Outpouring of academic support for Bill Ayers — 3,200-sign petition for terrorist linked to Obama

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 10/18/08 | Erik Ferreri

[calex59]

Out pouring? 3200 people? I would like to see a petition ran out against this guy and see how many would sign it. 3200 is nothing. What a bunch of jerks the media are.

[calex59]

Wiretap evidence was illegally obtained. He walked free and made sure he wasn’t caught again. Plus it is rumored he had a little inside help.

[Unam Sanctam]

"The current characterizations of Professor Ayers -- 'unrepentant terrorist,' 'lunatic leftist' -- are unrecognizable to those who know or work with him. It's true that Professor Ayers participated passionately in the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s, as did hundreds of thousands of Americans.

"His participation in political activity 40 years ago is history; what is most relevant now is his continued engagement in progressive causes, and his exemplary contribution -- including publishing 16 books -- to the field of education. The current attacks appear as part of a pattern of 'exposes' and assaults designed to intimidate free thinking and stifle critical dialogue."

He IS an unrepentant terrorist! He explicitly said so in 2001! That is a simple fact. Liberals in this country are nothing but apologists for terrorism and political violence.

[Scoutmaster]

Here's the best part of the whole 'academics support William Ayers' bit. Its description of Ayers' past:

"It’s true that Professor Ayers participated passionately in the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s, as did hundreds of thousands of Americans."

Call me picky, but shouldn't building and detonating bombs and killing people be described as something more than "participating passionately"?

And should the actions of hundreds of thousands of Americans be considered the equivalent of bombings?

That's intellectual dishonesty.

What's next?

'It's true Hitler participated passionately in World War II, but so did hundreds of thousands of American GIs."

"It's true that Jeffrey Dahmer was passionate about his diet, but so are thousands of Whole Foods Market shoppers."

"Participating passionately." Riiiiiiiight.

[SVTCobra03]

What I am willing to do is fight the militias that the Obamafuhrer will form from street gangs and creat his own version of the S.A. Only a coward would leave.

[olezip]

The petition represents a rare attempt to defend Ayers, whose name has become a political epithet. Republicans have called him a "domestic terrorist," and presidential candidate John McCain said Wednesday night that Obama's dealings with him raise questions of character.

It is surprising that a terrorist could somehow become a college professor. Perhaps it is time to revamp our universities to get rid of useless, counter-productive curriculums in our institutions of higher learning. Many of the "social justice" kinds of departments and other questionable psychobabble areas can be replaced with things like citizenship in the community, citizenship in the nation, and citizenship in the world. This action would replace useless, anti-American junk that does nothing more than provide a safe harbor for hard core leftists, socialists, communists, and other America haters.

We have to stop letting our college campuses serve as breeding grounds for hate. Get back to reading, writing, and arithmetic, and related subjects like technology, computer science, economics, engineering, agriculture, transportation, forestry, manufacturing, management, and related.

[anymouse]

Sounds like 3,200 paychecks that need to be taken off the governments payroll. Congress isn't the only taxpayer funded institution working against us that needs to be flushed of these anti-American traitors.

[combat_boots]

List Names are...?

[matt1234]

We want the list of the 3,200!

[Travis McGee]

Obama's mentor on patriotism, Bill Ayers.

[delacoert]

Thank you for posting this.

Out of anger, I went to the site to view the signatures. I cut-and-pasted the list into excel and searched for universities with which I have been directly affiliated (four). I was disappointed to find four (I verified that they were indeed faculty).

However, looking through the list it became apparent that not everyone who signed was even claiming association with an academic institution (e.g., reporters, lawyers, moveon.org members). Also, by checking other names with purported university affiliation it seems as if there are quite a number whose academic credentials aren't verifiable.

Further reflection on the signature process also makes it clear that just the appearance of a name is not actually evidence that they entered the information themselves.

I calmed down a little. The appearance of just four names from the thousands of faculty at the four universities I chose is a very small fraction. The article title "Outpouring of Academic Support..." seems like it is an exxageration.

It occurs to me that motivated Freepers could just check for names from schools familiar to them, and make a few waves.

[ridesthemiles]

That tells me that there are 3200 “professors and teachers” that shouldn’t be paid for with taxpayer money.
They are treasonous.

[ridesthemiles]

Note to “professors”:

It isn’t just what Ayers did 40 years ago that is disgusting. It is also what he did after 9/11 when he was totally unrepentant about all of his life-long activities against the USA.

[Doohickey]

I know for a fact that one of those signatures was a friend of mine. A Mr. Heywood Jablome.

[delacoert]

I know for a fact that one of those signatures was a friend of mine. A Mr. Heywood Jablome.

I noticed that Hubich Yakokov had also signed.

[XR7]

I would like to see a petition ran out against this guy and see how many would sign it.

College professors?
Academics?
At major universities?
Not many, I would guess.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

This We Will Defend!!!