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Worse Than Bigoted ( Helen Thomas )
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| DECEMBER 6, 2010.
| JAMES TARANTO
Posted on 12/06/2010 1:18:02 PM PST by george76
Helen Thomas's latest may be too much for the Society of Professional Journalists.
If your lifelong ambition is to win the Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity Award from Detroit's Wayne State University, you might as well end it all now. Thomas's alma mater terminated the award Friday "after she made controversial remarks in Dearborn on Thursday...
As you might expect, Thomas is not happy with Wayne State's decision. "The leaders of Wayne State University have made a mockery of the First Amendment and disgraced their understanding of its inherent freedom of speech and the press," she told the Free Press. "The university also has betrayed academic freedom--a sad day for its students."
We suppose she could hire a lawyer and sue Wayne State on the ground that removing her name from the award is tantamount to censorship of protected speech. We like the university's odds of prevailing in that one. As for academic freedom, are we to understand that Thomas claims to be engaged in scholarship?
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TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; Israel; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: academicbias; antisemite; conspiracytheory; dajooz; dearbornistan; hatespeech; helen; helenthomas; helenthomaslegacy; islamicsupremacist; israel; ivorytower; jewhater; liberalbigot; macaca; macacamoment; pravdamedia; senility; thomas; zionists
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To: george76
Thank you for the WSJ link, george76.
I have been sorely missing the Journal (and FR's most loyal WSJ poster) of late.
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posted on
12/07/2010 4:15:06 AM PST
by
MaggieCarta
(Reigning Princess of "PDS" - Porter, Dark mild, Stout. I'm talkin' beer, here, people. [English Ale])
To: All
HT:
"The leaders of Wayne State University have made a mockery of the First Amendment"RedEye moment here: Helen knows mocking the 1st Amendment like I know lying about dependents.
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posted on
12/07/2010 4:30:59 AM PST
by
MaggieCarta
(Reigning Princess of "PDS" - Porter, Dark mild, Stout. I'm talkin' beer, here, people. [English Ale])
To: MaggieCarta
...they’re welcome to her!
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posted on
12/07/2010 5:52:26 AM PST
by
grellis
(I am Jill's overwhelming sense of disgust.)
To: grellis
...they’re welcome to her!Agreed!
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posted on
12/07/2010 6:50:48 AM PST
by
MaggieCarta
(Reigning Princess of "PDS" - Porter, Dark mild, Stout. I'm talkin' beer, here, people. [English Ale])
To: george76; Timesink; martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; =Intervention=; PianoMan; GOPJ; ...
If your lifelong ambition is to win the Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity Award from Detroit's Wayne State University, you might as well end it all now. Thomas's alma mater terminated the award Friday "after she made controversial remarks in Dearborn on Thursday... Helen Thomas made antisemitic remarks in Dearbornistan?
I'm SHOCKED!
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posted on
12/07/2010 7:48:44 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: george76
Helen Thomas's latest may be too much for the Society of Professional Journalists. Helen Thomas's latest may be too much for the Society of Professional Leftists.
There. Fixed it.
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posted on
12/07/2010 7:50:22 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Baladas
Maybe, but she sure is a looker.Yeah. If you're Stevie Wonder.
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posted on
12/07/2010 7:51:47 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: a fool in paradise; george76
This vile B$tch got by with what came out of her mouth for 4 decades.
Now she is paying the price for her hate verbage under the guise of Free Speech.
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posted on
12/07/2010 8:01:45 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DESTROYING AMERICA-LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO THE WHITE HOUSE!)
To: Grampa Dave
Those in the ivory tower had to know what she was when they granted her “front row” access to the presidents all of those years.
They’ve gotten tired of making excuses for her now.
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posted on
12/07/2010 8:17:31 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: a fool in paradise
Thanks for the ping - time for ‘all things Helen’ to get off the stage...
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posted on
12/07/2010 9:56:59 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(Christianity: arm of Judaism bringing pagans and heathens to knowledge of the Hebrew God via Christ.)
To: Baladas
Look again...
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posted on
12/07/2010 11:03:27 AM PST
by
seanmerc
To: beckysueb; Bookwoman; DirtyHarryY2K; Dominic01; freedomlover; greatdefender; holly go-rightly; ...
Courtesy ping for the Helen Thomas ping list. Thanks to MaggieCarta!
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posted on
12/07/2010 11:05:17 AM PST
by
seanmerc
To: reagan_fanatic
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posted on
12/07/2010 11:06:31 AM PST
by
seanmerc
To: seanmerc
OM*!
i just home from work....& this is on my computer
*TEARING*
where's that disinfectant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
12/11/2010 1:17:38 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Imam Zer0: DeathCARE, Is my only "health" plan....to hell w/ free enterprise system :^)
To: skinkinthegrass
Skink,
There isn’t enough disinfectant in the world...
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posted on
12/11/2010 11:48:03 AM PST
by
seanmerc
To: seanmerc
There isn’t enough disinfectant in the world...ughhhh...well, eye-candy is required.
Sharon Den Adel
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posted on
12/12/2010 2:10:12 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(Imam Zer0: DeathCARE, Is my only "health" plan....to hell w/ free enterprise system :^)
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