[Fox News Radio] A Suffolk University law professor has issued a blistering e-mail calling plans to collect care packages for U.S. troops "shameful." Professor Michael Avery also questioned the intent of an American flag hanging in the law school's atrium.| It's so the students know what country they're sitting in. It'd be a dreadful thing if they thought they were being prepared for the Saudi law boards instead of the American one. |
| But they haven't, you silly, silly man. They've gone overseas to break things; killing the bad people aiming those things is a bonus. |
| He's a law professor. Were he a history professor he would have heard of Ancient Greece, Alexander the Great, Ancient Rome, Mohammed of Mecca and his spiritual heirs, the empire building of England and France, etc. ad infinitum. |
Jeff Katz, the morning host on Talk 1200, the Fox News Radio affiliate in Boston, said his telephone lines have been jammed with outraged callers.
"He's probably not somebody who's going to be the featured speaker at the American Legion or the VFW any time soon," Katz told Fox News & Commentary.
"I very much disagree with the sentiment expressed in that email," student Brandon Tower told MyFoxBoston. "That's academia for you, I guess."
| Applications are significantly down to law schools overall. I wonder how the good professor's school will do, after this publicity? |
| Cleverly spreading oil on flaming waters... |
| Not even his... |
But Professor Avery said the email requesting care packages was a "political statement."
"The politics of that solicitation are that war is legitimate, perhaps inevitable, and that patriotic Americans should get behind our troops," Avery wrote.
| Yup, pretty much. Dang, he must be a law perfesser or something... |
"While I personally intend to donate a care package for our troops, I respect the right of others to hold a differing perspective," Nelson wrote. 'Ultimately, it is this robust exchange of ideas that makes for great university."
| Because it's important for law students to be exposed to ideas such as sedition, hatred and illogical foolishness. Makes them better prepared for their future clientele, particularly the ones who go into politics... |
As for the American flag -- Avery accused the university practicing "excessive patriotic zeal."
The flag has been hanging in the law school atrium since 2001.
"This is not a politically neutral act," Avery wrote. "Excessive patriotic zeal is a hallmark of national security states."
| The other hallmark of "national security states" is the summary arrest of those protesting the hallmarks of national security states. Sleep well tonight, professor. |
The talk radio host did have some words of wisdom for the professor: "Even as you are busy hating our troops, there are many of us standing with them and it doesn't pain me to say, God bless America," he said.