Bill Johnson and Ward Churchill
It’s worth noticing when your columnist, Bill Johnson, takes on the cause of someone who’s not a minority, because it is rare. On 7/27, he chose a white guy. Not your average white guy; a white guy who masquerades as a Native American to acquire a plum position as a professor at a state university. And not just a pseudo-Indian, but a flaming plagiarist who minors in intimidation in his classroom and assault for those who challenge him, be they Italians or real Indians. And yet Johnson champions him.
The amazing irony in Johnson is that this professor likely denied a minority member from that plum position by posing as an Indian. Of course we are talking about the pseudo-Indian, unqualified professor, and super-demagog; Ward Churchill. His supporters, including Johnson, opine that it was his “Little Eichmanns” paper that motivated CU to oust him. That is a big red herring. It was actually the publicity from that paper’s publicity that caused CU to have their noses rubbed in their own incompetence by having promoted him to a position he was never qualified to hold. And yet Johnson champions him.
It would seem that Johnson is reacting to the feeding frenzy of the Right by being a contrarian to reason in championing Churchill as he tilts at the rehire windmill. Just because the Right is in a feeding frenzy, it does not mean they are wrong. Inflaming passions is Johnson’s stock in trade, and he certainly ought to acknowledge a righteous cause. Banishing Churchill from his banal classroom screes is not only the right; it is the obligation of a well-run university.
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Larry-
Nicely put!
Posted by Get Real on July 31, 2007 08:56 PMIt always amazes me the way the left will champion a loser.
Just because WC was a white dude posing as an indian, denied a real indian the plum job at CU, was a plagiarizing sack of soapsuds, and yet, Littwin and Johnson think he is a hero?
Whats next? glowing praise for Charlie Manson?
Posted by Dravur on August 1, 2007 09:59 AMDravur,
So true. The left does glorify losers and apologizes for tyrants like Chavez and Castro, and even Saddam Hussein.
I won’t say that the right doesn’t often do the same with losers they agree with.
But the leftists usually see the authority figure as the bad guy (especially if they are American) unless the authority figure is truly dictatorial and fascistic. I think that is why they love Ward Churchill. He conducted himself in such a manner through intimidation.