Posted on 03/24/2010 12:08:26 PM PDT by TexCon
CHICAGO, March 24, 2010—For the second time in two years, the University of Chicago has censored a student's post on a private Facebook page. Undergraduate Joseph "Tex" Dozier posted a joke that he had had a dream about assassinating University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer "for a secret Israeli organization." Mearsheimer is co-author of the controversial book The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy. This post prompted an investigator from the university's police department to question Dozier about his political views, suggest that he would investigate Dozier's comments on his university radio show, and demand that Dozier remove the post or else have the post reported to Mearsheimer, one of his professors. Dozier came to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for help...
For FIRE's overview and documentation of the incident, see: http://www.thefire.org/case/818
For my linking to the documentation and thoughts on the situation: http://thoughtsfromatexan.com/blog/university-of-chicago-repeatedly-censors-student-facebooks/
(Excerpt) Read more at thefire.org ...
Someone who “dreams about assassinating someone” should not be surprised if they are investigated. If one cannot express disapproval of someone more intelligently, one does not belong at a university.
There was nothing about expressing disagreement with the professor. Please actually read the letter and the transcript before commenting.
There’s also the question of the university violating the individual rights of students by monitoring their online accounts.
Also, look at the status update pic in context. Moreover, the transcript clearly demonstrates the jocular nature considering opposition to Mearsheimer.
Someone who “dreams about assassinating someone” should not be surprised if they are investigated.
Agreed. This is almost as stupid as the guy who posted his Obama plot on Twitter.
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