Petition drive lands college student on Fox News

[leQ]

DURHAM, N.H. — A University of New Hampshire student from Mason City is leading a protest movement that is drawing national attention.

Bill Hunt, 20, will be a guest on the Hannity & Colmes television program tonight to discuss his efforts to oust William Woodward, a psychology professor who Hunt and others claim expresses far too liberal views in his classroom.

The program airs at 8 p.m. CST on Fox News, channel 55 in Mason City.

Woodward has come under fire for telling students that the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, may have been planned by the U.S. government.

Globe Gazette

has anybody heard about this woodward guy?

[Kagemusha]

1. I don't read David Horowitz' garbage so, no.

There's always some scapegoat or other. They change from time to time.

[ForFuxakes]

2. Ooh...more red meat for the animals

I can just see it now...

Hannity: First off I want to say that I think your a great american...

Bill Hunt: thanks Sean...can I service your member...

Hannity: No, I already got some from rep foley, but you can sire my spawn...

Bill Hunt: Oh i would love to...the first I will name after Rush, the second after Ann C. and the third after Dubya

Got Hannity creeps me out!

[saigon68]

9. LOL This Scum got more than 10 minutes of FAME

Service your member

OUTRAGEOUS

[marmar]

3. Why do these little brownshirt pricks go to COLLEGE....

if they don't want to be exposed to a free exchange of ideas? Sacre bleu!

[bottomofthehill]

5. When there is a war to be fought

Your President needs IED fodder, stop wasting your time in college and go to Iraq to support your Presidents War on Terra.

I hope that pantywaist Alan Colmes pulls out a DD-4 and asks this kid to sign up on the spot.

[MikeNearMcChord]

4. So now we have added a right wing version of Mao's Cultural Revolution

to the mix, I can just see it now, college professors and high school teachers, forced to walk down the streets with dunce caps, while young republicans walk around with little brown books with the quotations of Bush, Cheney, Reagan, Limbaugh, Buckley and others.:thumbsdown:

[MrModerate]

6. Interesting that they consider MIHOP/LIHOP to be "liberal" views . . .

They've always struck me as fringe views, more from the libertarian side of the house than the liberal/progressive. Maybe beacause I consider such notions to be pure macaca ("unadulterated santorum"?), I'm not as sensitive to where on the spectrum such believers might sit.

[seriousstan]

7. Stick around, you'll be told otherwise.

[SAXMAR]

8. Wrong Woodward

I think Hannity wanted wanted to get Bob Woodward but couldn't so he got this unknown professor named Woodward instead.

I truly enjoyed your "pure macaca, unadulterated Santorum" line. I live in Pennsylvania and have been putting up with the pure macaca, unadulterated Santorum of Santorum for lo these many years.

Please educate me. What are MIHOP/LIHOP?

[bobbieinok]

11. MIHOP = made it happen on purpose; LIHOP = let it happen on purpose

Both refer to 9-11. As can be seen from many of the posts in this thread, many term these 'conspiracy theories' (CTs) and feel no 'thinking person' would believe such things.

On the other hand, there are also many who think there has been no real investigation into the events leading up to 9-11. For example, CRice 'forgot' she was informed of the danger of a terrorist attack in July (Woodward's new book claims she was informed; this has been confirmed).

The 'accepted' view of what led to the attacks is known as the 'official conspiracy theory' (OCT).

You can pursue this further at DU by checking the September 11 forum. There's some real junk there; some valid questions are also raised there.

[geek tragedy]

10. The conspiracy loons generally align with the party

out of power.

The Alex Jones crowd, for instance, was aligned with the Freepers during the Clinton administration. They claimed that Clinton ordered the Oklahoma City bombing and had Vince Foster murdered.

And, now they frequent the dungeon . . .

Of course, there are sizeable numbers of people on both the left and right who are willing to believe any awful thing about the other party.

[NNguyenMD]

12. There is an instructor at my med school who is delusionally antichoice

and makes efforts to put out his point of view over others. I actually have other reasons to despise him, but would I be able to oust him for pushing his political view points on to his students? He is an OB/GYN physician.

We also have an OB/GYN professor who is very pro-choice as well, I get a long with him better.

[struggle4progress]

13. A muted response from UNH: Professors' right to opinion cited (10 Sep)

A muted response from UNH
Professors' right to opinion cited
By Tom Long, Globe Correspondent | September 10, 2006

.. Bruce L. Mallory , provost and executive vice president of the University of New Hampshire, has delivered the school administration's official response. ``It is important to note that no complaints have been registered by students or colleagues regarding Dr. Woodward's expression of political views, thus the university has never initiated any formal investigations and has no reason to do so now," he said in a statement.

But the controversy did lead to a review of Woodward's performance. ``I am assured that he has exercised appropriate restraint and adhered to professional standards in the classroom," said Mallory. ``He has only discussed the matter of Sept. 11 in the context of a course on political psychology, an appropriate venue for exposing students to conflicting ideas about the American political context and how it is understood and interpreted. Unlike other cases around the country, Dr. Woodward has not sought public audiences to discuss his views." ..

Woodward said his views about 9/11 have been blown out of proportion. ``If a student asks, I tell them. I hope they can refute me. I want people to have the courage to have political discussions at the dinner table and in bars and restaurants."

He said he would like to teach a class on the psychology of 9/11. ``I'd like to get students to ask questions, like `C an we trust the government, or can we trust the media?' "

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/09/10/a_muted_response_from_unh/