Spaceman Spiff Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Not sure if anyone here has heard about this, but it just came across my twitter feed a little while ago. Figured it'd be good Tailgate fodder http://www.dailyillini.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/2010/09/15/block-i-chant-portrays-neither-patriotism-nor-remembrance The vast majority of 9/11 observances in this country cannot be seen as politically neutral events. Implicit in their nature are the notions that lives lost at the World Trade Center are more valuable than lives lost in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine and elsewhere; that the motives of the 9/11 attackers had nothing to do with genuine grievances in the Islamic world regarding American imperialism; and that the U.S. has been justified in the subsequent killing of hundreds of thousands in so-called retaliation.The observance at Saturday’s football game was no different. A moment of silence was followed by a military airplane flyover; in between, Block-I students chanted “USA, USA.” This was neither patriotism nor remembrance in any justifiable sense, but politicization, militarism, propaganda and bellicosity. The University is a public institution that encompasses the political views of all, not just the most (falsely) “patriotic.” Athletic planners should cease such exploitation for political purposes. They might at least consider how most Muslim students, American or otherwise, would respond to this nativist display; or better, Muslims and others that live their lives under the threat of our planes, drones and soldiers. The overwhelmingly white, privileged, Block-I students should be ashamed of their obnoxious, fake-macho, chicken-hawk chant, while poverty-drafted members of their cohort fight and die in illegal and immoral wars for the control of oil. University administrators need to eliminate from all events such “patriotic” observances, which in this country cannot be separated from implicit justifications for state-sponsored killing. David Green, University Academic Professional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 The chasm between being educated and intelligent is often very, very wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endzone_dave Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 "University Academic Professional". The academic world probably contains more useless people than every where else combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reic Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 What proof does this guy have that the chants were not patriotic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubbs Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 :doh: The Muslim part is just incredible. No Muslim American could possibly want to chant U-S-A! They must be terribly offended! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckus Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Wow - that is stupid. Is he a professor? Why is his signature "University Academic Professional"? 99% of professors I know would say "Associate Professor" or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reic Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Wow - that is stupid. Is he a professor? Why is his signature "University Academic Professional"?99% of professors I know would say "Associate Professor" or something like that. I agree, I was told my one of my professors that most professors have a hint of ego they carry with them, and if they are a Ph.D. it's Dr. so and so all the time, every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 I don't think he's a professor. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reic Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 He is a disgruntled member of the campus janitorial staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Well if this guy wanted his 15minutes of fame... he's getting em. What an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnLockesGhost Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Man, he really gets rolling by the end. The beginning was kind of interesting and had me thinking and nodding a bit. In the second paragraph he starts to exaggerate and whine. The third paragraph is just over-the-top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachSkin Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 "Hey that's my shtick!" - Ward Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Man, he really gets rolling by the end. The beginning was kind of interesting and had me thinking and nodding a bit. In the second paragraph he starts to exaggerate and whine. The third paragraph is just over-the-top. Exactly. He had a kernel of a good point at the beginning, which he rapidly obscured by being a giant jerkwad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullnelson9999 Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 eh, nevermind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 If he was really smart he'd be teaching at Northwestern not UI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 If he was really smart he'd be teaching at Northwestern not UI. And iIf he was really, really, really smart, he would be teaching at U Chicago, not Northwestern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Exactly. He had a kernel of a good point at the beginning, which he rapidly obscured by being a giant jerkwad.Ditto and ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 It seems like this guy is trying just a little too hard, though his ability to hit so many extreme leftist talking points in such a short essay is rather impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 And iIf he was really, really, really smart, he would be teaching at U Chicago, not Northwestern. Not if he is interested in the coeds. In that case, if he was REALLY smart, he'd be teaching in FL. Choose your school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnLockesGhost Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 It seems like this guy is trying just a little too hard, though his ability to hit so many extreme leftist talking points in such a short essay is rather impressive. You are quite correct. Take this sentence: The overwhelmingly white, privileged, Block-I students should be ashamed of their obnoxious, fake-macho, chicken-hawk chant, while poverty-drafted members of their cohort fight and die in illegal and immoral wars for the control of oil. My stereotypical-liberal-cliche-density detector just went off the scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Not if he is interested in the coeds.In that case, if he was REALLY smart, he'd be teaching in FL. Choose your school. oh you **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngestson Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 He started with a bit of a point and then wandered off into the self satisfied world of a twit academic. Had to be Mr. oh sorry, Dr. Know-it-all. So the students were white and that means they don't know anything about the world? Yea, right. And some demonstration or verbal response has to be totally phony? Just a silly overblown blogging effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefood Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 You are quite correct. Take this sentence: My stereotypical-liberal-cliche-density detector just went off the scale. Same here, I couldn't even finish it. Such a smarmy douche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 I never see the word "nativist" used by anyone that doesn't annoy me to tears, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Fried Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 "The University is a public institution that encompasses the political views of all." Yeah, a public institution...in the United States. If he hates the country so much as well as its military, he can leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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