Posted on 02/02/2005 1:28:25 AM PST by JohnHuang2
The governor of Colorado yesterday called for the resignation of the University of Colorado professor under fire for comparing the victims of the 9-11 World Trade Center terror attacks to Nazis while praising the suicide hijackers for their "gallant sacrifices."
Gov. Bill Owens sent the letter to the president of the University of Colorado College Republicans, Isaiah Lechowit, who was scheduled to read it at a rally in opposition to professor Ward Churchill.
"All decent people, whether Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative, should denounce the views of Ward Churchill," wrote Owens. "Not only are his writings outrageous and insupportable, they are at odds with the facts of history."
As WorldNetDaily reported, the controversy stems from an essay Churchill wrote titled "Some People Push Back: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens," written shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks. In it, he describes the thousands of American victims who died in the World Trade Center inferno as "little Eichmanns" (a reference to notorious Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann) who were perpetuating America's "mighty engine of profit." They were destroyed, he added, thanks to the "gallant sacrifices" of "combat teams" that successfully targeted the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon.
On Monday, Churchill stepped down as chairman of the Ethnic Studies Department but remains a professor of Ethnic Studies and Coordinator of American Indian Studies at the Colorado school.
Tomorrow night, the university's board of regents will have a special meeting to discuss the tenured professor's fate.
Wrote Owens: "Not only are [Churchill's] writings outrageous and insupportable, they are at odds with the facts of history. The thousands of innocent people – and innocent they were – who were murdered on September 11 were murdered by evil cowards Indeed, if anyone could possibly be compared to the evildoers of Nazi Germany, it is the terrorists of the 21st century who have an equally repugnant disregard for innocent human life.
"No one wants to infringe on Mr. Churchill's right to express himself. But we are not compelled to accept his pro-terrorist views at state taxpayer subsidy nor under the banner of the University of Colorado."
Owens, a Republican, said the professor's views are more than just anti-American, but are "at odds with simple decency, and antagonistic to the beliefs and conduct of civilized people around the world. His views are far outside the mainstream of civil discourse and useful academic work."
Concluded Owens: "His resignation as chairman of the Ethnic Studies Department was a good first step. We hope that he will follow this step by resigning his position on the faculty of the University of Colorado."
Churchill was scheduled to speak at Hamilton College, in Clinton, N.Y., near Syracuse tomorrow, but yesterday officials at the school canceled the appearance, citing security concerns and death threats they had received.
bttt
I would have added a call for the dismantling of the Department of Ethnic Studies.
Thanks. It's enough to make you want to bring back public flogging. Or maybe he should move to Cuba or Zimbabwe...
Zimbabwe is my first choice for his exile. :-)
AIM says this clown is a fraudulent Injun..... with no Indian blood.
The traitor Churchill was followed by the media to his class on Tuesday afternoon. He dropped a couple "f-bombs you" on those filming him and asking questions then stated over and over that he was holding a news conference at 5:30pm MT on campus. All the local radio, TV and newspaper media were there, but Churchill didn't show. Instead it was a gathering of colleagues from his Ethnic Studies dept. offering their full unconditional support for Churchill. They also promoted one of his books.
Way to go Gov!! Send this wise citizen down the road to a new career as Michael Moore's new buttboy or something equally disgusting.
Best of luck. I just don't understand how these cynical hypocrites can revile America while taking advantage of her freedoms.
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh!
99% of ethnic studies departments are havens for otherwise unemployable neo-Marxist freaks, are institutes for leftist propaganda. Their paychecks are at stake. If this one goes down others can too
http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=7592
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2004/09/2386.php
http://www.g7welcomingcommittee.com/bands/churchill.html
(look for the Media links on the left side)
Thanks for the link, friend -- and G'morning.
Denny Crane: "I want two things. First God and then Fox News."
bttt
People like this have no place in an institute of higher education. Terrorist training camp, yes. University, no way.
All of this is besides the fact, that what exactly would one do with a degree in "Ethnic Studies"?
Q: What do you call someone with a degree in "Ethnic Studies"?
A: "Waiter..."
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