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]]> By: Music City Bloggers » Blog Archive » Mahmoud Ahmadinejad At Columbia http://moorethoughts.com/2007/09/24/the-confusion-that-is-columbia-u/#comment-153750 Music City Bloggers » Blog Archive » Mahmoud Ahmadinejad At Columbia Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:01:28 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2007/09/24/the-confusion-that-is-columbia-u/#comment-153750 [...] Nathan Moore compares and contrasts the reactions to those two assertions, and draws a further conclusion. By now everyone knows that Columbia has invited Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak on its campus, a Holocaust denier, religious Islamist fundamentalist, and proud advocate of Jewish destruction. Just last year the leadership of Columbia University viewed such positions as less offensive than the United States’ military’s recruitment policies. [...] [...] Nathan Moore compares and contrasts the reactions to those two assertions, and draws a further conclusion. By now everyone knows that Columbia has invited Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak on its campus, a Holocaust denier, religious Islamist fundamentalist, and proud advocate of Jewish destruction. Just last year the leadership of Columbia University viewed such positions as less offensive than the United States’ military’s recruitment policies. [...]

]]> By: Volunteer Voters » Permissible Discussion http://moorethoughts.com/2007/09/24/the-confusion-that-is-columbia-u/#comment-153578 Volunteer Voters » Permissible Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:53:05 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2007/09/24/the-confusion-that-is-columbia-u/#comment-153578 [...] Nathan Moore is not buying that freedom of speech and expression are the impetus behind Columbia University inviting Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Do not be fooled that Columbia is acting as a neutral forum. If they found Ahmadinejad’s statements and policies distasteful, he would have already been disinvited. American academia has long snuffed out the torch of free speech on its campuses. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] Nathan Moore is not buying that freedom of speech and expression are the impetus behind Columbia University inviting Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Do not be fooled that Columbia is acting as a neutral forum. If they found Ahmadinejad’s statements and policies distasteful, he would have already been disinvited. American academia has long snuffed out the torch of free speech on its campuses. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Freddie O'Connell http://moorethoughts.com/2007/09/24/the-confusion-that-is-columbia-u/#comment-153574 Freddie O'Connell Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:24:15 +0000 http://moorethoughts.com/2007/09/24/the-confusion-that-is-columbia-u/#comment-153574 Is it less offensive to you when right-wing Christian fundamentalists who happen to be American citizens are given the floor at institutions of higher learning? For instance, Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Ralph Reed, all of whose invectives could at times be characterized as patently offensive to non-believers or other-believers, as well as feverish in their fervor, have been on campuses as invited lecturers in the past. They might not be elected leaders of the sort Ahmadinejad is, but in many ways, they have had the ear of our president. I saw Ralph Reed in person, and although I didn't agree with much of anything he said, it at the very least caused me to recognize why I thought he bordered on lunacy in his stated outlook. I'm just curious to know whether you're seeking to curtail general extremism, apparent enemies of the state, intolerant Islam, or something else from reaching ever reaching the podium. Though I would never have guessed so beforehand, I got a lot out of seeing Lou Dobbs and Newt Gingrich (honestly, more so than seeing Harold Ford) at Vanderbilt. The extremism of their positions was not much on display. I recognize that Ahmadinejad is another order of magnitude, but he's a world leader nonetheless. I'm curious where you draw the line. Is it less offensive to you when right-wing Christian fundamentalists who happen to be American citizens are given the floor at institutions of higher learning? For instance, Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, Pat Robertson, Ralph Reed, all of whose invectives could at times be characterized as patently offensive to non-believers or other-believers, as well as feverish in their fervor, have been on campuses as invited lecturers in the past. They might not be elected leaders of the sort Ahmadinejad is, but in many ways, they have had the ear of our president.

I saw Ralph Reed in person, and although I didn’t agree with much of anything he said, it at the very least caused me to recognize why I thought he bordered on lunacy in his stated outlook.

I’m just curious to know whether you’re seeking to curtail general extremism, apparent enemies of the state, intolerant Islam, or something else from reaching ever reaching the podium.

Though I would never have guessed so beforehand, I got a lot out of seeing Lou Dobbs and Newt Gingrich (honestly, more so than seeing Harold Ford) at Vanderbilt. The extremism of their positions was not much on display. I recognize that Ahmadinejad is another order of magnitude, but he’s a world leader nonetheless. I’m curious where you draw the line.

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