February 12, 2005

Two more on Ward Churchill fiasco

Ward Churchill (the 9/11 victims = Little Eichmanns guy) can't get no respect anymore... As I had written about earlier here, the University of Colorado professor and director of their "Indian Studies" program is not Indian as he claims. Two other people are writing about this: First Ann Coulter: bq. SITTING BULL-S*** February 9, 2005 bq. If Ward Churchill loses his job teaching at the University of Colorado, he could end up giving Howard Dean a real run for his money to head the Democratic National Committee. bq. Churchill already has a phony lineage and phony war record — just like John Kerry! (Someone should also check out Churchill's claim that he spent Christmas 1968 at Wounded Knee.) In 1983, Churchill met with Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi and later felt it necessary to announce that his group, the American Indian Movement, "has not requested arms from the Libyan government." In 1997, he was one of the "witnesses" who spoke at a "Free Mumia" event in Philadelphia on behalf of convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. bq. Come to think of it, Churchill could give Hillary a run for her money. All that's left for Churchill to do now is meet with Al Sharpton and kiss Suha Arafat. bq. Churchill's claim that he is an Indian isn't an incidental boast, like John Kerry pretending to be Irish. It is central to his career, his writing, his political activism. Churchill has been the co-director of the American Indian Movement of Colorado, the vice chairperson of the American Indian "Anti-Defamation" Council, and an associate professor and coordinator of American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado. Ann goes on to tell a bit more of the current story and then go through Churchill's claims and backpeadling when facts are presented. Please Note: Ann's website does not offer permalinks -- this story is right now on the top of her website but it will probably be moved to the archives section when she writes something new. Here is that link: Ann Coulter Archives Next up is Bad Eagle -- Dr. David Yeagley who has two posts to offer: bq. Indians Don't Care About Churchill Of all the things I said on Bill O'Reilly's The Factor last night (February 10), probably the most controversial will be my opening statement: "Indians don't care about Ward Churchill." Why controversial? Because all the Indians on the Indian websites and newspapers have vociferously denounced Churchill. "Is there a consensus?" O'Reilly had asked. I still say yes. I still say Indian people don't care. bq. So, who are "the Indians?" That's the underlying issue, for Indians. Is it the common Indian people, or the professional Indians with a voice in media? The professionals are all liberal, Leftist, and hardly represent Indian people. The university Indians are professional Leftists. They have their own careers. None of these people represent Indian people. bq. No one "represents" Indian people. I don't, either. "The people" are psychologically independent. They laugh at so-called leaders, most of the time. Most people out there in America do not know about real Indian people, in Indian environments. bq. These Leftists who will criticize what I said are just as ant-American as Ward Churchill! Just because they have an opportunity to denounce him for his fake Indianness, just because they declare their "compassion" for the victims of 9-11, doesn't mean they aren't just as Communist as he is. They share exactly the same sentiments. America is bad. Indians must forever lament. bq. Anyone who knows anything about Churchill has known he's fake. Indians have known it for 30 years, especially the "professional" Indians. So where have then been? Why have they let him get by with his chicanery for 30 years? This is too little, too late, as far as I'm concerned. Their protest of Churchill is more fake than his Indianness. Ouch! He is certainly telling a different story than what we hear from the MSM or leftie blogs. Dr. Yeagley's next post refers to his appearance on Bill O'Reilly's "The Factor" bq. Churchill and Free Speech David Horowitz says Ward Churchill should not be fired from the faculty of the University of Colorado. Despite Churchill's venomous anti-Americanism, Horowitz says free speech is more important, and that firing Churchill would set "a bad precedent." Dr. Yeagley then goes on to say: bq. Intellectual diversity is an ideal, and far from reality. Private schools offer the only hope of true freedom of thought. I think it is important to be clear on the state university issue, however, and we can thank Mr. Horowitz for his statements, indeed his life labor, to correct the university conditions. bq. However, if I may be so bold as to assert, I do not believe the kind of rhetoric of Ward Churchill represents intellectual diversity at all. I do not believe the state university should provide opportunity for America's enemies to express themselves, especially to young, impressionable minds. The concept of intellectual diversity should never be understood as an opportunity for destructive influences to foster animosity toward America. bq. Even if I myself, an American Indian patriot, were given a position juxtaposing Churchill, in the same department, it would not balance the influence. Whenever the state gives tax-supported opportunity for the enemy of the state to express itself, the concept of intellectual diversity is crippled and moot. The public is insulted, and the country is weakened. Mixing poison with truth blurs the whole concept of the country. bq. Personally, I think public universities should be dismantled completely. The private sector, with a variety of institutions, could better engender the ideal of intellectual diversity. If sectors of the public want communist institutions, let them have them, at their own expense. Let them deal with their own accreditation problems. Let students attend such institutions if they want, and only if they want. bq. If the idea of teaching American constitutional patriotism is considered imbalanced, then the case is hopeless. The enemy forever holds a place in the development of the culture. The enemy has the advantage in the future. If love of America cannot be taught unless hatred of America is taught along side it, then there is no point in either being taught in the name of intellectual diversity. Such diversity is nothing more than anti-Americanism itself. Interesting thoughts -- I side with Dr. Yeagley on this one although the State Universities do offer a lot of good when you are looking at the agricultural and medical courses. Maybe they should dismantle all programs with the word "Studies" in their title -- those are where the moonbattery seems to come from. Nobody ever enrolled in the "Bovine Studies" program at WSU... Posted by DaveH at February 12, 2005 3:48 PM
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