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Posted: 10/13/2004 2:46:17 AM EDT

I have no comment. I am ABSOLUTELY speechless.
www.townhall.com/columnists/mikeadams/printma20041013.shtml

Shut up and teach!
Mike S. Adams

October 13, 2004

Dear Professor Snider ([email protected]):

Someone recently sent me a copy of the guidelines for a research paper that you require of your students at California State University, Long Beach. According to your website, the purpose of the paper is “to persuade or at least to create tolerance for your point of view on a controversial issue; also to acknowledge the opposing side of the issue.”

Below the basic requirements for the paper, you have listed a number of suggested “Subjects for an Argument Paper.” Below I have listed some of my favorite entries:

Energy… A related topic is Dick Cheney's secret conference on energy policy. Why hasn't the administration revealed who participated and should it reveal this information? Also important is the fact that, as Kevin Phillips writes, "four generations of the [Bush] dynasty have chased [oil] profits through cozy ties with Mideast leaders, spinning webs of conflicts of interest"…

The Economy… Under President Clinton, the Federal Government had a handle on the national debt. Now the Bush administration is passing that debt on to the post-baby-boom generation…

Birth Control: Should the so-called "morning-after" contraceptive pills (pills that prevent fertilized eggs from implantation) be more readily available to all, whether they can afford them or not and regardless of age? Of course, in your paper you would need to state your position and support it while acknowledging the opposing position. (You cannot argue that such pills amount to an abortion…).

Should Justice Sandra Day O'Connor have been impeached for her partisan, political actions in the Bush v. Gore case of December 2000 (she is reported to have expressed a desire to retire but would do so only if a Republican were president…)? What about Justice Scalia, whose son worked for the law firm of the lawyer who argued for Bush before the Supreme Court, or Justice Thomas, whose wife was part of an organization selecting people to work in a potential Bush administration?

George W. Bush's time in the National Guard presents important questions about the character of a man who has sent hundreds of Americans to their deaths in war and killed and maimed untold thousands of others…

Breaking a campaign promise, Bush has reversed rules to limit industrial carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere…Do you agree or disagree with this decision?

Is it right for the Bush Administration to use the War on Terrorism for political or commercial purposes?...

What role does George W. Bush have in the Enron scandal? How should the various Congressional investigation (sic) proceed? Should any new laws be passed? Should all those who have received contributions from Enron recess themselves or only those who received a certain amount of money…

It is no secret that the Bush administration and many Republicans have taken steps to undo the progress in environmental protection made before they took office. Now that they control the presidency and the Congress, they have better opportunities to carry out their agenda…

Civil Liberties: The Bush administration has used the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 to erode the civil rights of citizens and non-citizens alike… What can be done to stop this erosion of liberties or can you logically defend it?...

Should there be stricter laws against a woman harming her potential child through smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, or using other drugs while pregnant?...

What evidence do we have that Mr. Bush and his cronies lied to the American people and the world in promoting the war with Iraq? Do you agree that America has lost its "moral authority" in the world because of this immoral war?...

Although George W. Bush said he would support the national continuation of the ban on assault weapons, he did nothing to urge Congress to pass it…

I was somewhat surprised, Professor Snider, at some of the subjects you told your students to avoid. It was also interesting to read the manner in which you told them to avoid particular subjects. Some examples follow:

Religion (we have freedom of religion in this country and everyone is entitled to his or her own beliefs but cannot force others to accept those beliefs; just as no one can prevent you from following your religious beliefs, so you cannot prevent others from not following your beliefs. This does not mean you can not argue issues such as [the Establishment Clause]. What it means is that you can't use your own religious beliefs to support an argument…)

Anything you're already convinced of before you start your research, especially subjects you're emotionally involved in. My reasoning is that with such a topic you would not be able to see that there is another side and this would destroy your argument.

Topics on which there is, in my opinion, no other side apart from chauvinistic, religious, or bigoted opinions and pseudo-science (for example, female circumcision, prayer in public schools, same-sex marriage, the so-called faith-based initiative, abortion, hate crime laws, the existence of the Holocaust, and so-called creationism)

… McNally correctly concludes that those who oppose same-sex marriage do so for one reason: homophobia… (H)omophobia is to gays and lesbians what racism is to people of color. Neither homophobia nor racism can be tolerated in civilized, rational debate; therefore, I will not accept either as arguments, however disguised, in your papers.

Professor Snider, I hope that you will allow me to add a few suggestions to your list of proposed paper topics. I have listed several below, all in the form of a question:

How have Professor Snider and his cronies converted the college classroom into a platform for their warped political beliefs?

Why does Professor Snider refer to a fetus as a “potential child” after saying that abortion is not debatable in his class?

How does Professor Snider identify “Topics on which there is, in (his) opinion, no other side apart from chauvinistic, religious, or bigoted opinions and pseudo-science?”

Does Professor Snider’s emotional involvement with the issue of homosexuality cause him to violate the religious freedom of his students?

Is Professor Snider “heterophobic?”

Does Professor Snider’s intolerance and ignorance of the First Amendment mean that all “queer critics” are intolerant, ignorant, or both?

Should college students be allowed to wear “shut up and teach” t-shirts to class at California State University, Long Beach?

And, finally, I have a question for you, Professor Snider. Would it be unreasonable to ask you to just shut up and teach English? Or does that make me a “queer critic,” too?

Respectfully,

Mike S. Adams

©2004 Mike S. Adams

Posted: 10/13/2004 2:48:40 AM EDT

[#1]

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO glad I went to the Naval Academy. They actually TAUGHT us there, rather than INDOCTRINATE us.

Posted: 10/13/2004 2:50:20 AM EDT

[#2]

Glad Im not in college, I coundt sit through that

Posted: 10/13/2004 2:59:06 AM EDT

[#3]

I'd be that professor's Huckleberry if I was in his class.

Posted: 10/13/2004 3:09:58 AM EDT

[#4]

I would be the most obnoxious student in his class. Feel him out for his personal view points, and then write position papers taking the exact opposite of his personal views on every position. Ooops, I did do that in school, great fun that was and still got an A.

Posted: 10/13/2004 3:18:19 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
I would be the most obnoxious student in his class. Feel him out for his personal view points, and then write position papers taking the exact opposite of his personal views on every position. Ooops, I did do that in school, great fun that was and still got an A.

Rather like Rodney Dangerfield's character in "Back to School" when he disagrees with the economics professor about how to run a business??

*This post dedicated to the late Rodney Dangerfield

Posted: 10/13/2004 5:01:49 AM EDT

[#6]

That instructor would be the easiest target I ever had the pleasure of seeing through my debating sight if I was in his class. We would get it on and I would DEFY him to try that socialist shit on me.

Well written piece. That kid deserves an "A".

Posted: 10/13/2004 5:21:39 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
I would be the most obnoxious student in his class. Feel him out for his personal view points, and then write position papers taking the exact opposite of his personal views on every position. Ooops, I did do that in school, great fun that was and still got an A.

Used to do it to my sociology prof. HE was only about 4 yrs older. I was ex military.

We had FUN. (He tried to get me to major in sociology). The rest of the class (mostly hot soroity chicks, the reason I took the class) just loved it, they didn't ever have to do anything.

He and I would argue round and round. He NEVER put his political beliefs into grading my papers.

That was a fun class.

TXL

Posted: 10/13/2004 5:27:39 AM EDT

[#8]

And this is news how?

For 40 years professors across the entire nation have been on a leftest crusade to make this country into a socialist state. If you're just now noticing ....

Lewis W. Snider is Associate Professor of World Politics in the Department of Politics and Policy at The Claremont Graduate University?s School of Politics and Economics. Professor Snider teaches courses on foreign policy, international political economy, comparative politics and political risk analysis. During the Gulf crisis and the war for Kuwait, he was a Middle East political consultant and political commentator for Fox Television News in Los Angeles. Prior to that he was a consultant on Middle East security problems to firms that did research and consulting for the defense and intelligence communities. He has lived in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt and worked in Saudi Arabia.

Professor Snider?s research straddle two areas: 1) foreign policy which currently focuses on how the ratio of Palestinian casualties to Israeli casualties may lead to a change in the tactics each side adopts in continuing the conflict and a possible shift in negotiating positions as well; 2) international political economy, particularly the political causes of financial crises in emerging markets.

Dr. Snider has published articles in journals such as the American Political Science Review, Armed Forces & Society, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies and the Middle East Journal. His most recent book is Growth, Debt and Politics: The Political Performance of Third World Governments and the Politics of Economic Adjustment (Westview Press, 1996).

Posted: 10/13/2004 5:38:07 AM EDT

[#9]

If it quacks like duck....

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