Sunday, October 07

Discredited "Ward Churchill" -Fake Indian and  Anti Columbian

The ANNOTICO Report

 

Ward Churchill Liar, Plagiarist, and Hypocrite, after finally being fired by the University of Colorado, is still attempting to incite Protests against Columbus and the Columbus Day Parade.

 

LIAR, because he claimed to have Indian Blood in order to gain credibility among Indians, and to gain advantage as a Professor

PLAGIARIST: because much of his writings were found to be purloined from other authors

HYPOCRITE: because he is a Strong Advocate For Free Speech, Unless you disagree with his point of view.

Thanks to Walter Santi

 

Churchill's Clouded "Comeback"

 

Rocky Mountain News

By Jessica Peck Corry

Saturday, October 6, 2007

You’ve got to give credit where credit is due. Ward Churchill is a man who will not give up. While the University of Colorado spent more than two years and hundreds of thousands of dollars to kick him off its Boulder campus, he’s back - now teaching an unsanctioned class that espouses the same discredited "facts" that got him fired in the first place.

To Churchill’s misguided minions, he remains a hero in the crusade for academic free speech. Too bad they believe the First Amendment only applies to those who support their shared perspective. At a Tuesday evening lecture, titled ReVisioning American History: Colonization, Genocide and Formation of the U.S. Settler State, only those with favorable perspectives were allowed to attend.

Two male organizers who doubled as bouncers turned away at least three male students, calling them "agitators." At least one of the organizers also scuffled with a Boulder Daily Camera reporter who tried to enter the lecture.

Ultimately, only 30 or so attendees - mostly bright-eyed followers drinking way too much of the Churchill Kool-Aid - made it past the screening process and inside the door to the classroom in CU-Boulder’s Eaton Humanities Building.

In a written introduction to Tuesday evening’s lecture, as reported by the Camera, Churchill was not compensated for his time leading the first of what he hopes will be an ongoing course. It will carry no academic credit and, according to the introduction, is "in no sense bound by the rules supposedly governing courses offered in the university catalogue."

While Churchill’s actions as a disgraced former professor are certainly free from the confines of a simple course catalog, they are not free from the requirements of university policy governing public accommodations. CU specifically prohibits discriminatory actions by those hosting events anywhere on its taxpayer-funded campuses.

University spokesman Bronson Hilliard emphasized to the Camera that the event was "private" - which is allowed under university policy -and yet the exclusionary tactics used Tuesday night raise serious concerns about the actions of Churchill and his supporters.

First, even if the event was booked as "private," university policy still dictates that event organizers must not discriminate against people on the basis of a variety of protected characteristics - including their creed or basic set of core beliefs. And second, while "private" event organizers are allowed to ban the media, why would they? What has Churchill got to fear by respecting the free speech rights of others, including reporters? If he believes in the power of his positions, he should welcome all willing to hear them.

This all reminds me of a lesson that CU should have learned years ago. In 2003, the university came under public scrutiny after the Independence Institute revealed that CU students were using university rooms to host racially segregated events. While the discrimination then was based on race " and Tuesday’s was based on ideology " the intent of organizers remains the same: Segregation is OK as long as they’re the ones perpetuating it.

Ultimately, students of all perspectives can " and should" be able to host controversial on-campus events at public universities, including the University of Colorado. In doing so, however, they are rightly prohibited from excluding those who might look or believe differently than they. Perhaps this is a little detail that Churchill left out of Tuesday evening’s syllabus.

For those who missed out on Tuesday’s event, there is good news. According to organizers, he will be back at least three more times in the next month, with future sessions focusing on colonialism, genocide and racism. But if you happen to disagree with him, just hope that you can get a foot in the door. Body armor may be a good idea.

Jessica Peck Corry is the director of the Independence Institute’s Campus Accountability Project. She can be reached at Jessica@i2i.org.


READER COMMENTS

Member of the famous "Lost Fugawi Tribe," like Churchill, are known for their persistence. After all, when your birth certificate is a phony, you simply have to try that much harder!         Posted by Hank on October 7, 2007 09:27 AM

Churchill should be arrested and charged with public stupidity. Those going to his rabble rousing clinics should be charged with the same. Everyone knows that the man is a proven liar, he is certainly no hero to anyone, and association with him is a complete waste of time.

The bigger idiots in this picture are those at CU that are allowing Churchy to use university facilities. They should be charging him with trespassing instead.

Yep, you guessed it. I don't like the man and think everyone would be better served if he soon crawled in a hole and died. But what skunk would want him?        Posted by joe on October 6, 2007 09:09 PM

 

The ANNOTICO Reports Can be Viewed (and are Archived) on:

Italia USA: http://www.ItaliaUSA.com [Formerly Italy at St Louis] (7 years)

Italia Mia: http://www.ItaliaMia.com (3 years)

Annotico Email: annotico@earthlink.net