Mr/Ms Ryor has no knowledge of what compunctions/concerns I may have regarding the supensions of profeesors. If there are any instances of socialist/leftist students being supressed or censored by "flag waving" teachers they've been preternaturally quiet about it. However there are numbnerous examples of "burn the flag" professor intimidating, supressing, humiliating and penalizing centrist students who question their use of the classroom as a opportunity to riff on "Nation" editorials.
Social issues are always discussed in a "critical manner". Mr/Ms Ryor apparently thinks the "crictical manner" consists only of left-over Marxism and the bleatings of the third rate historian/first rate propagandist, Howard Zinn. Any professor who thinks knee-jerk /left wing criticisms are his primary function has betrayed the standards of his profession. Valid criticism must be rational, fact-based and amenable to OPEN discussion--not preconceived conclusions.
At any rate, I see no reason to continue what I had hoped would be a rational discussion with a rabid, left-wing zealot who, if he/she is on a college faculty illustrates everything that is wrong with higher education today.
by HF Hazelbaker on October 20, 2003 at 12:14 PM