Criticized professor speaks at Reed (new Ward Churchill strategy, ban cameras and recording devices)

The Oregonian ^ | Sunday April 17th, 2005 | Shelby Oppel Wood

[ken5050]

His 15 seconds of fame are over..

[broadway]

"cameras and recording devices were banned to create an atmoshpere of open discussion...."

yeah no kidding.

[Lazamataz]

Cameras and recording devices were banned "in the spirit of creating an open forum for debate and discussion," according to a written statement released by the college.

Since I express myself with my camera and my recording device, this violates my first amendment right.

[Lazamataz]

"Yeah, good question," Churchill replied. "The answer is real simple, no. If you want to export democracy, you might first want to learn something about it."

Hey Ward, you Indian-simulating copyright-thief: Bite me.

[contemplator]

If he had boiled his entire message down to "the attacks were inevitable" in the first place he could have avoided this whole affair. It was his attempt to justify his stance using inflamatory rhetoric and unfounded accusations which caused his woes.

Of course simplifying your message and boiling it down to its' essence goes against the nature of what it means to be an intellectual. It's hard to sound really smart when you are saying simple things which everyone already intuitively knows. You wind up sounding very pretentious and aloof. Pres. Bush understands this simple concept, and it drives the intellectuals crazy.

[ken21]

i've seen estimates that 1/7 people in the united states share churchill's views that the u.s. is always the victimizer.

[FormerACLUmember]

There is no "Ward Churchill." He is a ghost, a cypher, an illusion. Nothing is real about him, except his hate and deceit. He is a Scotch-Irish psychopath masquerading as a bogus Native American. He sells fake Indian artwork that he simply photcopies from real artists. He pretends to be "Dr.," while missing any PhD. His bizarre ravings are even plagerized from more creative far-out leftists.

No wonder he wants no documentation or records of his rantings.

[garyhope]

Reed College, famous Left Coast, left wing college.

I don't have to tell you, there's a war, a very serious war going on from the intolerant, fascist left against everything free, American and democratic. It's the worst I've seen in my lifetime. The left wants the death of America. And they're not quitting. Subverted from within.

[JZelle]

"Justin Wilson, a Reed student who introduced Churchill, said organizers wanted his visit to represent a defense of academic freedom and a stand against "blacklisting.""


I'm so sick of seeing this line everytime someone like Churchill speaks at a campus. If they were so committed to "academic freedom" and free speech, why aren't more conservatives invited to speak?

[garyhope]

"Cameras and recording devices were banned "in the spirit of creating an open forum for debate and discussion," according to a written statement released by the college."

Typical leftist BS. In other words, no incriminating evidence.

[OldFriend]

I think it quite instructive that the students laugh and cheer this man's every hideous hateful rhetoric.

Perhaps that is why the school allowed cameras to be banned.

[Cecily]

For a completely fake Indian/artist/academician/human being, he sure is an arrogant son-of-gun.

Why hasn't CU fired him yet?

[Lazamataz]

Why hasn't CU fired him yet?

Because they like the sudden dropoff in enrollments.

[dirtboy]

Why hasn't CU fired him yet?

To fire the White Buffalo would bring a great curse upon CU - they would't win the Big 12 football championship as long as the grass grows and the streams flow.

[Lekker 1]

In black jeans and cowboy boots...

There's gotta be some kind of a cowboy and indian joke in there somewhere, I'd say.

[Dilbert56]

In his view, the people in the Twin Towers who supported capitalism deserved to die, not because of anything they did but simply because they're part of our capitalist society. He's part of their side. By his own standards, he deserves to be mercilessly killed, by us. He's fortunate to live in a society with higher standards than his.

[stands2reason]

He is a Scotch-Irish psychopath masquerading as a bogus Native American.

If you choose to make a dig at the Scots-Irish, you might want to get the name right.

The proper term is "hillbillies." :-)

[FormerACLUmember]

He is a Scotch-Irish psychopath masquerading as a bogus Native American. If you choose to make a dig at the Scots-Irish, you might want to get the name right. The proper term is "hillbillies." :-)

I love Scoth-Irish. My mom was a hillbilly. Ward Churchill faked an entire character to get over as a phony Indian.