RE: Some Quality Professional Academic Hatin' David Green, an Academic Professional, had some words about an event he witnessed at an Illinois football game. The link above has the rant, but to refresh your memory of Mr. Green's rant:...The observance at Saturday’s football game was no different. A moment of silence was followed by a military airplane flyover; in between, Block-I students chanted “USA, USA.” This was neither patriotism nor remembrance in any justifiable sense, but politicization, militarism, propaganda and bellicosity. The University is a public institution that encompasses the political views of all, not just the most (falsely) “patriotic.”... So, we had some interesting commments on Jimbo's post. But that wasn't good enough for another vet.... over at the Burn Pit, Mothax reached out to the President of the Veterans Student Organization at the awesome and, quite frankly, best school on this very planet, the University of Illinois. ...In fact, Green repeatedly fails to anchor his argument with facts or evidence of any kind, but in less than 250 words manages to pack his letter so densely with leftist pap, anti-war clichés, broad (and false) generalizations, and academic euphemism that it would take several pages to parse and refute each of his bogus assumptions (even the ones he doesn’t contradict himself). I’m a student, not an academic professional — I don’t have that kind of time. But Green’s odious drivel isn’t his chief failure. Where Green failed was in what we Marines call “situational awareness.” Green claims that the University “encompasses the political views of all” and, thus, “Athletic planners should cease such exploitation for political purposes.” Green fails to consider that the role of a public university is, to some degree at least, to support the legitimate actions of the government and that, personal scruples about the war aside, it is fitting to at least recognize the service and sacrifice of our service members — no matter how uncomfortable that makes Muslims or their academic professional mouthpieces. And don’t get me wrong, it’s plain to me that Green is projecting his own arrogant disgust onto the Muslims, as if they need that (with friends like Green, who needs Islamophobes?)... That's just a taste of the response from Marine, turned Illini Student, Chad Garland. It gets even better over at the Burn Pit. I'm sure you'll agree that he's got a great future ahead of him. If you are a veteran at the University of Illinois (or know someone who is) contact Chad and get involved.
Read the complete post at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blackfive/~3/9_UTZGlnRKg/response-to-academic-professional-hating-on-the-military.html
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