Kansas professor quits department chair

[TheresNoMoney]

And, actually, Ford did not threaten to kill Feingold even as a joke.

He just hopes he gets killed by someone else.

I'm going to say that I want a certain Republican killed sometime in the next month, just so I can see the uproar it will cause on this board.  It will be quite funny to see the difference in the reaction between Ford's statement and my own.

Hell, people get mad when I say anything bad about a Republican.

[Everett]

You're a hack anyway. Whatever criticism you would get, you had coming to you.

[TheresNoMoney]

You're a hack anyway.

And you're annoying. I don't see why you're concerned.

[Everett]

You're a hack anyway.

And you're annoying. I don't see why you're concerned.

So are you.

[TheresNoMoney]

So are you.

Perhaps you'll like me better if I call for the death of certain elected Democrats.

[Everett]

So are you.

Perhaps you'll like me better if I call for the death of certain elected Democrats.

I'm a Democrat, so I don't know what you're ranting about.

Go take a nap.

[TheresNoMoney]

I'm a Democrat, so I don't know what you're ranting about.

I've never heard you say a positive thing about a Democrat ever.

And I go out of my way to ignore you, so I don' t know why you continue to stalk me. Leave it alone.

[Joe Republic]

Scoonie, you're embarrassing yourself again.

[TheresNoMoney]

Scoonie, you're embarrassing yourself again.

Of course, any Democrat who stands up to Republican crap on this board is "embarrassing themself". There are always two sets of standards.

[Joe Republic]

No, standing up to various bullsh**t is fine.  You're just doing it in a stupid way that makes you look bad.

[MODU]

Ok kids, knock it off.  Here's a box.  Please place your partisanship insecurities inside.  Now, let's get back to the topic at hand.

[WMS]

Haven't read that thread, so N/A. I doubt Ford is being serious...

Just the response I was expecting. IOKIYAR (It's OK if You're a Republican) is the motto of this board.

If I had said anything close to what Ford said, you'd be going crazy right now.

Misread the comment, hoss. I did manage to find the thread a minute ago and it seems to me that John Ford had a Jake moment.

Nah, I'd probably just ignore it like I do most of the other comments and get some popcorn for the mini-flame wars that pop up (Al vs. Jfern is a particular favorite of mine).

No, I don't agree with that, either. I'm not surprised by it - go into the middle of Berkeley and talk about how much you love George W, and see what happens :

I love these types of rationalizations.

I'm drawing a parallel to erase any side's claim that only their opponents are capable of such acts. A rather anti-PC libertarian history professor who taught at UNM (before the lefties and righties united in an unholy alliance to drive him out ) got physical threats against him from all sorts of leftists at the university, so I know very well your side is as capable of this as the right. That is part of the point I was making: that all sides are capable of this.

The other part of the point is that if you stick your hand into a beehive, you are much more likely to get stung, regardless of the morality of it all.

I think you have trouble reading. WMS said he doubts Ford is being serious, not that "it's okay if you're a Republican." And, actually, Ford did not threaten to kill Feingold even as a joke.

Why, thank you, Philip. That's what I meant.

[opebo]

Scoonie, you're embarrassing yourself again.

There's nothing wrong with pointing out that all these libertarians on here are really Republicans, Joe Republican.

[Joe Republic]

Scoonie, you're embarrassing yourself again.

There's nothing wrong with pointing out that all these libertarians on here are really Republicans, Joe Republican.

Um, what?  He started off with WMS, who is not a libertarian.

[ATFFL]

I think you have trouble reading. WMS said he doubts Ford is being serious, not that "it's okay if you're a Republican." And, actually, Ford did not threaten to kill Feingold even as a joke.

Why, thank you, Philip. That's what I meant.

Man, when Phillip is correcting you . . .

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ing violent bigots get their way.

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If some university had a course entitled "Lets make fun of all the silly things in Islam" - the media would give it more coverage than WW II.

Making fun of Christianity is ok however.

These religious Right folks do scare me a bit, but in terms of being under attack by the political Left simply for what they believe... they actually do have a point.

Which I find kinda scary too....

LINO

[riceowl]

If some university had a course entitled "Lets make fun of all the silly things in Islam" - the media would give it more coverage than WW II.

Making fun of Christianity is ok however.

These religious Right folks do scare me a bit, but in terms of being under attack by the political Left simply for what they believe... they actually do have a point.

Which I find kinda scary too....

LINO

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[Gabu]

If some university had a course entitled "Lets make fun of all the silly things in Islam" - the media would give it more coverage than WW II.

Hasn't this story gotten media attention?

Making fun of Christianity is ok however.

Given that the guy got beaten up for what he did, apparently it isn't.

[opebo]

Scoonie, you're embarrassing yourself again.

There's nothing wrong with pointing out that all these libertarians on here are really Republicans, Joe Republican.

Um, what?  He started off with WMS, who is not a libertarian.

No, WMS is obviously a Republican, Joe Republican.

[J-Mann]

Well gents, this thread sort of got off track, eh?  Opebo, Joe Republic, MODU -- last real responses were on page one

[opebo]

ing violent bigots get their way.

With the approval of these cowardly bigots on here!

[Everett]

If some university had a course entitled "Lets make fun of all the silly things in Islam" - the media would give it more coverage than WW II.

Making fun of Christianity is ok however.

These religious Right folks do scare me a bit, but in terms of being under attack by the political Left simply for what they believe... they actually do have a point.

Which I find kinda scary too....

LINO

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[afleitch]

This is apalling news. Prepare for sane thinkers being 'beaten up' by fundamentalist scum all around America. I hope genuine Christians support this man.

[Storebought]

A follow up article on this incident. It even comes with a photo of the "beaten" Mirecki.

I'm starting to think that this "beating" is itself a hoax.

Let's consider the motivation for a hoax: Not only was Mirecki a Grade-A jerk for (1) creating a course designed to defame, in his own words, "a conservative minority", (2) he had the tactlessness to admit as much over an Email, because we all know how secure emails are...

When the chancellor of KU called Mirecki's words "repugnant and vile", and the administration forced his resignation, Mirecki had only one last option up his sleeve: The victim card.

What better to regain support than to say he was attacked by two Kansas rednecks on an abandoned highway just before the breakfast hour?

Only problems with his story are (1) the suspiciously uncorroborable nature of his attack (2) the nature of the wounds themselves. Now, I've seen some real shiners -- horrible, weeping things that cause broken blood vessels in the eye, if the eye can even be opened, in addition to black-and-blue bruising -- and his don't look anywhere close to those that would be inflicted by two grown men. Hell, the whites of his eyes are clearer than mine!

When all the information of this spectacle is finally revealed, I will be sure that this is the Kansas equivalent of NYC's Tawana Brawley hoax.

The article: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/dec/10/professor_blasts_ku_sheriffs_investigation/?ku_news