I take the freedoms we have here to dissent more seriously than anyone you probably know. I am into using existing freedoms to expand freedom and justice. It is important to me to do critical thinking pedagogy and political work here in the belly of the best of world capitalism. I have no desire to leave the U.S. although I do have criticisms of it. It is my right.My views are backed by research and reasoning. My students are free to voice any opinion they want as long as they, too, have evidence and reasoning to back them up. Where do you get off complaining about paying my salary when 60% of my tax dollars go to a military that I don't support. Public education is about exposing people to a range of views and approaches to knowledge and believe me, I'm in a tiny minority around here. The students are safe.
Oh, BARF! What reasearch and reasoning? Puhleeze give this blob of quivering protoplasm a good FReep! (But Puhleeze don't quote her private e-mail that was addressed to me back to her. Just use her words from the top of this post. I don't want her to be tipped off to this board.)