Not that I would encourage writing Professor Singleton. But if you must, please do be very, very polite. There's nothing that a liberal hates more than a polite conservative.
BWAHAHAHAHA I knew I could count on the freepers!
Oh, I closed by mentioning that I was an alum of UC Berkeley and Cardinal Stritch Universities.
I made good use of the links you provided. Here is the letter I just sent to the good Professor, since he seems to specialize in the wrongs of "group think."
Dear Professor Singleton,
I have just read on the Internet the story of your taking down a flag that an employee of Holy Cross had brought to work, in honor of her friend Todd Beamer, who lost his life saving the lives of others.
Before writing this note to you, I read your biography. It seems to me that you are imposing the views of the small group you are a member of, the Sociology Department of Holy Cross, upon others. I would expect that you would find the words to explain why you did what you did.
While you are at it, you may find the words to apologize to a lady who was honoring the memory of a friend and hero, who gave his life for his country as surely as any man or woman who has ever died on the battlefield. The American flag is a symbol of the sacrifice that all such women and men have made, as surely as the row on row of marble crosses and Stars of David, in graveyards across the world.
I look forward to hearing your response.
John Armor, former Professor of Political Science
Member of the Bar of the US Supreme Court
Post Script: I also know a litle about attitudes of "us" versus "them." One of my seven books to date was Manzanar about the internment camps in which we incarcerated Japanese-Americans without charges or trials , in World War II. We are at war again, and the tolerance of Americans of those with whom they disagree and differ, is again going to be sorely tested. I urge you to reflect on that subject before you reply.
Congressman Billybob
"Another Look at the Conformity Explanation of Group-Induced Shifts in Choice," Human Relations, 32, January, 1979:37-56.Time for a group-induced shift in choices, eh, professor?
In the trees to the left of the fairway.
Why am I not surprised!?
What I've noticed is that because most liberals expect conservatives to be mean when we are polite they become first confused and think we are agreeing with them but then mad as hell when they realize we are not.