Ward Churchill
Who has said he doesn't have the right to open mouth insert foot?
At UC-Boulder, a seven-week review by the interim chancellor concluded that the First Amendment protects Churchill's writings. A tenured professor, he earns $94,242 a year.
Ward Churchill is free to say what ever he wants but to distort the first admendment and say you are not reponisble for repercussions is assine. it falls along the same lines that the foul mouth Howard Stern category. To accept their logic one can stand up in a crowded movie theatre and scream fire at the top of their lungs , cause a panic and injury with out being held responsible for the act.
I am all for freedom of speech, however if you say something stupid or not true you WILL be held accountable by the public. The fact that Colorado tax payers do not agree with his off the wall thinking and do NOT want to endorse or pay for these comments (his salary is payed by taxes not tuition) he is offended and blacklisted. No one is saying hew cannot work, we as tax payers are saying we don't want him working for us.
Speaking recently he was introduced by Justin Wilson, a Reed student who introduced Churchill, said organizers wanted his visit to represent a defense of academic freedom and a stand against "blacklisting."
Greeting the small group of listeners, in black jeans and cowboy boots, Churchill welcomed the crowd of about 450 students, faculty and staff with his customary Native American greeting, "Hello, my relatives." (I would like to know who claims him as a relative actually, Indian nations are backing away from him.) Churchill said his words had been distorted by conservative commentators such as Bill O'Reilly of the Fox network. "No matter how you parse it, the word 'justified' does not appear," Churchill said.
For the United States to be secure, Churchill said, its leaders must "change the equation in terms of valuing life." He said Americans must place equal value on the lives of people of other countries. (Is not this what we do when we are the first country to aid natural disaster areas, and promote democracy around the world?)
Two Reed students invited Churchill to the Southeast Portland campus, said Beth Sorensen, a Reed spokeswoman. His speech in Kaul Auditorium was not publicized and was limited to students, faculty, staff and guests.
Cameras and recording devices were banned "in the spirit of creating an open forum for debate and discussion," according to a written statement released by the college. Spirit of balance discussion? Sounds more like he doesn't want his words to get out to more then a selective few he speaks to. If in the spirit of fair and balance discussion why did they not invite the public and allow cameras and recorders? Is it because he knows he spills vile and vomit every time he opens his mouth. That the citizens of this country will hold him responsible for his idiotic rants and not tolerate it.
Ward Churchill is an opportunistic who will copy , steal , lie to get attention and improve his lot in life. He does this with his proven theft of other writing , paintings, and pandering to special interests of "oh yes I am a victim"
Give me a break Ward.
At UC-Boulder, a seven-week review by the interim chancellor concluded that the First Amendment protects Churchill's writings. A tenured professor, he earns $94,242 a year.
Ward Churchill is free to say what ever he wants but to distort the first admendment and say you are not reponisble for repercussions is assine. it falls along the same lines that the foul mouth Howard Stern category. To accept their logic one can stand up in a crowded movie theatre and scream fire at the top of their lungs , cause a panic and injury with out being held responsible for the act.
I am all for freedom of speech, however if you say something stupid or not true you WILL be held accountable by the public. The fact that Colorado tax payers do not agree with his off the wall thinking and do NOT want to endorse or pay for these comments (his salary is payed by taxes not tuition) he is offended and blacklisted. No one is saying hew cannot work, we as tax payers are saying we don't want him working for us.
Speaking recently he was introduced by Justin Wilson, a Reed student who introduced Churchill, said organizers wanted his visit to represent a defense of academic freedom and a stand against "blacklisting."
Greeting the small group of listeners, in black jeans and cowboy boots, Churchill welcomed the crowd of about 450 students, faculty and staff with his customary Native American greeting, "Hello, my relatives." (I would like to know who claims him as a relative actually, Indian nations are backing away from him.) Churchill said his words had been distorted by conservative commentators such as Bill O'Reilly of the Fox network. "No matter how you parse it, the word 'justified' does not appear," Churchill said.
For the United States to be secure, Churchill said, its leaders must "change the equation in terms of valuing life." He said Americans must place equal value on the lives of people of other countries. (Is not this what we do when we are the first country to aid natural disaster areas, and promote democracy around the world?)
Two Reed students invited Churchill to the Southeast Portland campus, said Beth Sorensen, a Reed spokeswoman. His speech in Kaul Auditorium was not publicized and was limited to students, faculty, staff and guests.
Cameras and recording devices were banned "in the spirit of creating an open forum for debate and discussion," according to a written statement released by the college. Spirit of balance discussion? Sounds more like he doesn't want his words to get out to more then a selective few he speaks to. If in the spirit of fair and balance discussion why did they not invite the public and allow cameras and recorders? Is it because he knows he spills vile and vomit every time he opens his mouth. That the citizens of this country will hold him responsible for his idiotic rants and not tolerate it.
Ward Churchill is an opportunistic who will copy , steal , lie to get attention and improve his lot in life. He does this with his proven theft of other writing , paintings, and pandering to special interests of "oh yes I am a victim"
Give me a break Ward.
