Posted on 02/05/2005 8:21:13 PM PST by CHARLITE
Spot on!
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BUMP
Hey yall, I was reading the description of the fascist, and well, hmmm, I may be one. I thought he was talking about us. I love warriors, I believe that some dissent has to be crushed, and so on.
Are we fascists?
Probably not, in the literal sense.
However, there are some conservatives who can accurately be described as Jacobins.
The funny thing is, today I just laugh at these situations. These people are so delusional they provide great entertainment for the rest of us. Ward Churchill is held in high esteem in a tiny dusty corner of academia.
The students will get through it OK. It's a kind of "right of passage." They will look back at this nonsense and smile. These young people can generally take a lot of it in and later spit it out. They will play activist for a few years and then move on to real adulthood. That is, unless THEY choose to teach themselves. Than they remain warped.
Campos is an interesting guy. A Leftist who likes to stir things up. He wrote a book claiming being overweight is no big health problem. That took guts. He asks the good question here. Who hired the guy? However, he doesn't have the guts to move it to the next level. What the heck is an Ethnic Studies Dept. anyhow? It's not an academic discipline. It's a jobs program and a social engineering device for Leftists who can't exist in the real World.
...and if he is fired, he will claim 100% sue.
From Answers.com:
1. Communism
a. A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.
b. The Marxist-Leninist version of Communist doctrine that advocates the overthrow of capitalism by the revolution of the proletariat.
2.Fascism
a. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
b. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
You know I often wondered, but never compared definitions, they are basically the same, and I think the "suppression of opposition through terror..." also fits the Commies.
It is merely the imagry that the left goes for when they refer to the right wing as fascist...there is no difference, or maybe as much as the difference between a tortoise and a sea turtle: they look an awful lot alike, but one swims while the other walks.
The good Prof is definitely a Commie.
Actually, the Jacobins sound somewhat like the Islamoterrorists.
Hey FD thanks for the History lesson! After reading post #20 I started to wonder what the difference was between the two. Thanks for doing my homework for me!
It's about time that we should be asking who at CU hired him and why? And of course who read his "academic" writings and hired him.
we agree.
so, why is this campos calling churchill a fascist?
when, clearly churchill is a communist.
the jacobin comparison is a piece of sophistry.
do you honestly believe that terrorists should be afforded the same rights as yourself?
I won't say it never happens, but it's unusual. A few exceptions; in the fine arts, the 'terminal degree' is usually a Masters in Fine Arts (MFA). And obviously physicians, dentists and law professors have doctorates in their fields, not Ph.D.s.
Agreed. I have a relative who has tenure at a upstate NY private liberal arts college, teaching French. Her husband has an MA he got in his native France, and they give him some courses to teach, but will not allow him full time, permanent status because he has no Ph.D. Despite the fact that the students adore him and he is a much better teacher of french than my tenured relative.
I read that article..full of distortions. But I can see how he arrived at his conclusions.
I don't think he is a very good commie. I think he is a self driven psychopathic anarchist. I think psychopaths don't make very good ideogogues. They just wanta do what makes them feel good. I think it is hard to be a commie , just my opinion. It requires a certain discipline and the occasional self denial. Churchhill is a two year old anarchist who is precocious.
I think I heard on the news that his background is being checked because they are not sure of his indian ancestry.
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