(With due apologies to Prof. Salaita for the insulting comparison..) https://chroniclevitae.com/news/481-don-t-know-about-adams-v-unc-wilmington-if-you-care-about-academic-freedom-you-should
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/11/02/editorializing-mike-s-adams/ -------------------------snip Mostly, though, I was disappointed because he had so greatly diluted the content of his talk from the rich, ripe lunacy of his columns; it was a kind of Adams Lite. Sure, he wallowed in his status as a victim like he does in his columns, and of course he took a few swipes at feminism, but I missed the juicy stuff, the kind of potent far-right-wing statements that his on-line audiences revel in. For instance, I would have enjoyed hearing him discuss how “Republican women were more attractive than Democratic women” with some of our students. He has, after all, declared this to be an important topic, and part of the discourse the College Republicans should learn about: The public discussion of this issue will help Republicans answer some important questions. For example: “Should we assume that being gay often causes one to be a Democrat? Isn’t it more likely that the lack of exposure to attractive women causes Democrats to be gay?” And “Do Democratic women consider compliments in the workplace to be sexual harassment simply because they rarely hear them?” I’m sure a public discussion of the idea that Democrats support gay rights because Democratic women are ugly would have been vigorous and stimulating. Speaking of gay rights, it’s another subject on which Mike S. Adams often converses at length. He’s against them. After all, There is nothing wrong with discriminating against a class of people who are afflicted with an emotional or mental illness that is relevant to the completion of a given task—especially if that task is crucial to the well-being of the society at large. That is why I am opposed to the idea of gays adopting or teaching our children. We could have spent *hours* discussing the idea that gay people are mentally ill individuals who need to be kept away from children. Why was Mike S. Adams reluctant to bring it up? I understand we’ve had similar sentiments against gay members of our community scrawled on walls here, so *someone* would have appreciated hearing about it. Lately, our campus has also experienced some deplorable instances of hate speech against students of color. It would have been timely if he had discussed these matters in some detail; Mike S. Adams has interesting ideas about race. After all, he has encouraged students at his campus to celebrate diversity in an interesting way: All UNCW students have to do on (Change Your) Ethnicity Day is to stop by the Registrar’s Office to have their race changed from White (or Asian, or Hispanic, or Native American, or “Other”) to Black. Once they do so, they will be eligible for lots of free stuff without having to earn it. I should like to have heard more about all the free stuff black students get without earning it. He also recommends this as an easy way to rapidly increase minority representation on campus.
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