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Nationalism as the root of all evil
Reader comment on item: Columbia University vs. America
Submitted by Ben Arkin (United States), Apr 2, 2003 at 00:26
If you... read the texts of your nation's forefathers, you would realize that these Columbia academics - and others - are fighting a battle against the abandonment of independent thought. The founders of your nation never intended patriotism to rally blindly around the flag as nationalism, they intended patriotism to fuel the engines of democracy, open dissent, and respect for humans as equals.The right and the left are both equally guilty of rallying people to their substantive cause rather than to the principles that undergird a democratic society.
Fight De Genova on his extremism, not his message.
-From a friendly Canadian neighbour
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| 45 Communist Goals for America [176 words] | Frank P. | Nov 9, 2005 16:18 | 28103 | |
| "Joseph Massad" is but a tool of the enemy [52 words] | Lance K. | Feb 7, 2005 18:59 | 20151 | ||
| Is DeGenova still on staff? [17 words] | Doug Dawson | Jan 28, 2005 20:57 | 19955 | ||
 Anti American remarks [90 words] | C. Rossel | May 29, 2007 22:50 | 19955 | ||
| Comments like these by the "professor" [128 words] | Paul in Oklahoma | Jan 8, 2005 21:21 | 19533 | ||
| Reply to Chris Adams: This kind of indoctornation makes me ashamed to go to any university [254 words] | Lauren | Jul 9, 2003 18:55 | 9964 | ||
| Orwellian definition of Israel as a "racist" state [295 words] | Leonard Applebaum | Jun 2, 2003 05:34 | 9320 | ||
| COLUMBIA VS AMERICA [85 words] | CAESAR M. WARRINGTON | Apr 17, 2003 18:08 | 8437 | ||
| Well said Mr. Warrington [242 words] | yolanda s. cabrera | Jan 6, 2007 09:32 | 8437 | ||
| Deeply Irrelevant [66 words] | Bill Hadney | Apr 15, 2003 17:50 | 8379 | ||
| In reply to Chris Adams. [199 words] | Mike MacConnell | Apr 14, 2003 08:45 | 8342 | ||
| To DeGenova: You ought to be ashamed!!! [62 words] | Bruce Smith | Apr 10, 2003 21:23 | 8253 | ||
| United...States? [403 words] | Justin Klein | Apr 10, 2003 18:08 | 8249 | ||
| Equal opportunity [175 words] | Duck | Apr 9, 2003 20:06 | 8226 | ||
| Get rid of them. [7 words] | Walter Montgomery | Apr 9, 2003 13:25 | 8218 | ||
| Letter to Dept of Education [417 words] | Pam Morgan | Apr 9, 2003 04:12 | 8200 | ||
| Fire De Genova [189 words] | Beruska | Apr 9, 2003 01:47 | 8194 | ||
| Thank God schools like Columbia still exists! [230 words] | Chris Adams | Apr 8, 2003 00:06 | 8131 | ||
| Shame [58 words] | John Bruce Ciarrier | Apr 7, 2003 20:58 | 8129 | ||
| Congratulations [25 words] | Edwina Khedouri | Apr 7, 2003 10:11 | 8110 | ||
| [213 words] | Mike Ricotta | Apr 7, 2003 07:52 | 8107 | ||
| Another interesting fact [22 words] | Alpha | Apr 7, 2003 02:39 | 8101 | ||
| The Columbia School of Hate [496 words] | Arlinda DeAngelis | Apr 6, 2003 11:59 | 8096 | ||
| Columbia: Do the Right Thing...Fire Degenova [60 words] | Andrew J. Padilla | Apr 6, 2003 09:26 | 8094 | ||
| Freedom of Speech [304 words] | Yaakov Elefant | Apr 6, 2003 05:03 | 8090 | ||
| Expelling professors [37 words] | Dan in Southlake, TX | Apr 5, 2003 23:55 | 8087 | ||
| Columbia vs America [55 words] | Gary Rice | Apr 5, 2003 23:12 | 8086 | ||
| American Parents [57 words] | Vivian E. Wolfe | Apr 5, 2003 18:53 | 8077 | ||
| DeGenova and Sadam Hussein [104 words] | sheila miyoshi jager | Apr 5, 2003 18:51 | 8076 | ||
| Frustration [89 words] | Ken Besig | Apr 5, 2003 16:34 | 8073 | ||
| appointment [48 words] | Marvin Johnson | Apr 5, 2003 14:54 | 8070 | ||
| Shame on Columbia [27 words] | William Thomas | Apr 5, 2003 10:23 | 8065 | ||
| A Shame and a Travesty [39 words] | E Siegmund | Apr 5, 2003 10:08 | 8064 | ||
| sad state of affairs [29 words] | Tim Holte | Apr 5, 2003 09:28 | 8063 | ||
| Disgraceful [37 words] | john pappas | Apr 5, 2003 00:35 | 8056 | ||
| Congratulations...and everyone back him up! [43 words] | MWhitton | Apr 4, 2003 23:04 | 8053 | ||
| Conservative Values Fair Game [185 words] | Bob Clock | Apr 4, 2003 22:53 | 8052 | ||
| Context is everthing [50 words] | Jon Hennessee | Apr 4, 2003 22:15 | 8050 | ||
| 1 | Conservative scholars need to work together, counter the ideology of the left [253 words] | Paul R. Huard | Apr 4, 2003 22:08 | 8049 | |
| Thank You!!!! [24 words] | Richard Schmitz | Apr 4, 2003 17:39 | 8042 | ||
| Why is dissent so problematic? [193 words] | Brian Anderson | Apr 4, 2003 15:40 | 8039 | ||
| Ignorance TEACHING Ignorance [235 words] | Kathryn Brown | Apr 4, 2003 11:51 | 8032 | ||
| Looking at islam [111 words] | Godbole, Vasudev | Apr 4, 2003 10:52 | 8030 | ||
| Columbia comments [48 words] | Jim | Apr 4, 2003 08:14 | 8027 | ||
| Far Left Professors [71 words] | Jerene1820 | Apr 4, 2003 07:24 | 8026 | ||
| 1 | With freedoms come responsibility & consequences [173 words] | T Anderson | Apr 3, 2003 22:19 | 8020 | |
| Shame- What if they were racial slurs? [64 words] | Michael | Apr 3, 2003 21:51 | 8018 | ||
| Comments like these by the "professor" [127 words] | Paul in Oklahoma | Apr 3, 2003 21:24 | 8014 | ||
| Columbia no longer the "Gem of the Ocean" [85 words] | paul e. schwab | Apr 3, 2003 20:33 | 8011 | ||
| Nichilas DeGenova [95 words] | Charles Christine | Apr 3, 2003 18:23 | 8009 | ||
| Insanity [76 words] | Joseph Rothman | Apr 3, 2003 17:52 | 8008 | ||
| Re: Send Your Kid to Columbia? [46 words] | Green Wallace | Apr 3, 2003 16:50 | 8006 | ||
| Genova Info here [260 words] | jenn | Apr 3, 2003 16:45 | 8005 | ||
| Ivory Towers [98 words] | Greg Gardner | Apr 3, 2003 15:59 | 8004 | ||
| Terminate him [220 words] | G. Frederick | Apr 3, 2003 15:49 | 8002 | ||
| Slouching Toward Irrelevance [177 words] | Bill Hadney | Apr 3, 2003 13:40 | 8000 | ||
| Maybe we ought to go back [178 words] | Bob Lamoreaux | Apr 3, 2003 12:57 | 7997 | ||
| Columbia U. and Muslim community [119 words] | Gene Lambson | Apr 3, 2003 12:26 | 7996 | ||
| Some students surpass their instructors [50 words] | Mork | Apr 3, 2003 11:17 | 7995 | ||
| Why is anyone surprised? [304 words] | joe harrison | Apr 3, 2003 10:21 | 7991 | ||
| Withdraw Support of Enemies of Reason and America [35 words] | Ralph C.Whaley MD | Apr 3, 2003 07:25 | 7990 | ||
| To Susan-Freedom To Speak Our Minds [58 words] | William D. Cook | Apr 3, 2003 06:43 | 7987 | ||
| Academic mentally unstable. [107 words] | Tracy Boudreaux | Apr 2, 2003 22:51 | 7973 | ||
| Freedom of speech [50 words] | Shawn O'nealy | Apr 2, 2003 22:10 | 7970 | ||
| Columbia Not the Gem of America [131 words] | Joan Archibald | Apr 2, 2003 21:57 | 7969 | ||
| Money talks [202 words] | Andrew Towne | Apr 2, 2003 21:35 | 7968 | ||
| Not All Lost At Columbia [83 words] | Ron Lewenberg | Apr 2, 2003 21:31 | 7967 | ||
| Columbia U ? [178 words] | George | Apr 2, 2003 20:40 | 7966 | ||
| Academic hatemonging nothing new [367 words] | Michael McCanles | Apr 2, 2003 20:09 | 7965 | ||
| Columbia...One of the best? [54 words] | Susan A.Fishman | Apr 2, 2003 18:46 | 7963 | ||
| What if? [48 words] | David R. Bridge | Apr 2, 2003 17:41 | 7961 | ||
| Double-Standards and the danger therein [109 words] | Rube Longfellow | Apr 2, 2003 17:41 | 7960 | ||
| Farewell Columbia! [55 words] | Noreen Jackson | Apr 2, 2003 17:39 | 7959 | ||
| Think about this too [386 words] | Toby | Apr 2, 2003 16:38 | 7958 | ||
| Brave Words From Base Cowards [182 words] | Kevin Richardson | Apr 2, 2003 13:50 | 7955 | ||
| Gutless mishmosh [99 words] | Dolores Figuly | Apr 2, 2003 13:25 | 7954 | ||
| America bashing [309 words] | Sir Daniel Tobin | Apr 2, 2003 13:13 | 7951 | ||
| Columbia University IS Responsible [94 words] | Douglas Merz | Apr 2, 2003 12:39 | 7949 | ||
| Public schools? Or socialist indoctrination? [169 words] | Chris Thompson | Apr 2, 2003 11:07 | 7942 | ||
| The crowded academic space of 'Understanding Islamic Militancy' [222 words] | Jonathan Pfeffer | Apr 2, 2003 10:59 | 7941 | ||
| DeGenova's Remarks About Iraq and the American Military [99 words] | Robert Obenshain | Apr 2, 2003 10:56 | 7940 | ||
| Columbia is ok with this [95 words] | Frank Shannon | Apr 2, 2003 10:55 | 7939 | ||
| Ahh. Now I'm Enlightened. [123 words] | Mike Hess | Apr 2, 2003 10:49 | 7938 | ||
| Colleges, Universities, Children, and Money [207 words] | S. Blackard | Apr 2, 2003 10:20 | 7937 | ||
| Second comment on professors at Columbia [162 words] | Judy Schechter | Apr 2, 2003 09:51 | 7936 | ||
| How do we respond? [93 words] | Judy Schechter | Apr 2, 2003 09:38 | 7935 | ||
| Against Columbia [93 words] | Prof Wm Clayton | Apr 2, 2003 08:14 | 7932 | ||
| See Article on Iraqi-Americans [88 words] | James W. S ims | Apr 2, 2003 07:56 | 7931 | ||
| Columbia Univ. vs.America [170 words] | S.C.Panda | Apr 2, 2003 06:39 | 7929 | ||
| Barbarism lives [373 words] | Andy Triggs | Apr 2, 2003 05:39 | 7927 | ||
| Foner, De Genova, et al. [410 words] | Michael E. Sullivan | Apr 2, 2003 03:33 | 7924 | ||
| How can we remedy the situation? [234 words] | Larry | Apr 2, 2003 02:53 | 7923 | ||
| Disgraceful Columbia University [50 words] | Alan A. Grosser | Apr 2, 2003 01:33 | 7922 | ||
 Nationalism as the root of all evil [101 words] | Ben Arkin | Apr 2, 2003 00:26 | 7919 | ||
| 1 | How to protect freedom from itself? [450 words] | Aaron Uris | Apr 1, 2003 22:39 | 7915 | |
| Hear a tirade, fear a whisper [191 words] | Garry Prior | Apr 1, 2003 22:00 | 7913 | ||
| There's more to the universe than just one's beliefs [84 words] | Wayne Jerome Rogers | Apr 1, 2003 21:58 | 7912 | ||
| interesting fact [16 words] | Howard Gold | Apr 1, 2003 21:09 | 7907 | ||
| Send Your Kid to Columbia? [15 words] | Jim O'Brien | Apr 1, 2003 20:49 | 7905 | ||
| Columbia vs America (USA) [128 words] | R.Davis | Apr 1, 2003 20:27 | 7904 | ||
| Awareness [52 words] | Lucy Silver | Apr 1, 2003 20:04 | 7903 | ||
| Let them move! [25 words] | Mickey Petty | Apr 1, 2003 19:56 | 7902 | ||
| Time to expose the lies and propaganda of the America haters [249 words] | Diana Nielsen | Apr 1, 2003 19:10 | 7900 | ||
| Shameful Columbia Comments [88 words] | Dr O'Kay | Apr 1, 2003 18:56 | 7897 | ||
| No surprise [53 words] | Sharon Carney | Apr 1, 2003 17:51 | 7892 | ||
| Non-Academicians [65 words] | Jerry Stolzenberg | Apr 1, 2003 17:30 | 7891 | ||
| Columbia University and Their Wonderful Prof. Nicholas DeGenova [107 words] | Gene Biegel | Apr 1, 2003 17:25 | 7888 | ||
| FIRE DE GENOVA RIGHT NOW [43 words] | vince | Feb 11, 2006 15:26 | 7888 | ||
| I support Professor DeGenova's rights, will he support mine? [227 words] | Larry | Feb 12, 2006 11:10 | 7888 | ||
| 1 | I didn't know it was this bad. [159 words] | Richard Rheiner | Apr 1, 2003 17:12 | 7887 | |
| My letter to Columbia and its response [332 words] | Ron Gans | Apr 1, 2003 16:45 | 7886 | ||
| for a million Mogadishus - The other side of the coin [42 words] | Barry J. Wimberly | Apr 1, 2003 16:40 | 7885 | ||
| Nothing new, but it bears repeating [56 words] | Menahem Dunsky | Apr 1, 2003 16:39 | 7884 | ||
| Freedom to speak our minds [28 words] | Susan Bradford | Apr 1, 2003 16:20 | 7881 | ||
| So Much Hate, it is frightening! [167 words] | Lily Tobin | Apr 1, 2003 16:15 | 7880 | ||
| And I Thought Columbia Was a Place of Education [63 words] | Donald J Rosen | Apr 1, 2003 16:07 | 7879 | ||
| Columbia University's Views [93 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Arnie Kramer | Apr 1, 2003 15:41 | 7875 | ||
| THANKS TO DR. PIPES from a former liberal from NJ [71 words] | JOE B. | Apr 1, 2003 15:36 | 7874 | ||
| Comments [6 words] | Eber Haddad | Apr 1, 2003 15:20 | 7872 | ||
| I was hoping someone would say this. [113 words] | Richard Zuma | Apr 1, 2003 15:08 | 7871 | ||
| Columbia's historical sympathy for fascism emerges again [75 words] | Steven Miller | Apr 1, 2003 14:59 | 7870 | ||
| Thanks for the list [26 words] | Wayne Schmitt | Apr 1, 2003 14:45 | 7869 | ||
| All Correct! [62 words] | Alexander | Apr 1, 2003 14:00 | 7863 | ||
| Hypocrisy of De Genova [85 words] | Michael Oberndorf | Apr 1, 2003 13:32 | 7862 | ||
| anti-american academics [297 words] | mark a jacobs md | Apr 1, 2003 13:30 | 7861 | ||
| degenova comments [106 words] | jonathan turkel | Apr 1, 2003 13:02 | 7859 | ||
| Columbia University's sponsorship of hate [198 words] | anonymous | Apr 1, 2003 12:43 | 7857 | ||
| Revolting! [25 words] | David M. Frost | Apr 1, 2003 12:42 | 7856 | ||
| Shame on my School [82 words] | Steven Hess | Apr 1, 2003 12:33 | 7854 | ||
| DeGenova calls for the genocide of our enemies as well? [139 words] | Michael Joyce | Apr 1, 2003 12:07 | 7853 | ||
| Fundamentalism [152 words] | Fay Voshell | Apr 1, 2003 11:52 | 7852 | |
| The Foner Connection [158 words] | Fred Frishman | Apr 1, 2003 11:44 | 7851 | ||
| Liberal Ethnocentrism [198 words] | Avraham | Apr 1, 2003 11:35 | 7849 | ||
| Columbia is the norm [198 words] | Glenn Klotz | Apr 1, 2003 10:51 | 7848 | ||
| Is it because today is April 1? [73 words] | Wallace Edward Brand | Apr 1, 2003 10:26 | 7846 | ||
| Yet another cuckoo with tenure. [92 words] | Kevin M. | Apr 1, 2003 09:24 | 7842 |
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