tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post8962308994934874493..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: New Case "Scholarship"kcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-24655556135193878172008-09-14T10:56:00.000-04:002008-09-14T10:56:00.000-04:00Anonymous said 9/13/2008::4:35 PM... ...It's hard ...Anonymous said 9/13/2008::4:35 PM... <BR/><BR/>...It's hard to read about this case and not feel like academics are fatuous snobs, useless for any real world endeavors. They aren't interested in advancing knowledge, they don't believe in the truth and their intellectual powers are too impotent to challenge their students.<BR/>::<BR/>More likely I suspect that we are looking at a very small group of academics with political agendas who have found themselves employed by an elite wealthy universities ...and can't quite believe their good luck.<BR/><BR/>And for Duke, we have learned that eight-eight (88) academic looters is the magic number where 'critical mass' is achieved.<BR/><BR/>Like looters everywhere they are not going to voluntarily stop looting the Duke endowment until Duke alums put a stop to it.<BR/>::<BR/>GPGary Packwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05177986821224068759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-35449529219428337982008-09-14T10:07:00.000-04:002008-09-14T10:07:00.000-04:00More news from the Durham justice system.Lawyer fa...More news from the Durham justice system.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><I>Lawyer faces, denies indecent exposure charge<BR/><BR/>By Gregory Childress : The Herald-Sun<BR/>Sep 14, 2008<BR/><BR/>DURHAM -- A prominent Durham attorney, Robert Thomas Perry, was arrested Friday afternoon and charged with indecent exposure at Duke Park after a male and female reported the alleged incident to police. <BR/><BR/>Perry, 57, of 8 Caspian Court, is a partner in the law firm of Perry, Perry & Perry, a Durham firm that specializes in bankruptcy, labor and employment law. <BR/><BR/>When reached at his home Saturday, Perry strongly denied the charge. <BR/><BR/>Perry said it's routine for him to grab a bite to eat then go to the park to have lunch. He said he doesn't know either of his accusers. <BR/><BR/>"Your guess is as good as mine," Perry said when asked why someone would falsely accuse him. "I can only tell you what I was doing." <BR/><BR/>Perry also was charged with second-degree trespassing because, he said, he refused to leave the park after being told to do so by police. He said he wasn't going to be arrested on the indecent exposure charge until he refused to obey the order to leave. <BR/><BR/>After stating that he would not leave, Perry said, he was handcuffed and taken to jail. He said a corporal in charge told him that he was being arrested because he was being uncooperative. Perry said eight police cars arrived. <BR/><BR/>"I got arrested for indecent exposure and trespass because I had a bad attitude," Perry said. <BR/><BR/>Perry said he refused to leave the park because he thought it would be an admission that he was guilty of indecent exposure. <BR/><BR/>"If this crime was serious enough to send eight police cars to the scene because they had a lunatic running around exposing himself, why didn't they arrest me instead of giving me the option to leave?" Perry said. <BR/><BR/>Perry said he would vigorously defend himself against the charges. <BR/><BR/>"I will seek justice, and I will seek to hold these police officers accountable for their actions," he said. <BR/><BR/>Perry was released on a $1,000 bond.</I>Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-4101398935168458572008-09-14T08:50:00.000-04:002008-09-14T08:50:00.000-04:00It is truly amazing to realize that some of the fe...It is truly amazing to realize that some of the feminist mouthpieces just cannot accept that a rape did not occur. That is, not in the literal sense. I'm not sure exactly how rape is defined for someone who is suspended in the air, clouded by alcohol and possibly other drugs, and with self-esteem that is so non-existent. <BR/>To continue this conversation on the "rape" only works for those who believe in crying wolf. The travesty in this situation is that no one bothered to investigate the first false rape allegation before jumping in headfirst to this cauldron. <BR/>Ironies--CGM has a degree in Criminal Justice from NCCU. If ever a case could be made for a professor lowering a grade because of a student's statements--ANY CJ professor at NCCU would have been justified.<BR/>Women of the 88-Barnett ilk cannot come to grips with the fact that by supporting the CGM hoax, they diminish ALL credibility of the feminist movement. Don't get me wrong--I don't support any movement that presupposes one group to be superior to another. Blind ambition gets you nowhere (except in academia) and radicals are taken with a grain of salt by thinking individuals. Unfortunately, many impressionable young people are swayed to revisionist ideologies by those who have the power of the grade. After spending a minimum of 20% of a young life listening to this hogwash, too many young people become believers. These radicals--the academic versions of Jim Jones--are a large part of the failure of the American educational system to keep pace with the rest of the world. We spend too much time prostituting ourselves on causes that are not central to education. <BR/>Never do these academics demand that the circumstances that led CGM to prostitution and "dancing" (the lap variety seems to have been her speciality) are not addressed by the triumverate groups. They should have questioned why a young lady purportedly attending a university to major in criminal justice would be supporting herself (and her child out-of-wedlock) by means of criminal activity. Where is the outrage? Where is the offer of help to her? Obviously if it doesn't fit the left field talking points, it cannot be discussed. Stick it to Palin and her kid, right?<BR/>As I have told my students, right is right and wrong is wrong. It really doesn't matter from what group you come. As long as you do what is right, then you can hold your head high. Continuuing the myth about the Duke "rape" case is cause to bow your head in shame. Give up the ghost. Speak to truth, not to what fits in your (misguided) truth.<BR/>As to journalism, it has been largely on the decline for the past decade or two. Stories that were reported as truth without any basis in fact. Bending the truth to fit the agenda. Ignoring the truth because it doesn't fit the agenda. Journalism has become a thing of the past. We now have too many talking heads--in ALL areas of journalism. Unfortunately, print and broadcast "journalism" has become too much like the tabloids. Alas, that's a conversation for another day.<BR/>Another day in Wonderland. Goodbye yellow brick road!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-27827047140066122122008-09-14T04:20:00.000-04:002008-09-14T04:20:00.000-04:00this is the dankprofessor:http://dankprofessor.wor...this is the dankprofessor:<BR/><BR/>http://dankprofessor.wordpress.com/category/duke-university/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-23550523819701043352008-09-13T16:35:00.000-04:002008-09-13T16:35:00.000-04:00It's hard to read about this case and not feel lik...It's hard to read about this case and not feel like academics are fatuous snobs, useless for any real world endeavors. They aren't interested in advancing knowledge, they don't believe in the truth and their intellectual powers are too impotent to challenge their students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-16226388110159140302008-09-13T15:02:00.000-04:002008-09-13T15:02:00.000-04:00I saw reference to this quote/comment in a recent ...I saw reference to this quote/comment in a recent Impromtpus (Jay Nordlinger). For some reason it made me think of the faux self-importance of the Klan of 88 and others like them.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/24/olympics2008.chrishoy" REL="nofollow">Check out Chris Hoy's response...</A><BR/><BR/>This article is about Chris Hoy the accomplished cyclist. His response to the question, "'In the last 24 hours everyone has been offering an opinion on Chris Hoy. But what does Chris Hoy think of Chris Hoy?', is priceless.<BR/><BR/>He respondes, "'Chris Hoy thinks that the day Chris Hoy refers to Chris Hoy in the third person is the day that Chris Hoy disappears up his own arse.'<BR/><BR/>Perfect.<BR/><BR/>Why can't we find any humility among the Duke Klan of 88? Hell, they don't have anything to crow about except their keen ability to get things so terribly wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-7588652171724325692008-09-12T18:01:00.000-04:002008-09-12T18:01:00.000-04:00Duke's Kerry Haynie will be "talking politics"Duke's Kerry Haynie will be <A HREF="http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/talking-politics" REL="nofollow">"talking politics"</A>Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-40919845979574846322008-09-12T15:24:00.001-04:002008-09-12T15:24:00.001-04:00LOL!!!This is Zane's new video.Someone please send...LOL!!!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://videos.newsobserver.com/?a=player&id=2172059" REL="nofollow">This</A> is Zane's new video.<BR/><BR/>Someone please send this over to councilwoman and zealous Mike Nifong supporter Dianne Catotti.<BR/><BR/>We all remember her telling everyone not to flush in the loo.<BR/><BR/>This should drive her mad.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-28262984663614763192008-09-12T15:24:00.000-04:002008-09-12T15:24:00.000-04:00Debrah writes @ 9:42 AMHow did that happen?My link...Debrah writes @ 9:42 AM<BR/><BR/><I>How did that happen?<BR/><BR/>My link above went to Camille Paglia's page.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>Well, that's an easy one Debrah. <BR/><BR/>A quick look at the source code for the comments on this blog reveals that you inserted the link to the Paglia article rather then the link you intended to use.<BR/><BR/>Easy.<BR/><BR/>But, it's understandable that you would ask <I>"how did that happen?"</I> since you obviously do not know how to access and interpret source code.<BR/><BR/>Because, if you knew that, you would not falsely accuse me and others who have commented on your Blog of making comments that we did not make.<BR/><BR/>Or, to paraphrase one of your favorite oft-used finger-wagging comments here, <B>"if there's one thing you should have learned by reading the DIW Blog, it's that false accusations are both dangerous and wrong."</B><BR/><BR/>And, like others we have discussed here, you have never once apologized for your false accusations.<BR/><BR/><I>"Such diva madness!"</I><BR/><BR/>One SpookOne Spookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592774438681904368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-56212261426819953222008-09-12T14:33:00.000-04:002008-09-12T14:33:00.000-04:00Hey chief, better get a handle on the existing "te...Hey chief, better get a handle on the existing "terrorism" in your own town first.<BR/><BR/>LIS!<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><I>Chief Lopez visits Israel<BR/><BR/>From staff reports : Sep 12, 2008<BR/><BR/>WASHINGTON -- Durham police Chief Jose Lopez is participating this week in an Israel-based program on advanced counterterrorism strategies. <BR/><BR/>A delegation of more than a dozen chiefs of police from major U.S. cities is visiting Israel as part of a mission organized by the Anti-Defamation League. The program brings the U.S. law enforcement officers into contact with Israeli law enforcement and security officers and terrorism experts to learn about Israel's strategies to prevent terror attacks.</I>Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-42992367087135627292008-09-12T13:43:00.000-04:002008-09-12T13:43:00.000-04:00Pressler news!<A HREF="http://www.newsobserver.com/122/story/1216266.html" REL="nofollow">Pressler news!</A>Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-40181772861236614822008-09-12T11:00:00.000-04:002008-09-12T11:00:00.000-04:00Where is the "Truth in Advertising?"The Duke Homec...Where is the "Truth in Advertising?"<BR/><BR/>The Duke Homecoming 2008 Schedule arrived yesterday and is largely void of Race/Gender/Class Warfare.<BR/><BR/>There is one panel session title, "Is the U.S. Ready for a Black President?" that includes Klan of 88 faculty members Paula McClain and Kerry Haynie. One wonders if their expertise extends to conservative white women running for Vice-President...or "leftist/socialists" running for President?<BR/><BR/>It appears neither Bob Steel and Richard Brodhead (the mailer is silent on their attendance), nor any of the other Klan of 88 for that matter are headliners at any events.<BR/><BR/>Most every other session is noticably absent of the progessive faculty organizers for which Duke is now well known. <BR/><BR/>The schedule is filled with Step shows, Jazz concerts, a football game and even a Dodgeball event. One may be led to believe that Durham and Duke are the land of milk and honey.<BR/><BR/>One session that is quite ironic is "Conversations: Stasio and Ariely on "Predicatably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions." <BR/><BR/>Wouldn't it be fantastic if the discussion centered around the insane and irrational decision-making coming out of the administration or the Franklin Center?<BR/><BR/>It appears that having a crazy faculty running the show doesn't sell so they've locked them all in the attic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-44101560398268782772008-09-12T09:09:00.000-04:002008-09-12T09:09:00.000-04:00“20%–25% of college students report that they have...“20%–25% of college students report that they have experienced a rape or attempted rape,” <BR/><BR/>Maybe she's including false reports, the wrongly accused, and college women (and college men) who have rape or attempted rape fantasies...or maybe she is including the leftist Duke professor-average Duke student relationships...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-2919739920126627072008-09-11T21:46:00.000-04:002008-09-11T21:46:00.000-04:00Well, now.<A HREF="http://www.newsobserver.com/front/story/1215314.html" REL="nofollow">Well, now.</A>Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-34533482233699799132008-09-11T13:34:00.000-04:002008-09-11T13:34:00.000-04:00Great comment by JackWebb! Also, the anonymous at ...Great comment by JackWebb! Also, the anonymous at 12:48 seems to be on the right track if you ask me: Now we know who the real anti-intellectuals are! Barnett's piece is a roadmap of anti-intellectualism. <BR/><BR/>************<BR/><BR/> Of course, what made all of the enjoyable comments possible was the absolute fisking by K.C. Johnson. I also had to peek through my fingers while reading. <BR/><BR/>************<BR/><BR/> Yes, the Duke case was about false accusations of rape and due process -- and not what Barnett ignorantly claims -- but it was also about prejudice against the rich, the athletic and the white, police corruption, political malaise, journalistic integrity, the ascension of the internet, and the power of facts over agenda. <BR/><BR/>************<BR/><BR/> Reharmonizer has become pathetic. Full Stop. <BR/><BR/>************<BR/><BR/> If I were to follow any of the religious prophets -- you know, the guys who predict the actual day of Armageddon, or K.C. Johnson, I think I’d follow Yisrayl Hawkins. As far as I can tell, K.C. Johnson has been silent on this all-important issue. Hawkins, on the other hand, has predicted the end of the world many times. Since he was the last one to predict the end of the world, in a "Let's Make a Deal" sort of way, he wins. He got closest without going over. MOO! GregoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-81405285879228356032008-09-11T10:19:00.000-04:002008-09-11T10:19:00.000-04:00I would like to remind you of the academic watch-d...I would like to remind you of the academic watch-dog website,<BR/><BR/>mindingthecampus.com<BR/><BR/>Very interesting to follow the antics, pecadillos and excursions of left-wing faculties across the country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-15928611017094818322008-09-11T09:42:00.000-04:002008-09-11T09:42:00.000-04:00How did that happen?My link above went to Camille ...How did that happen?<BR/><BR/>My link above went to Camille Paglia's page.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://dankprofessor.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/framing-duke-university/" REL="nofollow">This</A> is the one discussing Barbara Barnett.<BR/><BR/>There really isn't that much on her work, actually.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-27923991718404169912008-09-11T08:28:00.000-04:002008-09-11T08:28:00.000-04:00When did journalism start being about telling stor...When did journalism start being about telling stories? I always thought it had something to do with telling the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-85596028328532567622008-09-11T08:27:00.000-04:002008-09-11T08:27:00.000-04:00In Barnett's bio, she says (speaking of Zimbabwe):...In Barnett's bio, she says (speaking of Zimbabwe): "... she could have lived there forever." Probably not. Mugabe's thugs would likely have driven her out of the country, like they've done with most of the white Zimbabweans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-80697256595436742122008-09-11T08:22:00.001-04:002008-09-11T08:22:00.001-04:00Duke was prevented as were numerous others who buy...Duke was prevented as were numerous others who buy into the thesis that Barnett proposes. How can supporting all of these presented notions help find out the "truth"? It seems there was a well noted statement early said by a "reasoned" Duke official to the effect that "it is not about the truth...." It certainly wasn't . . . and then it began . . . finding the truth on the street and in the main stream media, but Duke settled because Duke broke the law. Many in this motley crowd broke the law. As it turned out perhaps the only ones who did not break the law were the members of the lacrosse team. The Duke faculty with few exceptions were either out for blood or quiescent and in their passive quiet . . . were guilty participants in the clamor for revenge. Make no mistake about it . . . these people were out for revenge "reasoned" by imagined wrongs and hoped for profit. They were like the harpies at the priosn waiting for Hester to emerge. It is just so very difficult to write about the behavior of these so called "intellectuals." They know who they are, and they belong to Nazi Germany or attached to some Communist army cell . . . always making sure all are "correct" in their behavior . . . perhaps they should be somewhere in North Korea . . . and not Duke. In retrospect the only "normal" people in this whole affair were the lacrosse team and its coach. That Barnett would write about "reason" and seek "reason" in such a group of people who participated in their school and community's being taken to the cleaners because of the behavior of someone whom they refuse to "know" or even attempt to "understand" as to behavior or culture would seem unreasonable on the face of it. That goes for the entire Duke community of privilege and "intelligence" and what do Barnett and the feminist know about anything? These people are bigots who, by definition, are ignorant. Barnett is a case in point. . . their fingers never point back toward themselves. To put it more succinctly . . . as a great man once said you can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig. Barnett has attempted to put her lipstick somewhere . . . who knowsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-19437749922662430362008-09-10T19:51:00.000-04:002008-09-10T19:51:00.000-04:00Many thanks to you KC for continuing to expose the...Many thanks to you KC for continuing to expose the insanity that now passes for scholarship. Your voice is an important one. It is mind boggling how something so hateful and bigoted can be accepted as "knowledge."<BR/><BR/>With respect and admiration, thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-65388580497865439032008-09-10T17:27:00.000-04:002008-09-10T17:27:00.000-04:00I think I get it: stubborn assertions like No rape...I think I get it: stubborn assertions like <I>No rape occurred in this case </I> rely on sterile, fact-ridden notions like “overwhelming evidence”, or ideas of objective truth and falsity. <BR/><BR/>These flimsy concepts reinforce Western patriarchal norms that equate reason with the disciplined male mind and emotion with illogical female thinking, and insistence on such outmoded standards is a telltale sign of hypermasculinity. <BR/><BR/>Many of those interested in this case keep trying to focus discussion on whether or not the rape charges were accurate, whether the accuser was reliable, and whether the various installments of her story could, in any conceivable way, be true. How convenient! How outrageous! <BR/><BR/>Such critics should have been shamed into silence from the very outset by the fact that the charges were about rape, race and privilege. These charges were, therefore, true – except by some intolerable standard that uses only physical possibility, or “evidence”, as its yardstick.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954323595317825201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-12063125222555953402008-09-10T11:35:00.000-04:002008-09-10T11:35:00.000-04:00Dank professors weblog tears Barnett to shreads.<A HREF="http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2008/09/10/palin/index.html" REL="nofollow">Dank professors weblog</A> tears Barnett to shreads.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-39523572142374174372008-09-10T10:26:00.000-04:002008-09-10T10:26:00.000-04:00Inre; the mythology of meta-narratives...UC Irvine...Inre; the mythology of meta-narratives...UC Irvine's J. Hillis Miller said, "...the story is the unveiling of the possibility of the impossibility of the unveiling..." referring to Nathaniel Hawthorne's, "The Ministers Black Veil". This is on page 27 of the very, very sobering book, "Tenured Radicals" by Roger Kimball.<BR/><BR/>When one deconstructs a deconstructionist and applys the new language to the Duke hoax, we end up with the following:<BR/><BR/>"The story is the veiling of the impossibility of the possibility of the veiling." Or put another way, numerous parties intentionally hiding the truth despite the overwheliming evidence to the contrary. History suggests that this type of "Black Swan" event is impossible to predict. Duke and Durham have proven otherwise.<BR/><BR/>We've come to the point where we must take whatever comes from these progressive's mouths and use the exact opposite as a basis in finding the truth. Predicting their behavior becomes quite simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-51975304192776566682008-09-09T20:29:00.000-04:002008-09-09T20:29:00.000-04:00Good grief. My initial reaction is that perhaps M...Good grief. My initial reaction is that perhaps Ms. Barnett has produced this piece of "scholarship" to help take some of the pressure off her buddies back at Duke. When parents and alums complain about the University's brushing off of due process, the University can truthfully state that in fact they have been "criticized" in a "study" for being overly concerned about due process during the Duke LAX case fiasco. <BR/><BR/>Whatever Ms. Barnett's motivation, however, publication of this nonsense should be deeply embarrassing to the academic community. It would behoove legitimate scholars, particularly those in the field of Women's Studies, to step forward and at least suggest that Ms. Barnett's lessons about race, gender, class, and "rape" would perhaps be better absorbed in the context of an actual rape. <BR/><BR/>Furthermore, the historically significant lesson of class, race, and gender in the Duke case <BR/>is just the opposite of what Ms. Barnett wishes to impart. Sadly for her, the case completely undermines her arguments, standing on its head the widely embraced class, race, gender narrative. The aggressor was the not one of the rich, white, males, of course, but the poor, black, female. Really, it would have been much better for Ms. Barnett had she simply pretended the case did not exist at all and continued on with her other work.<BR/><BR/>I happened to follow the "diary" on Daily Kos a few days ago with the anonymous assertions and ridiculous proofs of the Palin pregnancy "cover up." The thinking there was almost as astute as what Ms. Barnett seems to have shared with the world in this latest example of her work, but at least at Daily Kos the authors of the rumor could remain unknown and the moderator was able to delete the diary. Unlucky Ms. Barnett is not anonymous, nor can anyone delete her foolishness. Even worse, the article has been published in a purportedly scholarly publication. AAAACH!<BR/><BR/>Happy to see KC discuss how Ms. Barnett's scholarly analysis could be applied to Scottsboro. <BR/>"Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." --Mark Twain <BR/><BR/>ObserverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com