[ClancyJ]

Just typical actions from our socialistic educators. Of course they would see nothing wrong with his ideas - they too hate our government and are teaching liberal, socialistic, Marxist ideals. People that believe their rational just want to be brainwashed.

Any smart parents will be sure their young do not attend that college no matter how "enlightening of other views" it is. They are after the minds of our young and they expect you to pay for it.

[Calculus_of_Consent]

If you live near this college sign up for this professor's class. Go to class and challange him on every point. If you are already a college graduate and are presently working or you are retired, you already are miles ahead of this guy. If you have studied economics at all, you can expose him for the complete twit that he is.

[GeronL]

Tenure is stupid. We need to purge anti-Americans from our colleges and universities.

[rockfish59]

where's joe mc carthy now that we need him?
J.M. phone home!!

[Humidston]

Looks to me like this Homer "Butch" Hayes dude needs a good sound FReepin'!

[TheLooseThread]

"...to protect them from such an uprising in the community..."

Yes, we wouldn't want to be held accountable to the tax payers, would we?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Glad to see this is getting coverage.

A CLASS STRUGGLE: Tenure of Avowed Marxist Controversy jolts College

[Budge]

"I think that capitalism is a system based on exploitation and oppression and domination and racism and war — and lots of other things."

Just another good democRAT.

[RightOnline]

""I have a fundamental disagreement with capitalism," Mr. Smith said in answer to a question about his Marxist beliefs. "I think that capitalism is a system based on exploitation and oppression and domination and racism and war — and lots of other things.""

.........and like, um, you know........what other like, you know........things would those, um, like be, Mr. Smith? Um...........dude, um..........what drove your sorry arse out of New York, like, you know? Only to pop up in some obscure, small-town Texas community college, like, you know??

[sneakypete]

"As I told several who wanted this man fired, today was the perfect example of why college professors need tenure: to protect them from such an uprising in the community," Mr. Hayes said.

See,this is where they go wrong. The community ARE the employers of these professors,and they are the ones who pay their salaries. As employers they don't have the right to dictate personal political beliefs,but they DO have the right to forbid professors from teaching their personal political beliefs.

[MrB]

This guy was on H&C last night. Hannity asked him how he could support a system that was responible for murdering 10's of millions of people.
The guy said that that was "just a matter of opinion". He also used the same tired old "it hasn't been tried with the right people in charge." And that "democratic socialism is not the same as Stalinism."

The main thing this guy needs reminded of (with a ball bat) is that humans will not function under a system that rewards sloth and ambition equally.

I also found it interesting that his "democratic socialism" is exactly what the DemocRat party is trying to institute in America. There is no doubt that the DemocRats are socialist/communist.

[texlok]

Only in Texas would you have a president of a college named "Butch" ;-)

[ClancyJ]

I am beginning to see the need for a conservative college. A college that teaches conservative ideals and American democracy principles. We need a Fox News for our colleges. There are many families that do not want Marxism taught as the truth.

[Dr. Frank fan]

I guess that I will be one of the few who would be opposed to denying tenure just because someone is a "Marxist". I saw no indication from this or earlier articles about this case that the professor is a poor teacher; he lets his views be known in class, but that seems to be it. (Should he hide his views?)

Of course, there are other arguments one could have. For example, the existence of tenure in the first place. But in this case I guess I come down on the side of academic freedom. Let his ideas fall because they are stupid and debunked, not because he is hounded by the community (an act which only martyrs him and gives him attention). Let's also try to remember that the shoe could always be (and in most universities, usually is!) on the other foot. Denying tenure to, and cleansing departments of, conservatives is the norm. If you've read a great, sometimes-tragically-hilarious book called The Shadow University you know what I'm talking about. If not I recommend it.

[oyez]

If a math professer taught classes contrary to the laws of math he would be fired. If a psysics prof tought things backwards he would be tossed out, likewise if a professer teaches a false doctrine like Marxism he should be thrown out. Its amazing how people who could not make it in the real world are given teaching positions.

[austingirl]

This Marxist should stop being so hypocritical and live up to his anti-capitalist principles in a socialist or communist country.