Monday, March 07, 2005
Lies, lies, and more lies
Ward Churchill's take on Betsy Hoffman's resignation:
"I see it as part of an agenda for a political viewpoint to assert absolute state control over the university. It's been public that the intent is to review every instructor, all content, every core course to vet it for adherence to a political line. She has been resistant to that idea, has been working to defend the principle of academic integrity in the face of almost stonewall opposition to the idea that quite a range of viewpoints are deserving of articulation."
Um, Ward, no, it is not "public that the intent is to review every instructor, all content, every core course to vet it for adherence to a political line." That's a flat-out lie on your part--do you even know how to tell the truth? Once again, a statement made up out of whole cloth, with not a shred of evidence to support your ridiculous claim. If such a thing is public, it's only "public" in the editorials of the weird little anarchist rags that agree to print your treasonous venom. It's certainly not "public" among the Board of Regents or in any news source I can find.
And as for "academic integrity" I'll say this much--you yourself, Ward Churchill, wouldn't know academic integrity if it bit you on your embattled arse.
And news flash--this isn't about free speech anymore, so please spare us your pathetic attempts to return to that issue. Like any common crook stopped for a bad tail-light and then arrested for murder, you were looked at for one thing and found wanting on so many criminal points it's ridiculous.
Academic integrity from Betsy Hoffman? The woman who marched on the Capitol building here and then freaked out when reporters asked tough questions? The woman who told everyone this was "a new McCarthyism"? Gimme a break. She has less integrity of any kind, academic or otherwise, than my cat.
"I see it as part of an agenda for a political viewpoint to assert absolute state control over the university. It's been public that the intent is to review every instructor, all content, every core course to vet it for adherence to a political line. She has been resistant to that idea, has been working to defend the principle of academic integrity in the face of almost stonewall opposition to the idea that quite a range of viewpoints are deserving of articulation."
Um, Ward, no, it is not "public that the intent is to review every instructor, all content, every core course to vet it for adherence to a political line." That's a flat-out lie on your part--do you even know how to tell the truth? Once again, a statement made up out of whole cloth, with not a shred of evidence to support your ridiculous claim. If such a thing is public, it's only "public" in the editorials of the weird little anarchist rags that agree to print your treasonous venom. It's certainly not "public" among the Board of Regents or in any news source I can find.
And as for "academic integrity" I'll say this much--you yourself, Ward Churchill, wouldn't know academic integrity if it bit you on your embattled arse.
And news flash--this isn't about free speech anymore, so please spare us your pathetic attempts to return to that issue. Like any common crook stopped for a bad tail-light and then arrested for murder, you were looked at for one thing and found wanting on so many criminal points it's ridiculous.
Academic integrity from Betsy Hoffman? The woman who marched on the Capitol building here and then freaked out when reporters asked tough questions? The woman who told everyone this was "a new McCarthyism"? Gimme a break. She has less integrity of any kind, academic or otherwise, than my cat.
