One Guy's Opinion on the Political Scene By: Jim Herndon
Token Conservative on College Staff
Remember the incident at the University of Colorado involving the hideous Professor Ward Churchill, who argued that the Americans who died in the 9/11 bombings were “legitimate military targets because they were ‘little Eichmanns’ who formed a technocratic corps at the very heart of America’s global financial empire,” and that “they deserved it.”
The college initially defended the tenured Churchill, who spent most of his time traveling around giving anti-American, Marxist speeches at colleges, until someone, outside the university, found that he lied about his educational background, lied about his American Indian heritage that he made so much of and, the real sin to the university elite, repeatedly plagiarized others in his writings. They had no choice but to fire Churchill and have been trying ever since to recover a little dignity and repair their reputation as a left-biased institution staffed with liberal indoctrinators. Now, Chancellor G.P. Peterson plans to create an endowed chair for a Professor of Conservative Thought and Policy. He said “a college must think beyond courses in gay literature, Chicano studies and feminist theory,” and “We should also talk about intellectual diversity.” Some faculty and students have not looked kindly on Mr. Peterson’s announcement, and have protested that it is “too radical.” Not a surprising reaction considering that, of the 800-member staff, only 32 are registered Republicans. That’s only 4% - an even lower figure than the 8 or 10% we usually see about university faculties. The political science department head said that “while he supports the concept of intellectual diversity, he has reservations about the university’s strategy.” Of course he does. Liberals always give lip service to free speech and diversity but draw the line at conservatism, just as Liberals across the country, spearheaded by Congressional Democrats have been trying to push their “Unfairness Doctrine” to stifle conservative talk radio.
David Horowitz, who wrote the seminal book on bias in our schools, “Indoctrination U:The Left's War Against Academic Freedom,” said that setting up a token Conservative will accomplish nothing and brand the person as a curiosity, like “an animal in the zoo.”