More Mercenary Talk....

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Check out this blog - "Can We Really Support These Troops?"

http://bridgenews.org/news/0207/bellaciao

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The American military and mercenary soldiers who “sacrificed” their lives did not do so for the teacher’s freedom to teach the truth about the so-called war on terror, or any of US history for that matter. They sacrificed their lives, limbs and sanity for money, some education and the thrills of the violence for which they are socially bred.
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I knew in that moment that this was what the future of teaching about justice would include: teaching war criminals who sit glaring at me with hatred for daring to speak the truth of their atrocities and who, if paid to, would disappear, torture and kill me. I wondered that night how long I really have in this so called “free” country to teach my students and to be with my children and grandchildren.
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The excuses that they give for joining or intending to join the US military terrorist training camps are first and foremost motivated by a desire for money.
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This is from a "social justice" professor. :no:
 
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My apologies to our military members here if this is offensive. I find it considerably offensive but thought it was worth posting as a demonstration of the extreme views held by some.

Here's two more heinous quotes:

What appears to trouble the soldier student is that the rhetoric of fighting for freedom and democracy is a lie that cannot blanket the horror and guilt of their terrorism. They do not want to hear that participation in invasion and occupation, murder and pillaging, is logically inconsistent with any legitimate concept of freedom or liberation. They know the greed and programmed lust for violence that motivates them. They expect that if they can make it out alive, they get some money, a comfortable lifestyle and an education.
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These military and mercenary terrorist-students are trained in terrorist training camps all under the USA, funded by American taxpayers. In fact, people under the USA are “sacrificing” their health care and their children’s educations while donating their tax dollars to these terrorist training camps. These terrorist camps train money hungry working class stiffs to murder, steal and plunder for the power hungry US corporate war lords.
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She doesn't appreciate the irony that if she were a professor in Iran and spoke out against the government in this way, the IRGC would pay her family a special midnight visit.

I'd like to think that not all college professors, even adjunct professors who only teach one class, are this liberal, this left wing and so full of hatred.
 
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Gotta love freedom of speech. This country is great where you can say what you want. You can always go to Bob Jones University to see the opposing viewpoint.
 
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Universities are a funny place. On one hand, they are supposed to be bastions of open thinking and free expression. On the otherhand, you won't find a place that is more PC constrained.

If I wrote this type of rant about the "wrong" target (any "diversity group") there is a good chance that I would be fired. If I wrote this rant about the "right" target (military, US, administration, etc.) then repurcussions would be mild at best.

If I were any of the military students in her class, I would file a grade appeal if I received anything less than the typical grade in the class. This piece by Prof. Terpstra shows clear contempt for a certain type of student.
 
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I know I had loads of fun at UGA when I took a few PoliSci courses. I took a class on NGO's which covered the UN more than anything and all I heard was the usual rant you hear from the UN now. I pulled off a decent grade but know there was bias in the prof's assessment. Still having my military 'high and tight' didn't exactly help much but it all provided for interesting professor-student discussions.
 
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I remember studying the genie coefficient, or some such nonsense, which attempted to mathmatically prove that socialism is the only societal model that can work over the long haul.
 
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Fortunately or unfortunately I missed many of the classes where you get heavily political values mixed in with class material.

I started as an Engineering major then switched to Business - as a result, my electives were mostly hard science based rather than liberal arts based.
 
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Being a double major in History and Political Science, I got a double dose of altered philosophy. Psychology was a fun one with behavior deemed deviant by some and not by others...
 
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CSpindizzy said:
Being a double major in History and Political Science, I got a double dose of altered philosophy. Psychology was a fun one with behavior deemed deviant by some and not by others...
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I also doubled in History and Political Science. I came within 5 hours of minor in fine arts thanks to a previously unknown, and hence lost, affinity for spinning and glazing pots.
 
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I had an ex-marine probably under the age of 40, maybe 35 teach a US History class to me at UT. Man that was a great class. He really had a passion for it.
 
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allvol123 said:
I had an ex-marine probably under the age of 40, maybe 35 teach a US History class to me at UT. Man that was a great class. He really had a passion for it.
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One of the most interesting professors I had in college was a guy who went to college, then fought in either WWII or Korea (can't recall exaclty), read for the GA bar exam and passed (you used to be able to take the exam without going to law school but the test was probably a lot tougher), burned out on practicing law so moved to New Orleans and took a vow of silence as monk in some catholic order or another for a couple of years, decided to get a PhD. in political science and became a college professor.
 
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