For someone who claims to have a Ph.D, he sure doesn’t seem very bright.
But in any event, he hasn't yet done any original research or written a Thesis. Why he feels floating his educational credentials is a legitimate appeal to authority says more about his own sense of inadequacy than it does about his actual expertise.
I seriously doubt the truthfulness of his testimony. Anyone can say anything, and the history of liberals giving false witness is pervasive -- and damning.
He doesn’t have a PhD...he only is a student/candidate.
He doesn’t have a PhD...he only is a student/candidate...and he isn’t very bright.
The thought crossed my mind, that all this drivel spewed out of his mouth because he's afraid he can kiss his Ph.D. goodbye if he actually kills a guy who's in his house.
Lifestyle, not a "sudden awakening". He realized that if he shot a burglar, he'd be a pariah in the faculty lounge -- and in fact would be excluded from that club.
“Blanchfield is a Ph.D. candidate and Woodruff Scholar in comparative literature at Emory University in Atlanta.”
Candidate means he’s working on it...probably one of those permanent student types who doesn’t have a real job.
“For someone who claims to have a Ph.D, he sure doesn’t seem very bright.”
Ph.D? Professor of hellish Doctrines?
He's got a PhD? Well that explains everything. He's had his good sense and basic human instincts brainwashed right out of him. It's hard to find anyone who's been that deep down the rabbit hole of academia who isn't a raving liberal moonbat.
The world is filled with idiots that possess tons of knowledge but exhibit zero wisdom.
BTW - The original story reads like a fantasy piece written by a gun grabber trying to pretend to be a average Joe gun guy that had a revelation. His new enlightenment brought him to a high plane of existence where guns became unnecessary. Basically I think it is a steaming pile of horse crap he is trying to peddle.