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| 2013-06-02 | ||||||||
| Marshal University journalism professor gives an example of why American journalism is in deep trouble. I wrote a comment at the site the day Mr. Swindell's piece was published. It's still there. Mr. Swindell replied to me this evening and 'clarified' his comments. I responded again. There are over 800 comments now, and I don't know how long he'll continue to 'clarify' and 'explain' himelf. Might take him away from his day job. Watching the celebration at the NRA convention over the defeat of background checks was the most nauseating experience of the day.
The question really is, do you own a shotgun, a handgun and a hunting rifle? I s'pect you don't, but go on... But, the gun safety debate is B.S. This foaming at the mouth, Obamar is coming for the guns, Nanny Bloomberg is a bad billionaire, and most despicable of all, those survivors and victims are pawns in the liberal agenda is knuckle-dragging Cretan talk. So says the head cretin, Barky, and his minions, one of which is... you, professor.
They seem like the truth, because they are the truth. Probably the most serious miscalculation opponents make is the guest list for the NRA speaker's podium. To let the half-wit half-term quitter Sarah Palin have a microphone is to alienate the very people Republicans need to work with on future legislation. To say nothing of the other speakers. A politician that can give a passionate 30 minute intelligent extemporaneous talk with a few notes scribbled on her hand? Hardly a half wit.
The race card, how.. common. Just a hint professor: Look in the mirror. You're white, too. And very few gun owners have that view of the Civil War, but don't let that stop this episode of agenda building. Do go on. Sure, there were states' rights issues, but nullification, secession, and treason were settled at Appomattox Courthouse. Sure, Reconstruction left a bad taste. But, resurrecting these same things, the way South Carolina is as we speak, is to invite a return to the whole concept of a Union. End of non sequitur on the right to keep and bear arms. Here it is. The NRA advocates armed rebellion against the duly elected government of the United States of America. That's treason, and it's worthy of the firing squad. The B.S. needs a serious gut check. We are not a tin pot banana republic where machine gun toting rebel groups storm the palace and depose the dictator. Well, not yet anyway... We put the president in the White House. To support the new NRA president's agenda of arming the populace for confrontation with the government is bloody treason. And many invite it gladly as if the African-American president we voted for is somehow infringing on their Constitutional rights. In case you didn't notice, and you didn't, Barky and about 500 of his best friends had their thumbs on the scale in order to gain the 2012 election. He engaged in a deliberate program using his government to not only suppress voter turn out but to kill speech. If you don't think that will anger an electorate to arms, you really are an ignorant twat. Rights were infringed on, and it was no accident. It was deliberate. Normally, I am a peaceable man, but in this case, I am willing to answer the call to defend the country. From them. Good. You go get a rifle, preferably a 5.56mm EBR (Evil Black Rifle) and meet the other 200 milion or so American gun owners. If only three percent (III) of those answer the call to arms against Barky and you, I'd go into hiding if I were you. To turn the song lyric they so love to quote back on them, "We'll put a boot in your ---, it's the American way." Indeed. Except it won't be a boot. It'll be an M1A Abrams tank, supported by an F22 Raptor squadron with Hellfire missiles. Try treason on for size. See how that suits. And their assault arsenal and RPGs won't do them any good. You gotta take a crap sometime.
Liberals never talk about common sense gun laws such as repealing them, and making them really make sense. Instead it is to send the power of the state, already overwhelmingly over-large and hostile, against the citizens. That is tyranny, and the professor just self identified as a tyrant. | ||||||||
| Posted by:badanov |
| #19 Now that's the kind of college rant I would expect from a 1st semester freshman. It is quite obvious from the tone he wants all of these things so long as somebody else is doing it, whether it is deer control or military action or else he would do enough research into the tools of the trade he calls for others to use to not be the joke about the wife handing the husband a hammer when he asked for the wrench. Its the internet, and he is on it, so no excuses. It is painfully obvious the only call this person has answered is, "Order Up!". The victims are not pawns? Do they not deserve a vote, so to speak? And how dare you think that a Biden Blaster is the best home defense for me. For a number of situational and tactical reasons I personally think a shotgun would be the worst tool for the job. Read that I and Personally, those are descriptions of individual choices and rights. I'm not sure how you talk in West Virginia, but someone describing our range wear and hunting tools as an assortment is a bit prissy and would be mistaken for someone perhaps talking about their wine cooler and not firearms. You do not know the tools, you have shown you have not even been around people who do, and have no concern, appreciation, or regard for my personal rights or abilities. It is self evident your judgement is erroneous and you should recend yourself from the bench you built without anyone's permission but your own. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-06-02 17:48 |
| #18 visited Marshal to consider the U I was working with helping them. Could not really figure out what they were trying to do with lots of fed money so didn't get involved... BUT, I have to say the town it was in was the closest to 3rd world I have seen outside Detroit and I felt really sad for all the students there. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2013-06-02 17:48 |
| #17 Gun control, that's the ammo shortage right there, No ammo, own as many guns as you wish, there's NO constitutional law breaking. (Bent, but not Broken) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-06-02 14:35 |
| #16 No, this has nothing to do with "American" or "education." This is a symptom of the credential racket. Time to RICO it and be done with it. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2013-06-02 14:22 |
| #15 I wonder when Marshal U will fire him for it. Pffft. Raving commie lunatics like this are a dime a dozen on university campuses. It's just that most of them confine their drooling hysterics to the relative privacy of the classroom. If they get disciplined for anything, it's for embarrassing public displays like this, that alienate alumni and cause donations to dry up. Not for stuffing the same toxic, incoherent drivel down students' throats, day in and day out. I'd say this is more an example of why American education as a whole is in deep trouble. |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2013-06-02 13:58 |
| #14 Thought about adding comment, realized everything has been said. His response to you Steve is especially disgraceful. And the man doesn't even realize it. Though the 1030 comments should tell him he's an idiot. Favorite comment there goes to a Brian Welker: "Pretty open and shut case of violent hate speech. Even worse he's a sexist too. I wonder when Marshal U will fire him for it. He's an armed, angry white man who needs to be stopped before someone gets killed. Stop him. Stop him now. For The Children." |
| Posted by: Charles 2013-06-02 12:59 |
| #13 Just to clear the pain in your soul from Professor Swindell's fatuous nonsense, this lovely editorial from a student journalist at Iowa State will provide the appropriate refreeshment. Also found in the comment thread following the professor's effusion. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-06-02 12:21 |
| #12 Ugh. He even looks like a smug, preening tw*t. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2013-06-02 12:02 |
| #11 supported by an F22 Raptor squadron with Hellfire missiles. IIRC F-22s can't fire hellfire missiles. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2013-06-02 11:57 |
| #10 Christopher Swindell: Just incase you meet him on the street. |
| Posted by: Pancho Snemble5383 2013-06-02 11:25 |
| #9 The comment thread following the opinion piece is fascinating. In addition giving the professor the information he missed during his years of education on classical history, American history, grammar, statistics and the use of polls, military materiel and the uses thereof, and why it's a dumb idea to openly insult one's target when writing a persuasive essay, readers dug up the good professor's Rate My Professor page (he's an open communist who sprays as he talks, but really cares about his students), his Facebook page, the origin of his claimed NRA president quote (one of those Onion-like satire sites)... and he's listed on LinkedIn. Dr. Steve's interaction is now somewhere in the middle of over 900 responses. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-06-02 11:25 |
| #8 All Cretans are liars. Hey, Bucky, do you know why the NRA was founded? It was founded after the Civil War by two Union Generals who had seen how poor Union soldiers' marksmanship had been; the NRA offered shooting ranges and lessons. And, Bucky, do you know who used the NRA's services in the 20th Century? Lots of African-Americans, what with the lynchings Southern states winked at, and Church bombings. After all, Bucky, you're in a State where half the buildings and highways are named after a high official of the KKK. Perhaps you should change your last name to Swindle. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2013-06-02 11:10 |
| #7 his personal email is chris_swind...athotmail.com if you'd like to let him know how much you love his tolerance and towering intellect. Replace the at with an @ (hard to get by Fred's Philters™) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-06-02 09:39 |
| #6 Well, now Marshal Uni is famous for having one of the dumbest professors on the face of the earth. The center-right blogosphere is lining up to point and laugh. |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2013-06-02 08:09 |
| #5 The 85 percent who support more robust background checks. How about just enforcing existing laws although that might interfere with arming a cartel and curtail the deaths of hundreds of Mexican citizens. BTW, anyone in jail for that crime? /rhet question Never heard of it Unfortunately, probably best known for losing its entire football team in a plane crash. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-06-02 07:59 |
| #4 Why their are our tanks, let me tell you why their are our tanks...... /sorry had to be done. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-06-02 07:48 |
| #3 Baby, their our tanks. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-06-02 07:44 |
| #2 Marshal U's main campus is in Huntington, WV. They have a number of programs that are funded by congressional earmarks. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2013-06-02 07:34 |
| #1 Marshal University Where? Seriously. Never heard of it. |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2013-06-02 03:20 |