Ward Churchill is hopping mad that he's being fired from his tenured faculty position at the University of Colorado. He says he is not leaving. He has announced his decision to sue. The whole procedure, he insists, was a "farce" and a "fraud." Only in America, he believes, could he be treated in this way. I'm not sure why Churchill is so indignant. According to the logic of his original argument, he deserves his penalty--and worse. By his own account, he had it coming.
Let's review the main thesis of Churchill's notorious essay On the Justice of Roosting Chickens. He called the civilians working on September 11, 2001 in the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center "little Eichmanns." In short, they were "a cadre of faceless bureaucrats and technical experts who had willingly and profitably harnessed themselves to the task of making America's genocidal world order hum with maximal efficiency." So they deserved it. Indeed we all deserve it. Churchill wrote that for U.S. crimes stretching back two centuries, compensatory justice "would require a lethal reduction in the U.S. population...of between 96 and 99 percent." Basically no one in America deserves to live.
In a footnote to the essay, however, Churchill acknowledged that this indictment of America's citizens applies also to him. For one, he enjoys privileges that are a fruit of conquest. "I am a citizen only by virtue of the U.S. impostion of itself upon my people," he wrote. (Churchill fancies himself to be part native American, a claim that has been questioned by his critics.) Despite his criticism of U.S. foreign policy, Churchill says he didn't do enough to block the U.S. war machine. "I am nonetheless here, in the belly of the beast, still alive and at liberty, and have thus done less than I could have. Hence I share in the political guilt of all Americans. It follows that had I been aboard one of the fatal aircraft on 9/11 or should I be similarly extinguished in the future, as is entirely possible under present circumstances, I will have no more basis for complaint than any other American."
Now the chickens are coming home to roost for Ward Churchill. Should he be surprised? Yes, but only at how leniently he is being treated. If America were really the ruthless war machine that he alleges, America would turn him over to Al Qaeda. The radical Muslims would then do their worst, which Churchill himself admits would be perfectly understandable and just. But America has attempted nothing of the sort. Instead, the U.S. war machine's Colorado representatives have decided merely to relieve Ward Churchill of his job. So what is the guy snivelling about? Could it be that he knows he's been playing the victim card for years and getting away with it, and now he expects to put on his American Indian outfit and cry some more, and hope that some politically correct jury falls for it and awards him a big sum of money? Churchill is right about one thing: only in America!
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3. http://www.badeagle.com has had a running commentary on Ward Churchill which is interesting to say the least - as I recall, WC claims to be a Native American and according to the above site, that claim is a real stretch. Churchill is "interesting" (not in a good way, either).
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looksbooks54 at 8:36PM on Jul 25th 2007
4. W.C. aka Walking Eagle (bird to fill of shit to fly) was given honorary membership to the Keetoowah Band of Cherokee, when he abused that honor it was revoked. He has proven to be an embarrassment to the Tsalagi people, just as he has embarrassed the University of Colorado. His "facts and figures" regarding the Native Peoples has been questioned by all of the major Nations. Why would anyone be surprised at his being ask to leave the U.? I can assure you most of the Cherokee I know gave a cheer when this news hit the papers.
People like W. C. are exactly why Native people tell you don't read a book if you want to know about The First People, ask someone from the particular Nation that you are interested in.
Please let me assure you he does not speak for any Native people, and especially the Tsalagi.
Mackie at 9:39PM on Jul 25th 2007
5. WARD CHURCHILL IS A BABY AND HE ISN'T AN INDIAN EITHER. DENNIS BANKS AND AIM HAVE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR. WHAT A TRAGEDY.A LIBERAL SCUMBAG FORCED TO GET A REAL JOB.
IRONBLUEEYES at 9:53PM on Jul 25th 2007
6. Wow, this guy sounds like a real piece of work. That is free speech taken just a little too far.
E at 9:55PM on Jul 25th 2007
7. Screw Ward Churchill. The guy is nothing but a trouble maker. I never believed he was a Native American. They are far to dignified to even think about pulling the crap Churchill pulled.
Willet at 11:11AM on Jul 26th 2007
8. I don't believe that he has taken free speech too far, so long as he experiences the responsibility that comes with such speech. There is the promise of protected speech, but there is no protection from the consequences of unreasonable speech. We learned to kick the a**es of those who spoke ill of our mothers in kindergarten. WC is merely loosing his job. His words are a big part of job performance in his field, and his arrogance was writing word checks that his a** couldn't cash.
Cdalealden at 10:54PM on Jul 25th 2007
9. I am thrilled that this guy has gotten what he deserves. Lets see if the liberals in the courts let the college's decision stand, or if they insert themselves into the process as they do with everything else. My only regret is that it took so long to fire him. My husband was murdered in the Towers on 9/11. Churchill is not worthy to even talk about the victims of that day, he is so far beneath them.
LJ at 11:16PM on Jul 25th 2007
10. Yes, Churchill's words are disgusting -- but not one bit worse than the fulminations of the Ayatollah D'Souza, who wrote a whole book placing the blame for 9/11 on "the cultural left" (while weirdly endorsing the world view of Osama Bin Laden). Both Churchill and D'Souza see in 9/11 not a great national tragedy but an opportunity to pimp their politics. In short, both Churchill and D'Souza are lower than pond scum.
richter at 11:17PM on Jul 25th 2007
11. Thank God Hank Brown and the CU Board of Regents focused on the fraudulent actions and plagerism of Ward Churchill and by a vote of 8 to 1 agreed he did not deserve to continue as a professor that was supposed to lead students to be honest and hard working to achieve goals. Any student who did the same thing would be immediately expelled.
His actions and words have been a disgrace to Colorado and this nation for the past 2 years. We are so grateful for the due process of law that investigated the claims and determined the deceit.
Gene Oborny at 11:34PM on Jul 25th 2007
12. I never took this lib loon seriously in the first place. I think he has major cognitive issues and a big hackin splintered 2 by 4 stuck sideways up his azz where his brain is. I think that they ought to elt him speak but invite folks to come sit and laugh at him.
Stabe at 2:30PM on Jul 27th 2007
13. Sorry...did not recognized who Ward Churchill was...I only know him by his Native American Indian name..."Dances with Facts".
J. Spalding at 12:16AM on Jul 26th 2007
14. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. After your apologist for Osama book blaming Americans for 9-11 just how in the hell do you think you're any different than Ward Churchill?? You've made a career out of slinging racist anti-American hate. You should be ashamed of yourself. You have a lot of audacity to whine about somebody else doing the same thing you do. Your chickens are roosting too.
steve at 1:11AM on Jul 26th 2007
15. Freedom of speech is a right given to all Americans, whether we like what they have to say or not. Never forget that. There are always going to be opposing viewpoints. Always. Live and let live, I say.If you don't like what they have to say-don't listen. That is your right too. Nobody is forcing you, under duress, to accept his position. Not in America. Not yet.
Andie Pauly at 7:01AM on Jul 26th 2007