tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post5946663806074654676..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Ignoring Academic Procedurekcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger284125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-22673986744113448512007-07-06T06:43:00.000-04:002007-07-06T06:43:00.000-04:0011:09I may be incorrect, but isn't the School of S...11:09<BR/><BR/>I may be incorrect, but isn't the School of Social Services a graduate program? John Boyer, as the Dean of the College, probably had little to do with the hiring of this man. You--and anyone who follows your suggestion--will just make yourself look like a frothing, rabid dog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-40671415013853856642007-07-05T23:23:00.000-04:002007-07-05T23:23:00.000-04:004:53,Ok, I cede the point that nobody stated that ...4:53,<BR/><BR/>Ok, I cede the point that nobody stated that they were "threatened." I do hope that you call-out any and all feminists when they say things like "(white, hetersosexual) men are threatened by strong, powerful women," yadda yadda yadda when in fact none of those (white heterosexual) men have explicitly stated that they were "threatened" by such women.<BR/><BR/>Still, "defend themselves?" Give me a break. This is s a blog for crying out loud. Nowhere near as close and personal as a classroom with, e.g., Kim Curtis, Wahneema Lubiano, et al. standing in the front 'teaching,' or whatever the h*ll it is they claim to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-83653699627052611062007-07-05T23:09:00.000-04:002007-07-05T23:09:00.000-04:00If anyone wants to let U Chicago know what you thi...If anyone wants to let U Chicago know what you think about them hiring a guy like Charles Payne, the Provost of the university is Thomas Rosenbaum (t-rosenbaum@uchicago.edu) and the dean of the School of Social Services Administration is Jeanne Marsh (jmarsh@uchicago.edu). It might be a good idea to let the dean of the College John Boyer (jwboyer@uchicago.edu) know about his qualification to slander/teach undergrads should he have the opportunity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-70154419961386782082007-07-05T22:37:00.000-04:002007-07-05T22:37:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-13472484664403876212007-07-05T21:39:00.000-04:002007-07-05T21:39:00.000-04:00I can't comment on anything but Women's/Gender and...I can't comment on anything but Women's/Gender and GLBT Studies. I can understand why these interdisciplinary programs/majors exist. Some courses are indeed cross-listed. I consider these to be reasonale and cohesive areas of study.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-20663284253387354552007-07-05T20:56:00.000-04:002007-07-05T20:56:00.000-04:00Polanski,Do you like Thomas Sowell?Polanski,<BR/>Do you like Thomas Sowell?machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-91852897568716548402007-07-05T20:01:00.000-04:002007-07-05T20:01:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-53328948772589039562007-07-05T19:16:00.000-04:002007-07-05T19:16:00.000-04:00Hi Polanski,The problem is that some of these prof...Hi Polanski,<BR/><BR/>The problem is that some of these professors teach things that others of us consider valuable. Is there room for conflicting opinions on this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-56864558360125815322007-07-05T19:03:00.000-04:002007-07-05T19:03:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-73368242840439339122007-07-05T18:01:00.000-04:002007-07-05T18:01:00.000-04:00Polanski,Doesn't everybody have a metanarrative? ...Polanski,<BR/>Doesn't everybody have a metanarrative? Or only those w/ whom you disagree?<BR/><BR/>In general--and you don't have to like it--people you want to speak up and apologize aren't going to if they don't have to because they don't want to deal with people like some who post on this list. I'm thinking it has v. little to do with the original LAX fiasco. Some may even sorry about that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-7724741391275446672007-07-05T17:21:00.000-04:002007-07-05T17:21:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-18399696575624205082007-07-05T17:09:00.000-04:002007-07-05T17:09:00.000-04:004:53Yup. I feel really sorry for those people who...4:53<BR/>Yup. I feel really sorry for those people who (almost) helped three young men get sent to jail to satisfy their metanarrative.<BR/><BR/>I feel sorry for Nancy Grace, and the 88, and Dick Brodhead, and Wendy Murphy and John Feinstein <BR/>and...Mike Nifong! Oh, yeah.<BR/><BR/>Had they been able to have their way, they could have sipped wine in their local cafe, tipped their hat when they saw each other, all satisfied that they were right, all along, truth be damned: <BR/>it's the belief behind the truth that counts!<BR/><BR/>I feel so sorry for them.<BR/>Wahhhh!<BR/>I think I need to go call them a Wahhmbulance!machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-28477705913646117342007-07-05T16:53:00.000-04:002007-07-05T16:53:00.000-04:00MBI don't think you'd like to be belittled or see ...MB<BR/><BR/>I don't think you'd like to be belittled or see a member of your family belittled in the way some people from Duke have been on this blog. <BR/><BR/>Threat? No one is talking about a threat. Strawperson, there?<BR/><BR/>Quite frankly, at a certain level, all many //not all// of the 80s must do is keep a low profile. Eventually, much of the yipping will quit. Me? I'd follow this road, too, if I had done something really wrong in a very public way if the alternative was having my name batted around in the blogosphere, where there is no almost no refereeing of remarks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-59248154154753257012007-07-05T15:41:00.000-04:002007-07-05T15:41:00.000-04:0011:11 am, I must say that one is on very shaky gr...11:11 am, <BR/><BR/>I must say that one is on very shaky ground if they feel 'threatened' by remarks made on a blog. <BR/><BR/>For crying out loud - "defend themselves"?! Sheesh, you make it sounds like remarks by the likes of me and others are dangerous in real way. <BR/><BR/>Give me a break. <BR/><BR/>Reality check: Remember what your mom told you: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Adults aren't afraid of commentary if those adults live an honorable life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-47538322750842723192007-07-05T11:15:00.000-04:002007-07-05T11:15:00.000-04:0010:33I always assume that my posts - (which are to...10:33<BR/>I always assume that my posts - (which are too volumnous) - are open to criticism. <BR/>I'm an unpublished writer - (small wonder?) - and I'm editor enough to see where I am deficient.<BR/>I post several types of things:<BR/><BR/>1)satire <BR/>2)rebuttals<BR/>3)interpretations of KC's posts<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you take issue with my satire - <BR/>and that's great; I am neither seeking your approval,<BR/>nor do I covet your admiration.<BR/><BR/>I sincerely question anyone - anyone - who uses the term "right-wing" because <BR/>it is so all-encompassing that it means absolutely nothing. Just like the term "racist." <BR/><BR/>Certainly there are racists and there are those who could be <BR/>called "right-wing" - but the terms are so frequently abused<BR/>(including by yourself) that they lack any coherence.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for commenting on my posts; <BR/>I hope you will remain a faithful reader! (DS)machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-85952540876707197192007-07-05T11:11:00.000-04:002007-07-05T11:11:00.000-04:0011:09I don't think it should be any surprise that ...11:09<BR/><BR/>I don't think it should be any surprise that some of the people KC Johnson calls refuse to discuss the situation with him. I suspect they don't want their name to appear on his blog. No matter how measured his remarks might be, there would be little or no way for them to defend themselves against the people who anonymously post here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-45017455850045198782007-07-05T11:09:00.000-04:002007-07-05T11:09:00.000-04:00David W., KC has posted on the reception that he a...David W., KC has posted on the reception that he and others get when they encounter these people in person (e.g., Sally Duetsch) so IMO your criticism is on weak grounds. Further, I believe that KC has tried to call various persons on the telephone, and has been met with the typical "no comment" by most if not all players. Besides, if a person like Lubiano refuses to even <I>read</I> emails from KC, what makes you think that they would engage KC or anyone else who is not sympathetic to the 'metanarrative' in conversation, via phone, in person or otherwise? Seems to me that if someone is so narrow-minded ideologically and/or terrified of being exposed for they really are that won't even read an email, then it's not worth wasting a lot time to try and engage after the first, second and surely third time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-20040331729030504702007-07-05T10:48:00.000-04:002007-07-05T10:48:00.000-04:00KC,I see a lot of references in your posts to your...KC,<BR/>I see a lot of references in your posts to your failure to engage your nemesis via e-mail. Do you ever try calling them at their offices? No doubt they would try to evade you under any circumstances, but if you are only contacting them by emails, your determination to speak to them does not seem to be too high either.<BR/><BR/>David W.<BR/>Irvine, CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-46976227863675632292007-07-05T10:37:00.000-04:002007-07-05T10:37:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-54235528861656724732007-07-05T10:33:00.000-04:002007-07-05T10:33:00.000-04:00Mackster, old son,Consider it a term of affection ...Mackster, old son,<BR/><BR/>Consider it a term of affection for you despite what I consider your antideluvian attitudes. If you look back upon your recent posts, you've shown a tendency to call names and be rude when you disagree with someone.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I don't consider "right" wing or "left" wing an insult. Not even "center." I think of them as relative political descriptors.<BR/><BR/>Important in this post was not dumping on Duke or its faculty, the important question was, as reflected in KC Johnson's title, the issue of academic proceedure. Failure to follow academic proceedure is not a left or a right issue. Certainly, one can site cases where the culprits come from across a political spectrum. Its a question of governance and one that is important to all faculty.<BR/><BR/>I believe you cheapen the possible <BR/>contribution this particular blog article makes by your intemperate remarks. I wish you would calm down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-17873753228632126202007-07-05T09:52:00.000-04:002007-07-05T09:52:00.000-04:008:45You don't have an argument, so have to resort ...8:45<BR/>You don't have an argument, so have to resort to name calling.<BR/>Hmmm.<BR/><BR/>Very good. Learn that in GF's class?machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-62638741658787966582007-07-05T09:35:00.000-04:002007-07-05T09:35:00.000-04:00I believe that the very worst thing that KC could ...I believe that the very worst thing that KC could do would be to 'let it go' and 'move on.' This is exactly what the G88 want, but IMHO if we do this we risk allowing those scoundrels to do this to more young men in the future. The LAX hoax was caused by the racism, sexism and classism promoted in Angry Studies, so we need to shed light on this so that the public can work to eliminate programs and faculty who promote such bigotry. <BR/><BR/>There are some arguable benefits to AAAS, such as understanding the basis leading to the important cultural contributions of African Americans (and I'm not referring to Cornell West's rap record here), however, some programs (e.g., women's studies) seem to have little or no value to the greater good of society. Indeed, such programs appear to exist simply to indoctrinate students to adapt a mindset of, among other things, hatred towards white males; in that sense, programs like women's studies appear to simply promote a cult, i.e., feminism. And frankly, such endeavors are not only harmful to society, they are antithetical to the mission of the academy, i.e., promoting knowledge, because as we've here time and again, it's not about the truth, it's about politics and ideology. We have yet to have a serious and honest discussion about the merits of the Angry Studies ghetto departments and programs in academia, and IMO that's exactly what the likes of the G88 want. As we've seen here, they don't want to 'discuss,' they want to dictate.<BR/><BR/>Keep it KC. I don't recall who said it, but it's never been more applicable than with the G88: Sunlight is the best disinfectant. It's long past time to clean house in the academy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-16809892832230644202007-07-05T09:33:00.000-04:002007-07-05T09:33:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-36480655465168385122007-07-05T08:45:00.000-04:002007-07-05T08:45:00.000-04:00Mac,Asserting that I--or anyone else with whom you...Mac,<BR/><BR/>Asserting that I--or anyone else with whom you disagree--am threatened by (in this case) what KC is doing is the kind of attack/rant you resort to rather too often.<BR/><BR/>BTW, supporting Barak Obama for president doesn't necessarily qualify KC Johnson as non-center/right wing in some of his social-economic stances. You can't extrapolate Professor Johnson's entire political worldview from this. I'm not threatened in the least by Johsnon's attempt to obtain data/facts. "Truth" often depends on your viewpoint, now doesn't it? <BR/><BR/>Life is complicated & messy, Mackster old son, and you behave a bit like a bratty teen when you go after anyone and everyone. It's not very useful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-84921582654798351572007-07-05T08:11:00.000-04:002007-07-05T08:11:00.000-04:00Let's see: supporting OBama doesn't qualify anyone...Let's see: supporting OBama doesn't qualify anyone as "right-wing.<BR/><BR/>Besides, if the pursuit of facts and truth is what KC has been doing,<BR/>what's wrong with that? <BR/><BR/>Why are you so threatened by this?machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.com