tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post5888119110884430723..comments2023-12-26T05:11:42.504-06:00Comments on Freedom Road: An "Idiot Wind": The New McCarthyismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-38489204360973498872008-10-31T21:00:00.000-05:002008-10-31T21:00:00.000-05:00You are taking Jeannette Jones's African American ...You are taking Jeannette Jones's African American Studies class next semester. She does the first half of the intro cycle. I do from the end of the CiviL War to the present. Next semester, I am teaching a class on America in the 1960s (HIST 397) and the intro Ethnic Studies class (ETHN 100).<BR/><BR/>No doubt our system is deeply flawed and far from open or truly democratic.Patrick Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079421822502919082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-74586806704490674582008-10-31T17:36:00.000-05:002008-10-31T17:36:00.000-05:00I will hopefully be breathing some of that fresh a...I will hopefully be breathing some of that fresh air in your African American History to 1877 class this spring. Looking forward to it.<BR/><BR/>-I meant that the exclusion of ALL third party candidates was evidence of a less-than-free flow of ideas in our discussions about politics and the direction of this country. ALL four major third party candidates are on enough states ballots to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-52811899770913230202008-10-31T16:25:00.000-05:002008-10-31T16:25:00.000-05:00Hi Charles,I share your concern that there are a n...Hi Charles,<BR/><BR/>I share your concern that there are a number of threats to academic freedom and free intellectual discourse in our society. I don't pit those threats against each other as an either/or...<BR/><BR/>I probably wouldn't call the presidential debate issue an "academic freedom" issue. I support open debates, too, but there does need to be a way to decide who gets in and who doesPatrick Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079421822502919082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-63068039923483541312008-10-31T15:26:00.000-05:002008-10-31T15:26:00.000-05:00Here's an interesting clip from the third party de...Here's an interesting clip from the third party debate last week, with Nader accusing both Obama and McCain of antisemitism against Arab people, for what its worth...<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDFXMWmKTQI<BR/><BR/>As to academic freedom and the free flow of ideas: Both sides can be criticized here. Neither were willing to debate Nader and other candidates, and both refuse to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com