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Firing the 'Politically Incorrect' is censorship
HoustonChronicle.com ^
| Nov. 14, 2001, 6:17PM
| NORAH VINCENT
Posted on 11/16/2001 1:15:21 PM PST by rw4site
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To: prognostigaator
Giving aid and comfort to the enemy is illegal. That certainly appears to be what prof. Jensen is doing but then what else could one expect from an anti-American college professor.He would seem to be a member of the blame America crowd. When the Soviet Union existed the intelligence branches of the Soviet government referred to American's who turned on America as s%%t eaters. It seems as if the professor has a very large spoon.
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11/16/2001 1:15:24 PM PST
by
em2vn
To: joebuck
Humm, I don't recall ANYBODY in the media taking this position when baseball's John Rocker got hounded into an suspention for his Sports Illustrated comments and almost lost his job.The key word in that sentence is "almost".
Or, when Dr. Laura got hounded off television by the gay rights organizations.
Dr. Laura is no longer on television because of poor ratings and for no other reason. If people had watched, she'd still be on.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:24 PM PST
by
sakic
To: All; hobbb; Aunt Polgara
I forgot to post a "Barf Alert," but it appears you (hobbb) forgot to use the close sarcasm (</sarcasm>) tag.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:24 PM PST
by
rw4site
To: rw4site
Of course, there is no law that prevents advertisers from revoking their support for shows.
But if we are going to remain true to the spirit of the First Amendment, we should pass one.
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All your money belongs to us.
To: em2vn
If one can't speak out against the government, one might as well live under a dictatorship.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:24 PM PST
by
sakic
To: rw4site
economic coercion As an employee of a newspaper, I think I'll use this line on the next person who calls to cancel his classified ad. "No, no, you can't cancel! You must keep running your help-wanted ad, even though the job is filled. You're taking away our ad revenue, and that's economic coercion!"
To: mgc1122
Marge Schott, Jimmy the Greek, Al Campanis
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:24 PM PST
by
saminfl
To: Diogenesis
Their expressions in that pic almost look like they know how silly PETA is ...almost.
To: sakic
From your home page.....
"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. " - Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
I probably fit in the 'obscurity' class, but when do (did) you become 'Glorious?'
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:25 PM PST
by
rw4site
To: rw4site
Have you eve met anyone who is liberal and productive?
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:25 PM PST
by
ChadGore
To: rw4site
Of course, there is no law that prevents advertisers from revoking their support for shows. But if we are going to remain true to the spirit of the First Amendment, we should pass one. A law like this would in turn be unconstitutional, as it would violate the advertisers freedom to "associate" with whom he/she wishes. If an advertiser does not want his/her product associated with a blathering liberal, it is their choice not to advertise on that program.
Likewise, if a particuular institution does not want their good name tarnished by the acts of one or a few radicals whose ideologies differ, then the institution is free to dis-associate themselves. It's their right.
Any "laws" to the contrary would in effect "force" people to associate with those with whom they disagree.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:25 PM PST
by
peteram
To: one_particular_harbour
Tenure is a very stupid system, these guys feel as though they are entitled to their jobs and have some kinf of right to use their jobs to promote their own political agenda. They're paid to teach the students, maybe do some research but they aren't paid to promote their communist agenda and it's time they realized that.
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:25 PM PST
by
FITZ
To: rw4site
You know, the First Amendment only says that Congress shall pass no laws restricting free speech. It doesn't say a blessed thing about protecting the jobs of professors who make asses of themselves, or compelling free enterprise to support ideas it doesn't like.
This guy is a total moron!
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posted on
11/16/2001 1:15:26 PM PST
by
WyldKard
To: rw4site
BOYCOTT THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE!
To: rw4site
If he had not used the his position at the University to amplify his seditious statements he would get a pass. Let the cow chips fall where they may.
To: sakic
"The key word in that sentence is "almost"
Just as this professor has not lost his job either. There were many more people calling for Rocker to be fired than there have been for this professor. I don't recall anyone in the media trying to defend Rocker's freedom of speech or disagreeing with those who wanted him fired. My point still stands.
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11/16/2001 1:15:30 PM PST
by
joebuck
To: mgc1122
The USCON does not afford him any privilege from being exempt from the ramification of such "free" speech however.As a point of law, the 1st Amendment does in fact protect the liberal idiot professors from the ramifications of their speech -- not because they are liberal idiot professors -- but because one of them is employed by the City of New York and the other is employed by the State of Texas. If they were employed by private colleges or universities, they could be fired for the content of their speech (or for any other reason) without running afoul of the 1st Amendment, which would not even come into play, subject only to the terms and conditions of their private contracts with their employer.
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To: rw4site
I probably fit in the 'obscurity' class, but when do (did) you become 'Glorious?'There was a ceremony to commemorate the occasion. It was in all the papers.
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11/16/2001 1:15:31 PM PST
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sakic
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