Thursday, April 23, 2009
Particularly shameful considering the Weather Underground's particular attachment to Brandeis.
The Boston Globe reports: Ayers to speak at Brandeis despite dispute over his past
Michael Graham is all over it: Brandeis Hearts Terrorists
As we reported on The Natural Truth last week, the Boston Globe-Democrat is (finally) covering Bill Ayers' upcoming visit to Brandeis University. As usual, they start with a bogus premise ("Ayers to speak at Brandeis despite dispute over his past"--what dispute? He admits he blew stuff up!) and go downhill from there.
The same "free speech" smokescreen Boston College students tried to use is deployed once again. If you're still unable to understand why this isn't a free speech issue, all I can say is you should probably stick to listening to NPR.
What's fascinating about this Ayers visit is the locale: Brandeis.
When Katherine Ann Powers, Susan Saxe and Stanley Bond murdered Boston Police Officer Walter Schroeder, they were all attending... Brandeis University. Brandies is in Waltham, MA, where one of Officer Schroeder's daughters, Clare, serves on the police force.
Last year a mentally-unstable would-be terrorist, Aafia Siddiqui, tried to shoot two FBI agents while shouting "Death to America" slogans. Even after she was shot, she struggled against capture and reiterated that she wanted to kill Americans. Where did Siddiqui go to college? MIT and...Brandeis...
Also: Did The Weather Underground Kill Officer Schroeder?
The grown-ups are asleep at Brandeis.
The minutes of the Student Senate session that agreed to the event are online here. An article about the invitation in the student paper that discusses the controversy is here: Funding for Ayers visit still up in the air
Ayers is scheduled to appear on Thursday, a week from today.
Count me among the dissapointed alumni.
I figure though it's rather inevitable that they'd invite him--especially with the school's (indirect) connection to the radicals of the era.
Funny thing though...it was my time at Brandeis (which I loved) that steered me to the right politically. Go figure! :)
I've heard of a few alumni who are threatening to sever their ties with the school over this. (No, I'm not one of those).
"Funny thing though...it was my time at Brandeis (which I loved) that steered me to the right politically. Go figure! :)"
How did that happen? (serious question)