It would appear that Ward Churchill is trying to get the University of Colorado to give him the boot. This from the Denver Post:
University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill's latest toxic remarks, this time condoning - if not encouraging - attacks on military officers, are beyond outrageous.
"Conscientious objection removes a given piece of cannon fodder from the fray," Churchill said at an anti-military forum last week in Portland, Ore. "Fragging an officer has a much more impactful effect."
Fragging is the killing or injuring of a military officer by a subordinate.
I wrote early in the controversey that I did not believe Churchill ought to fired because of his incendiary remarks about 9/11, though he might be fired for impersonating a Native American and other things. But the remarks above are another matter. He was apparently recommending that soldiers opposed to the war wound or kill their officers. He ought to be fired immediately. The Denver Post thinks so too.
Churchill has the right to free expression, but he doesn't have the right to a tenured University of Colorado teaching position. CU needs to take away his disguise as a scholar and let Churchill make his way as a political activist.
Well said. Churchill is probably now famous enough that he will be wined and dined by Michael Moore types for the rest of his days. Let him be. His presence at a State University is a sign of decadence.
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