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Academia has long been a bastion of liberal
thinking, no surprise here. What came out of New York’s Columbia
University this weekend at an anti war gathering was both shocking
and disturbing.
Professor Nicholas De Genova stunned the crowd
of 3000 by declaring he would like to see “a million Mogadishu's”,
a reference to the 1993 massacre in Somalia where 18 US Army Rangers
were killed and their bodies dragged through the streets by angry
mobs. Shoving further contempt for our men and women in uniform
he added that the US Military is made up of people who have a
"treacherous lack of prospects for a decent life."
De Genova did not stop there, no he went on
to say “Peace is subversive, because peace anticipates a
very different world than the one in which we live – a world
where the US would have no place.”
That is what our kids are being taught in college,
that is what they have been taught for a long time, and that same
mind set is also teaching your kids in high school. We have heard
about the Maine school teachers harassing young military dependents,
telling them their parents were going to be responsible for many
kids dying from chemical warfare.
De Genova can say what he wants, he is tenured
and Columbia University can’t easily fire him. De Genova
is aiding and abetting the enemy by his statements, particularly
by saying “The only true heroes are those who find ways that
help defeat the US military.”
Where is the rage? Talk about hate speech?
I guess hate speech is determined by who is targeted. Every one
has a right to Free Speech, but they also bear the consequences
of their statements.
That's
how I see it!
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Webb's
World ~ 04/02/2003
