No sign of Huggy's (or anyone's) letter on this topic in today's Ithaca Journal.
There is, however, a "puff piece" on the school and how the "eviile" NYS government threatens the school's "dedication to social justice and multiculturalism" by seeking to impose--gasp--academic standards on this festering cop-killer-loving hippie factory:
...if we are really concerned about social justice, we need to look at the larger picture of New York state, schools where they don't have the resources...There are huge numbers of our children who cannot read and write. We are going to go through some horrible times, with large numbers of children dropping out of school and with the distance between the haves and have-nots increasing.
Meanwhile, ISIS, the e-zine of "the fascist underground in ithaca" (as one local lefty put it)did have the courage to attack this sick spectacle that is the Alternative Community School:
Guest speakers at commencement ceremonies are a good indicator of what track any particular institution is on. When it came to the ACS graduation, it wouldn't have surprised me if they had someone like anti-capitalist Michael Moore (who might have been able to find an opening in his tour to promote his new book, but probably would have charged too much). However, they took it to a whole new level by playing a message from cop-killer, Mumia Abu-Jamal...Aren't you glad your tax dollars are spent to foster such an "enlightened" educational atmosphere?
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That childish demand of saying "Sorry" and abolishing bad behavior has become derigueur in our society. And even if the perpetrator of nastiness does not say it themself, there is a wide coalition of people who are ready to jump in and apologize for them....Kill a police officer in cold blood? He's a great candidate for giving commencement addresses to high school graduates!
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I see that the Alternative Community School's Graduation featured a taped speech by convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. Three thoughts pop immediately to mind (well, four, actually, but one is full of too many unprintable words):
The Journal refers to Abu-Jamal as a "radio journalist." That's a little like describing O.J. Simpson as a "former football player," Charles Manson as a "songwriter," or Adolph Hitler as an "author."
Will the staff of ACS try to "book" Osama Bin Laden to speak to grads next year? Perhaps by satellite telephone?
This is your tax dollars at work.
Ithaca is the City of Evil.
...or Gary Condit as a member of the House Intelligence Committee, or Hillary Clinton as a former "First" "Lady"...