Attack: Horowitz calls for those in authority to be crushed

Horowitz ventures further into his heart of darkness:
Summary: On MSNBC's Scarborough Country, right-wing activist David Horowitz claimed that "[t]here are 50,000 professors" who are "anti-American" and "identify with the terrorists."
There are just over 400,000 tenured and tenure-track full-time university professors in the United States. If Horowitz's numbers are accurate, that means approximately one out of every eight tenured or tenure-track college and university professors is a terrorist sympathizer.

What a bizzare thing to say! For those who don't know, Horowitz is a former Maoist, turned hard right-wing propagandist.Look at what else he's had to say:
At present, our objective is to struggle against and crush those persons in authority who are taking the socialist road, to criticize and repudiate the reactionary leftist academic "authorities" and the ideology of the socialists and all other exploiting elites and to transform education, literature and art, and all other parts of the superstructure that do not correspond to the capitalist economic base, so as to facilitate the consolidation and development of the capitalist system.

Ha! Fooled ya! That's from Decision Concerning the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, China, 1966! That's the document which launched the dismal and oppressive Cultural Revolution.

Well , I changed a few words. Just a few. Here's the original:

At present, our objective is to struggle against and crush those persons in authority who are taking the capitalist road, to criticize and repudiate the reactionary bourgeois academic "authorities" and the ideology of the bourgeoisie and all other exploiting classes and to transform education, literature and art, and all other parts of the superstructure that do not correspond to the socialist economic base, so as to facilitate the consolidation and development of the socialist system.

Review: The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America

By Paul M. Weyrich March 8, 2006
They preach tolerance and then practice the opposite.
So now we have a geography teacher suggesting that President George W. Bush is sort of like Adolph Hitler. This teacher's entire rant attacked capitalism, our conduct abroad, just about everything we hold dear. Geography was one of my favorite topics going back to the sixth grade. I even took a geography course in college. This is geography?
I just did my radio show (the Right Hour on the Rightalk Radio Network) with David Horowitz about his new book, exposing the 101 worst academics in America. I asked him what's next? The 101 worst kindergarten teachers in the USA? Of course, we are not speaking of their ability to teach. That is a wholly different subject. The open radicalism on college campuses these days is mind-boggling.
I was taught once at the University of Wisconsin by a member of the Communist Party. His assigned readings were all from the left and he worked overtime to discredit the founders of our once great nation. However, he had to hide his efforts. He was careful as to what he said in the classroom. There was one student who came to class who was a well read conservative. His father was very strict and he feared getting bad grades from this professor, with whom he often tangled in class. At that time the University of Wisconsin procedure was to issue an interim grade. Both the conservative student and I got a C. While my folks were not happy about that, they were sympathetic when I explained to them what happened in this Commie's class. My friend had no such sympathy. He literally was beaten down, if not beaten up, by his father. He came to class defeated. Then I watched as he slowly but surely began to agree with the Communist Professor. I quoted scripture to my fellow student about his gaining the whole world but losing his soul. He, as I, had a strong Christian background. He hung his head and walked away from me. My final grade for that semester was a C. His final grade was an A. Same for the second semester. This was more than 40 years ago so we have had this problem for a long time. Whereas 40 years ago this academic went out of his way to hide his real identity, today he would be openly touting his membership in the Communist Party. And at that time he dared not flunk me because my academic work did not deserve it. Today I probably would have been awarded an F.
What is shocking about the Horowitz book and is even more shocking when you hear him recount it is the sheer brazenness of the professors and other instructors who go out of their way to brag about their affiliation. They didn't bomb enough. They didn't do enough to damage America's imperialism.
Horowitz estimates that there are about 60,000 of these radical professors in every part of the nation, at small colleges and large - at prestigious Eastern schools, where you would expect them, but even at widely acclaimed Baptist and Catholic colleges and universities. Think of it: 60,000, the size of a small city. We are not talking about liberals here. Horowitz is clear that while he thinks liberals are wrong they are entitled to their opinions. Rather, we are talking about the most vile, America-hating Stalinist-style professors who will accept no dissent. They preach tolerance and then practice the opposite.
I asked Horowitz if he were a parent who was spending a substantial sum of money to send his son or daughter to a college or university and his offspring encountered one of these professors what would he do? Horowitz stressed that the parent should want to send his son or daughter to one of the decent schools. There are not many, he said, but there are some. If the student already is in college, see to it that he stays in contact with the many (and growing) campus conservative organizations. And the parent should put the kid in touch with conservative websites. They are invaluable in finding material to counter the way-out liberal message.
David Horowitz is a hero. Every man, woman and child in the United States owes him a debt of gratitude. Ever since his conversion from the far left he has worked tirelessly to expose the left for what it is and to sound the trumpet on the right that we must be more militant and more willing to sacrifice for our beliefs. He has had a close call with death and having recovered has maintained a schedule which would tire someone thirty years younger. The reason he is so effective is because he knows the other side's playbook. He has been there. He recognizes all that is being done and he is fearful that America is not waking up in sufficient time to turn things around.
His book is truly a must read. The title: THE PROFESSORS: THE 101 MOST DANGEROUS ACADEMICS IN AMERICA. It is available everywhere books are sold.

Campus report: Audience members, T-shirts blast speaker's views

Neal SenGupta
Posted: 3/8/06Student groups and professors made sure David Horowitz heard their criticisms during his speech Tuesday night.An e-mail organizing a protest of Horowitz's appearance circulated to several student groups Tuesday several hours before Horowitz's speech began. The e-mail was initially distributed by Associate Professor Diane Nelson of the cultural anthropology department. It suggested that students pull their shirts off at a set time during the speech."They claim [Horowitz] will 'expose academia'.... Here are some ways we will 'expose them,'" Nelson wrote in the e-mail, proceeding to describe how students should literally expose themselves. "I say we all wear jog bras (for ladies) and nothing (for boys) under our T-shirts and at a given signal pull them off." The stripping never materialized, however, and all audience members remained seated and clothed. About 45 students and faculty did wear shirts that read, "Why Didn't I Make the List?"-a reference to Horowitz's book, The Professors: 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America.The back of the shirts inferred that Horowitz is attempting to destroy intellectual freedom. "Intimidation, Blacklisting, Litmus Testing, Narcing on Profs = Academic Freedom?" the shirt read.The protesting audience members sat together in the left front rows of Page Auditorium. Some laughed and heckled at several of Horowitz's statements throughout his 45-minute lecture. At times, Horowitz directed comments toward them.When Horowitz said "professors are teaching students that America is the 'Great Satan,'" the protesting group laughed loudly. The response prompted Horowitz to say, "We've got some people on mushrooms in here."Another time when audience members yelled out at his comments, Horowitz asked them "didn't your mother teach you manners?" This drew an ovation from the rest of the audience.Junior Stephen Miller, a Chronicle columnist and president of Duke's chapter of Students for Academic Freedom-the group that organized the event-said he was disappointed by Nelson and the students who heckled Horowitz."It is absolutely inexcusable for a professor to organize students to disrupt a sanctioned University event," Miller said. "She is an embarrassment to Duke, and the University should use disciplinary action on her."When the question-and-answer session began, Nelson was the first person of several to ask a question at the microphone. "I'm hesitant to give you the microphone considering you came here to fight the exchange of free views," Miller said.Nelson said she did not go to the event with the intention of disrupting the speech but noted that she was compelled to because some of Horowitz's statements merited ridicule."We came to listen to him. We didn't come to disrupt him," Nelson said. "We couldn't help but laugh at some of the things he said-like when he said professors only work five hours a week."Although the e-mail from Nelson said to pick up the anti-Horowitz shirts in her office, she said the protest to the speech was not her idea but rather the brainchild of several student groups."It was organized by many different students," Nelson said. "Horowitz has attracted a lot of attention, and people have been talking about doing something [during the event] for a long time."Jamal Modir contributed to this story.
© Copyright 2006 The Chronicle

Campus report: Horowitz stirs up crowd in Page

Neal SenGupta
Posted: 3/8/06Notorious conservative author David Horowitz spoke Tuesday evening about what he deems radical liberal bias in Duke's academic departments. The event, which was taped by C-SPAN, drew an audience of about 600 to Page Auditorium. It was in part a promotion of Horowitz's new book, The Professors: 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America.Horowitz spoke about the need to fight "intellectual corruption" at universities such as Duke. He compared the problem of political radicals taking over academic departments to an event "bigger than Enron."Horowitz attacked specific Trinity College of Arts and Sciences academic programs and departments as examples of "political parties," including the Women's Studies Program, Program of Literature, the Department of African and African-American Literature and the cultural anthropology department. "Large parts of this University have been subverted by radical, leftist recruiting," Horowitz said.He pointed out that most speakers invited to campus are politically radical, noting Norman Finkelstein and Harry Belafonte as examples. "I'm amazed by the number of events and courses on this campus that have the sole purpose of pressuring students into thinking that America is a racist, sexist, homophobic country that should be attacked," Horowitz said. Horowitz criticized several Duke professors. He said Jane Gaines, the director of Duke's Marxism in Society Program and professor literature and English, is a "film critic with no relevant expertise" in what she teaches. He also attacked the "black studies" department for being "Marxists" and for preaching that "America is racist.""We hire these professors and give them lifetime jobs because they are experts," Horowitz said. "However, these people are not experts. They are completely unqualified to teach their classes. They have no scholarship, no publications."He noted, however, that his goal is not to attack or eliminate liberal professors. "I don't want to purge universities of left-wingers, but I do want to purge them of idiots," he said. Horowitz alleged that the problem of liberal bias began in the 1960's, when many liberals and anti-war activists entered into academia to avoid being drafted into the Vietnam War. He said these "radicals" began to dominate departments such as "black studies" and cultural anthropology. Horowitz said the academics then began to select other "radicals" to join their faculties, leading to liberals' domination of several humanities fields.Horowitz also referred to an incident last week at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as an example of how dangerous radical ideas can be. A UNC alumnus rented a Jeep and ran it into a crowd of students in order to get "revenge" for American crimes against Muslims. Horowitz used the example to defend the title of his book, which was criticized by members of the audience for using the word "dangerous" to describe professors. "People who think the title of the book is inappropriate are people who think that ideas have no power," Horowitz said. "Just last week at down the road at UNC a student ran a car into people. It was an idea that drove him to do this."Horowitz added that it would be hard to change what he perceives as the current culture of liberal bias in many of Duke's departments. "The administrators are too scared of the radical 10 percent of faculty," Horowitz said. "It is up to the students to try and make change."The lecture was organized by Duke's chapter of Students for Academic Freedom, a national organization founded by Horowitz. Junior Stephen Miller, president of the Duke chapter of SAF and a Chronicle columnist, said the event was extremely successful. "This was the most well-attended student-run and fund-raised event in recent Duke history," Miller said. Some members of the audience said Horowitz was a compelling speaker, but many disagreed with his views."I'm glad he came," senior Stanley Mouser said. "I still don't agree with him, but I understand his views a little more. He did say some inflammatory things."Freshman Ryan Miller said he thought Horowitz did not adequately defend his attack on Duke professors."I felt he did a poor job of providing evidence and answering the questions [audience members] asked," Miller said. "It didn't really seem like the open exchange of ideas that he says he supports."
© Copyright 2006 The Chronicle

Review: The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America

By Paul M. Weyrich March 8, 2006

They preach tolerance and then practice the opposite.

So now we have a geography teacher suggesting that President George W. Bush is sort of like Adolph Hitler. This teacher's entire rant attacked capitalism, our conduct abroad, just about everything we hold dear. Geography was one of my favorite topics going back to the sixth grade. I even took a geography course in college. This is geography?

I just did my radio show (the Right Hour on the Rightalk Radio Network) with David Horowitz about his new book, exposing the 101 worst academics in America. I asked him what's next? The 101 worst kindergarten teachers in the USA? Of course, we are not speaking of their ability to teach. That is a wholly different subject. The open radicalism on college campuses these days is mind-boggling.

I was taught once at the University of Wisconsin by a member of the Communist Party. His assigned readings were all from the left and he worked overtime to discredit the founders of our once great nation. However, he had to hide his efforts. He was careful as to what he said in the classroom. There was one student who came to class who was a well read conservative. His father was very strict and he feared getting bad grades from this professor, with whom he often tangled in class. At that time the University of Wisconsin procedure was to issue an interim grade. Both the conservative student and I got a C. While my folks were not happy about that, they were sympathetic when I explained to them what happened in this Commie's class. My friend had no such sympathy. He literally was beaten down, if not beaten up, by his father. He came to class defeated. Then I watched as he slowly but surely began to agree with the Communist Professor. I quoted scripture to my fellow student about his gaining the whole world but losing his soul. He, as I, had a strong Christian background. He hung his head and walked away from me. My final grade for that semester was a C. His final grade was an A. Same for the second semester. This was more than 40 years ago so we have had this problem for a long time. Whereas 40 years ago this academic went out of his way to hide his real identity, today he would be openly touting his membership in the Communist Party. And at that time he dared not flunk me because my academic work did not deserve it. Today I probably would have been awarded an F.

What is shocking about the Horowitz book and is even more shocking when you hear him recount it is the sheer brazenness of the professors and other instructors who go out of their way to brag about their affiliation. They didn't bomb enough. They didn't do enough to damage America's imperialism.

Horowitz estimates that there are about 60,000 of these radical professors in every part of the nation, at small colleges and large - at prestigious Eastern schools, where you would expect them, but even at widely acclaimed Baptist and Catholic colleges and universities. Think of it: 60,000, the size of a small city. We are not talking about liberals here. Horowitz is clear that while he thinks liberals are wrong they are entitled to their opinions. Rather, we are talking about the most vile, America-hating Stalinist-style professors who will accept no dissent. They preach tolerance and then practice the opposite.

I asked Horowitz if he were a parent who was spending a substantial sum of money to send his son or daughter to a college or university and his offspring encountered one of these professors what would he do? Horowitz stressed that the parent should want to send his son or daughter to one of the decent schools. There are not many, he said, but there are some. If the student already is in college, see to it that he stays in contact with the many (and growing) campus conservative organizations. And the parent should put the kid in touch with conservative websites. They are invaluable in finding material to counter the way-out liberal message.

David Horowitz is a hero. Every man, woman and child in the United States owes him a debt of gratitude. Ever since his conversion from the far left he has worked tirelessly to expose the left for what it is and to sound the trumpet on the right that we must be more militant and more willing to sacrifice for our beliefs. He has had a close call with death and having recovered has maintained a schedule which would tire someone thirty years younger. The reason he is so effective is because he knows the other side's playbook. He has been there. He recognizes all that is being done and he is fearful that America is not waking up in sufficient time to turn things around.

His book is truly a must read. The title: THE PROFESSORS: THE 101 MOST DANGEROUS ACADEMICS IN AMERICA. It is available everywhere books are sold.