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The rise of academic hate.<\/a>
\nFaculty have gone from professors to extremists<\/p>\n

Nicholas Giordano is a professor of Political Science, the host of The P.A.S. Report Podcast, and a fellow at Campus Reform\u2019s Higher Education Fellowship. With 2 decades of teaching experience and over a decade of experience in the emergency management\/homeland security arena, Professor Giordano is regularly called on to speak about issues related to government, politics, and international relations.<\/em><\/p>\n

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There are far too many radical professors who dominate academia, peddle hate, and dehumanize those who dissent from their narrow-minded ideological views. For instance, Rutgers University<\/a>\u00a0has placed professor Tracy Budd under internal review for a\u00a0post<\/a>\u00a0where she hoped the failed assassination attempt on former President Trump would \u201cinspire others.\u201d Since Campus Reform\u2019s inception in 2009, we have spotlighted the escalating extremism infecting our college campuses.<\/p>\n

While many college professors still cherish the institutional values of education \u2013 robust debate, free speech, and intellectual curiosity \u2013 unfortunately there are too many professors who have become even more extreme and unhinged. Not only does their rhetoric reflect poorly on our institutions and my profession, but the impact of their radicalism is undeniable and dangerous. How dangerous? Consider how five members of the student council at a West Bank university, which has direct ties to several American colleges and universities, were recently arrested for\u00a0planning a significant terror attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How long will it be before the same extremism fosters a terror attack within the United States as radical professors indoctrinate students with their hateful ideology? From the October 7th<\/sup>\u00a0Hamas terror attacks, which resulted in the grisly death of nearly 1,200 innocent men, women, children, and babies, to the assassination attempt on former President and current presidential candidate Donald Trump to attacks on voices like the Leadership Institute\u2019s Riley Gaines who was\u00a0attacked<\/a>\u00a0by a student mob at San Francisco State University.<\/p>\n

They have become so brazen that they don\u2019t bother to conceal their extremism. What does it say about our institutions that some professors feel emboldened to openly promote hate, anti-Americanism, antisemitism, and even violence? For example, Columbia University professor Joseph Massad called the October 7th<\/sup>\u00a0attacks \u201cawesome\u201d and a \u201cstunning victory of the Palestinian resistance.\u201d Professor Russell Rickford of Cornell University\u00a0called<\/a>\u00a0the Hamas terror attacks \u201cexhilarating.\u201d Vanderbilt University\u2019s Ayesha Khan\u00a0stated<\/a>\u00a0that Hamas deserves \u201cto resist their oppressors by any means necessary.\u201d Professor Mike Tosca\u00a0referred<\/a>\u00a0to Jews as \u201cpigs,\u201d and \u201cexcrement\u201d that should \u201crot in hell.\u201d Another Columbia University professor advised students to\u00a0avoid<\/a>\u00a0mainstream media outlets because \u201cit is owned by Jews.\u201d<\/p>\n

With regard to the Trump assassination attempt, the ideological zealots couldn\u2019t control themselves. Berklee College professor Marty Walsh\u00a0proclaimed<\/a>, \u201cToo bad the shooter missed. Maybe this will spawn copycat shooters.\u201d Professor Martha Galindo from\u00a0Ocean County College<\/a>\u00a0was also upset that the shooter missed. Morgan State University professor Stacy Patton likened Trump to Hitler in an\u00a0opinion editorial<\/a>\u00a0and claimed that \u2018Black people\u2019 wish the assassin killed Trump because they are \u201cwishing for the death of evil.\u201d Some in academia, including Uju Anya from Carnegie Mellon University, suggested that the attempt on President Trump\u2019s life was staged.<\/p>\n

Regardless of political views, the fact that some in academia display support for terrorist organizations, express disappointment that the assassination attempt failed, and openly call for copycat attacks and genocide is deeply troubling. Their hateful rhetoric goes against the basic principles of decency and respect that should govern any academic environment.<\/p>\n

With educators like these, is it any surprise that students\u00a0support<\/a>\u00a0a terrorist organization like Hamas. Given the state of our education system, it shouldn\u2019t shock people that 30% of Gen Z\u2019ers\u00a0believe<\/a>\u00a0that Osama bin Laden\u2019s ideas were a force for good. Is it any wonder why some students chant \u2018death to America\u2019 and openly celebrate the attempted killing of a former President.<\/p>\n

It is clear that these extremists have become a dangerous influence on our youth. As a professor, it demeans our profession, and it\u2019s why so many Americans have lost faith in our higher education institutions.<\/p>\n

These extremists stigmatize the quality professors who remain committed to genuine education and the responsibilities placed on us as educators. They undermine the integrity of our educational institutions by molding an anti-American mindset. The consequences of their radicalism should be painfully evident to anyone who has been paying attention to the increasing political polarization and social division within our country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The rise of academic hate. Faculty have gone from professors to extremists Nicholas Giordano is a professor of Political Science, the host of The P.A.S. Report Podcast, and a fellow at Campus Reform\u2019s Higher Education Fellowship. With 2 decades of teaching experience and over a decade of experience in the emergency management\/homeland security arena, Professor … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-schools","category-enemies-foreign-domestic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103587,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103586\/revisions\/103587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}