Last week, I was interviewed by the UIUC Media Bureau, and
shared my professional views on Syrian immigration (see here). Today, I received a harsh and personal e-mail
from someone on the political right. Earlier this year, I received even harsher emails
from people on the opposite end of the political spectrum from today’s
correspondent. These people were upset with my view that the First Amendment
does not protect faculty speech that directs personal intimidation to a
group of students (e.g., in that instance, Twitter attacks that framed Jewish college
students as future killers). Well, here is today’s note. I have emphasized the
author’s Freudian slip. Below it, I share an example of anger from the political left:
Michael, Your article on the governor's powers to allow our
disallow Syrian refugees to take up residence in their respective states was
informative. However, your closing
statement on the "wall of fear" was unnecessary and uncalled
for. It is this exact level of liberal
lunacy that public schools and universities try to indoctrinate our children
with that is the real reason this country is going to lose its strength anger
security. My guess is that you are
tenured and are not concerned about consequences by regurgitating garbage
liberal agendas to our youth. Which
brings up another atrocity in the university setting which is that of
tenure. You should be allowed to
instruct our children based on your performance and ability and not on your
amount of time held at an institution spent indoctrinating. We are in an education crisis with the likes
of instructors like you. We don't pay
for you to educate our children with your opinion. We pay you to educate our children with the
facts. Extremely fed up.
What a
miserable shyster you are. You, Wise, Chris Kennedy, and Cary Nelson are
utterly depraved.
1 comment:
As a student of yours, I can confidently state that you have never indoctrinated me. Though I am sure that you are confident in your teaching ability, I certainly hope that these emails don't dissuade you from continuing to teach us with the style that many of us have come to admire so much.
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