by dominating education and wielding power over the incomes of millions of poorer Americans, they are able to champion an ideology that is destructive, anti-freedom, and oppressive.
All progressives are brilliant, all conservatives are dumb......progressives are brilliant, conservatives are dumb...progressives are brilliant, coservatives are dumb.....repeat daily, as often as possible.
(Herr Goebbles would be proud.)
IMHO
Well I can see why he won an award for fiction.
What this man needs I can’t say here.
Reads to me like they don't want to get involved/discipline the "professor". Now if he had ranted against liberals, I'm sure the school would be issuing a very different kind of statement....
"MSU is thankful we’ve been made aware of the situation; we will be looking into it.
I seem to recall the King Zero court of merry jesters using this tactic: claim it is under "investigation" until all the hubbub dies down and the "news" media move onto other things and then quietly drop it. Hmmmmm....
I don’t see the problem here...he was merely giving a creative rant in order to inspire creative writing.
....Let me 'splane:..
As long as American's are stuck with the present graduated income tax where it is admitted that at least 47% of Americans do not pay any taxes over and above Fica and medicare...& indeed millions get a payment, the least that ought to be required to vote is to show a lifetime of positive payments to the US Treasury.
I want what the President wants...a level playing field....everyone paying his "fair share"..nobody escapes a positive contribution.
No pay, no play...No skin in the game, no say in how it's played..
...only fair? We cannot continue as a nation where welfare recipients are in charge.
Yup. Careful thought needs to be taken when weighing centers of higher edumacation. A lot of public and private colleges are “progressive” to the n-th degree. And just what award did the scum bag win for his anti repub rant. A free trip to dumbassistan would be fitting. Just more proof that receiving a degree in higher education don’t mean you know a damn thing.
As far as republikkkans raping America, was it good for you? Didn’t even have to buy dinner. But we’re sure payin’ for it now ain’t we?
"by a current in his student"? Was it AC or DC?
Well, YEAH, I don't want to pay YOUR tuition, nor do I want to pay for this nincompoop's bloated salary.
It's going to be damn near impossible to pay for my own child's college costs.
And let me assure you, likely none of the people taking this class, nor the "professor" are going to give my kid a dime for his tuition when the time comes.
Well I just think it’s marvelous that some brave souls are tapeing these boors.
The Northeast, Rust belt, and West coast was built by conservative Republican businessmen. Democrats, lefties, and socialists through inheritance, marriage, or theft took over their fortunes and cities they built.
These are simply the children of a spoiled upbringing who hate themselves but not as much as they hate their forefathers for how much their greatness towers over them
This is not merely a University matter. Saying you are out to get somebody is an assault. The students who feel threatened should seek a restraining order.
I pulled out my 1982 college yearbook and was looking through it. Same stuff.
Students didn’t like Reagan because their professors had told them Reagan had cut funding for a program; as a result they didn’t have microscopes to use in their class.
College kids are just pretty weak minded and impressionable at that age. I would have strongly disagreed with that back in 1982; but it’s a fact most of the time.
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