This “genius” proves the old saying:
“There is a thin line between genius and insanity”.
The First Amendment doesn't have asterisks for "attributed" versus "unattributed" speech. The government may not abridge political speech, ever, ever, ever, period. The "fundamental principle of free societies that one be able to debate one's accusers" conflates political speech with legal proceedings, a confusion, coming from a so-called "genius scholar," that seems to indicate a desire to criminalize political speech.
Horrifyingly, this position is becoming more and more popular:
Stalinism chic.
This is at the Institute for Advanced Study?
Let me guess.
Affirmative action was involved.
Hmmmmmmm
Hmmmmm.......just means we need to increase our use of disinformation. Let them utterly waste their time prowling through posting records of the public.
I lived in New York back in the 80’s. I went to school in Spokane during the 40’s.
http://www.princeton.edu/~paw/web_exclusives/features/features_121901.html
Danielle Allen who is so stupid she has nothing better to do. Plus is a racist who will only vote for black candidates.
I can make lame ass accusations too. Is that just for minorities?
If I had her IQ I would put it to better use
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I have not followed her career, although I hear that her books are excellent. I knew her slightly in college. She was razor-sharp, and conservative. She interned at NR>
http://corner.nationalreview.com/
HUH???
Your link just goes to The Corner, not directly to the article, I had to search to find it.
You might want to ask the AM to replace it with the direct link:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTQxOTM4MzYwYjIzZDM0N2YwMmJkNTBlYzM4Y2I5MGE=
ping :)
bttt
This professor is typical of that mindset.
I think she has too much time on her hands.
Maybe she can get to the bottom of the internet emailers against Bush, Cheney ???
Or maybe she just is another partisan.
Marxism at work. Keep your powder dry.
Oh, please let me be one of the ‘guilty’ FReepers who dared to call a Muslim a Muslim. LOL She’s just another whinyass liberal bedwetter! I don’t remember her doing a research study about how the liberal media lies about Bush, the war, and other conservative issues every single day. Of course a liberal black woman is just naturally going to support Obamanation and that snarly, racist, woman he’s married to. If she can’t deal with the First Amendment that guarantees all of us free speech, then she should leave America and go live in a Muslim country where there is no free speech. THEN she might appreciate the US!
ROFLMAO!
Hey Danielle. I’ll like you sniff my jockstrap if you can get your marxist POS into the whitehouse.
I guess the Washington Post forgot to mention this about Allen...
Ms. Allen has been using tax exempt facilities to conduct her political research. Once again, an Obama supporter is caught apparently violating the law (by using tax-exempt facilities to do Obama campaign research)
according to Andy Martin.
ANDY MARTIN RESPONDS TO WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE NAMING MARTIN AS THE SOURCE OF COMMENTS ABOUT OBAMA’S RELIGIOUS ROOTS
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037797/posts
“How did Mosk find Allen if she had no public record of any involvement? Obviously he was steered to her by the Obama campaign, a fact Mosk neglects to disclose. I would suggest that if Mosk was steered to her by the Obama campaign Mr. Mosk needs to write a follow-up story and disclose his own research record; it raises serious suspicions.