Silencing Dissent In America

LuxuryItem · April 4, 2006, 3:00am

Interesting article…

In mid January, the Bruin Alumni association offered students $100 to tape leftwing professors at the University of California Los Angeles. The association effectively had one dedicated member, 24-year-old Republican Andrew Jones. It also had one dedicated aim: “Exposing UCLA’s most radical professors” who “[proselytise] their extreme views in the classroom”.

Shortly after the $100 offer was made, Jones mounted a website, uclaprofs.com, which compiled the Dirty 30 - a hit list of those he considered the most egregious, leftwing offenders. Top of the list was Peter McLaren, a professor at the UCLA’s graduate school of education. Jones branded McLaren a “monster”. “Everything that flows from Peter McLaren’s mouth and pen is deeply, inextricably radical,” wrote Jones. “In keeping with the left’s identity politics he has been a friend to the gay community.”

McLaren was shocked. “I was away when the story broke and when I came back there were 87 messages waiting for me. I was surprised a list like that could be created in these times. I thought, ‘Wow, somebody’s out there reading my work fairly carefully.’” The main impact, he says, was to try to insulate those close to him from the fallout. “I had to take down lots of things from my website - family pictures and contacts with other people. I didn’t want other people to pay the price.”

Also among the Dirty 30 was history professor Ellen DuBois. She was described as, “in every way the modern female academic: militant, impatient, accusatory and radical - very radical”. DuBois told the Los Angeles Times, “This is a totally abhorrent invitation to students to participate in a witch hunt against their professors.”
Silence in class | Higher education | The Guardian

danial · April 4, 2006, 10:48am

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:k:

saieen · April 4, 2006, 12:06pm

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america

MYwish · April 4, 2006, 1:51pm

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another witch hunt...

Muslim_Queen · April 4, 2006, 2:37pm

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With this attitude, the States will cause their own downfall. The amount of paranoia is shocking.

tmx305 · April 4, 2006, 3:37pm

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^ Dont worry, Canada will continue to produce maple syrup

Rukhsarbibi · April 4, 2006, 3:59pm

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surprising to see it happen at UCLA. I wouldn't have been shocked if it was podunk Mississippi

ahmadjee · April 4, 2006, 4:05pm

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haha @ maple syrup.

Anyway, this is old news. Heard it at least a few months back on NPR.

These hit lists are very common and Daniel Pipes used to (as I am not sure if he still does) keep a list of pro-palestinian teachers.

Muslim_Queen · April 4, 2006, 4:05pm

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Well before you know it , Americans will end up thinking its a vast chemical weaponry of some sort.

parissenoor · April 4, 2006, 9:37pm

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european know their ancestors kicked some awkward extrmist out of here…to america …they brung prodtitutes and criminals on top of that…with a few slaves…and that’s america:D

parissenoor · April 4, 2006, 9:38pm

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…so is there any US scientist planning to make gas out of maple syrup??