Posted on 11/07/2003 7:38:52 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
As reported in Front Page Magazine, http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=10699, the Wells College Republicans yesterday published a study showing that Dems outnumber Republicans on the social sciences/humanities faculties by a ratio of 92%/8%.
In response, a Wells prof sent a campus-wide email calling Republicans "stupid" and calling for Republicans to be forcibly lobotomized. See press release below from the Wells Republicans.
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Wells College Professor: Republicans Should be Forcibly Lobotomized
Prof Labels Republicans Stupid
College Republicans: A Conservative Prof Saying Similar Thing would be Gone
Contact: Kristy Lee Hochenberger
Chairman, Wells College Republicans
Phone: 315.364.2960
khochenberger@wells.edu
AURORA, N.Y. (Nov. 7)--Responding to a study showing a gross imbalance of Democrats over Republicans on the faculty of Wells College, located in Aurora, NY, a Wells professor distributed a campus-wide email calling for Republicans to be forcibly lobotomized and labeling Republicans stupid.
On Thursday, November 6th, the Wells Republicans issued a press release describing the study they had conducted of the political party registrations of the members of the social sciences and humanities faculties at the college. The study revealed that members of parties of the left (Democrats, Greens, Working Families) outnumbered members of parties of the right (Republicans and Conservatives) by a ratio of 92%/8%. The online FrontPage Magazine promptly picked up the story. See article: http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=10699
Responding to the press release and study, Wells Professor Tom Vawter sent an email to all members of the Wells community calling Republicans stupid. He closed his email with this quote: Lobotomies for Republicans: It's not just a good idea; its the Law! --Yellow Dog.
Wells Republican Chairman Kristy Lee Hochenberger, a junior from Syracuse, NY, responded to Vawters comments: We are outraged by Professor Vawters comments. Calling Republicans stupid is wrong and misguided. Calling for all Republicans to be forcibly lobotomized is frightening, said Hochenberger.
A conservative professor saying a similar thing would be gone. If a professor made an analogous comment in response to a press release from a liberal womens group, he would be out of a job by sundown. Cries of hate crime, threats of violence and misogyny would echo through the land. Feminist and liberal leaders would be flying into Aurora from around the country to support the beleaguered students and call for the punishment of the professor. The national media would focus on the story.
Added Hochenberger: In yesterdays press release, we cited the experience of a number of Wells students who are reluctant to express their Republican or conservative views, given the intimidating atmosphere that some of the liberal professors on the faculty have created. Prof. Vawter has unwittingly given a perfect illustration of the kind of intolerant, intimidating attitudes that the Republican students described in yesterdays press release.
Concluded Hochenberger: We call on the Wells College administration, and in particular Wells College President Lisa Marsh Ryerson, to condemn Prof. Vawters intemperate language and to take measures to ensure that Republicans at Wells will be free to express themselves without fear of this kind of hateful and threatening response.
//end release//
Republicans are smart, very smart, not to study this crap.
Hey, I teach that crap. Of course, I teach that western culture and art is superior to all others (I'm not so subtle about it) and the students tend to agree - they haven't been brainwashed quite yet.
They have to tolerate it, unless they want to fail courses they need for their degrees.
Students know that these professors are losers who will seek revenge through failing grades if a student speaks out against the liberal professor's opinions.
We'll see how the FR community responds after a few of the invading *Aztlan Nationalists* in California get their hands on Jim Rob one of these days.
You know what they say about a liberal who's been mugged.
-archy-/-
I am unsure if I agree with this either. I would think that, you report, they decide would be better. More than likely, they will decide in favor of your opinions.
The superiority of (at least) western art to all others is not something to decide, it is something to accept. If anyone can come up with the non-western equivalent of Beethoven, Van Gogh, Shakespeare, Michelangelo, etc. then there is room for debate. Otherwise...why not accept the truth?
BTW, my students are lucky if they can recognize Da Vinci's Mona Lisa (some thought it was painted by Picasso), much less debate the value of western culture!
Your friends are correct.
I just finished (at 36 years of age) a B.S. at University of California, Davis. It has the unfortunate nickname of "Mini-Berkley," because the liberal/socialist/pro-terrorist crowd is overwhelmingly prevalent.
However, with each class I took, where the hard-left agenda was pushed as the Gospel, I consistantly fought back, in class. Nothing makes a Prof. stick to the facts then being embarrassed by a student who, point by point, dispels their liberal mantras. They weren't happy about it, but I also produced top-notch results, both in tests and the various papers I had to write (Anthro classes were particularly unpleasant, due to having to read so much PC-addled excrement).
While the liberal professors and I butted heads, and they knew me by the sound of my voice, I also won their respect, and have many good references and contacts.
Stick to your guns, make sure your facts are perfect, and don't let them continue with their bald-faced lies...
Of course, I must admit I did enjoy poking a finger in the eye of all the brain-dead liberals... Especially amusing was (during a display of all the PLO "heroes" who were suicide bombers), walking around the campus in a white T-shirt with, in big black letters, "Kill ARAFAT" on the chest... WOW!!! Watch that put a twist in their knickers! :-P
Be well,
Oh, you meant the diversity quotas?
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