Posted on 07/28/2007 11:33:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
He will go down in history as the guy who called the victims of September 11 little Eichmannsa reference to the notorious Nazi bureaucrat who helped ship hundreds of thousands of Jews to concentration camps. Ward Churchills comment, included in a long-forgotten essay dug up by an enterprising journalism student, stirred a national debate about the power of unpopular wordsand the proper consequences for those who use them.
But the saga of the tenured University of Colorado ethnic studies professor grew more complicated in 2006, after allegations surfaced that Churchill had plagiarized, falsified or misrepresented some of his other scholarly work (Churchill denies any wrongdoing). An investigation was launched, and a panel of peers pored over his work. By May 2006, the panel had reached some damning conclusions, saying some of Churchills questionable writings fell into the category of academic misconduct. But the five-person panel was split on whether Churchill should be fired. That didnt stop University of Colorado President Hank Brown from recommending to the schools elected Board of Regents that Churchill, an extremely popular teacher on campus, be terminated. On Tuesday, the Board voted 8 to 1 to do just that.
Churchill calls his dismissal nothing short of a free-speech witch hunt. Brown calls Churchills criticism a smoke screen. The battle isnt over. The morning after his firing, the professor filed a lawsuit in Denver district court, saying his dismissal was retaliatoryand a violation of his free speech. He spoke with NEWSWEEKs Jim Moscou about what he calls the conspiracy against himand explains why he still stands by the phrase that struck hard at the countrys soul.
NEWSWEEK: Any regrets over calling 9/11 victims little Eichmanns?
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
He’s got free speech. He can stand on any corner he wants and spout his crap all day long.
May I suggest somewhere near a construction site, or a biker bar?
Only the liberal elite entrenched in our Universities will claim the likes of people like Churchill.
And he has to chutzpah to exempt himself from any responsibility for his own actions and deeds.
He was fired because he was a lazy, lying SOS who was taking tax money without doing work to which he had agreed.
That’s akin to saying General Custer’s men weren’t massacred, and that he lived to fight another day, or that the Japanese didn’t really bomb Pearl Harbor, that we were just having huge difficulties keeping our ships from blowing up.
The president of any school has the right to terminate a professor’s contract if they don’t present the material factually and accurately.
Audio link at Michell Malkin's website (included below)
Question from audience:
You mentioned a little bit ago, "Why did it take a bunch of Arabs to do what you all should have done a long time ago," that's my question.
Churchill: I'm gonna repeat that, tell me if I got that right: Why shouldn't we do something and how do you you move so they don't see you coming.
As to the first part, not a reason in the world that I could see. I can't find a single reason that you shouldn't in a principled waythere may be some practical considerations, such as do you know how (laughter from audience)
you know, often these things are processes. It's not just an impulse. And certainly it's not just an event.
And the simple answer, although it probably should be more complicated, but I'm not being flip and giving the simple answer, is:
You carry the weapon. That's how they don't see it coming. You're the one
They talk about "color blind or blind to your color." You said it yourself.
You don't send the Black Liberation Army into Wall Street to conduct an action.
You don't send the American Indian Movement into downtown Seattle to conduct an action.
Who do you send? You. Your beard shaved, your hair cut close, and wearing a banker's suit.
There's probably a whole lot more to it, you know that. But there's where you start. .."
more...
Audio link at:
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/001588.htm
Correction . . .
How many 10’s of thousands
Excellent post.
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