Bill Ayers denied emeritus status
Bev Perlson sent us this link last night about Robert Kennedy’s son, Christopher, lobbying the University of Illinois trustees against Bill Ayers, the terrorist linked to bombings in the 60s as well as the current president. Ayers was applying to the board for “emeritus” status with the university which brought him some benefits.
…in an emotional statement, Kennedy discussed his reasons for voting against Ayers’ request.
“I am guided by my conscience and one which has been formed by a series of experiences, many of which have been shared with the people of our country and mark each of us in a profound way,” Kennedy said.
He said he could not confer the title “to a man whose body of work includes a book dedicated in part to the man who murdered my father.”
Kennedy was referring a 1974 book co-authored by Ayers, “Prairie Fire,” which was dedicated to a long list of people including Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan and “all political prisoners in the U.S.”
Of course, the board voted unanimously against the status for Ayers. I’m just glad to see that there’s some behavior that the surviving Kennedys won’t tolerate.
Category: Antiwar crowd, Usual Suspects
I was stunned when I read this last night, and even more stunned to see it get widespread attention.
Nice to see that rat bastard get a bit of a comeuppance.
Anyone who’s ever been to college knows that there’s nothing worse than and a professor EMERITUS. They know everything.
Bobby Kennedy, Jr. opposed it, I see. I can understand that the dedication of Prarie Fire was something personal to him. It’s dedicated to his father’s murderer. But I kind of think he’s missing the point. Ayers did a lot worse than just a book dedication. Like planting bombs, for example.
Bobby Kennedy, Jr. is a very wealthy liberal. It just seems odd to me that this wealthy liberal gets upset about the book dedication more than anything. So if he hadn’t dedicated Praerie Fire to Sirhan Sirhan, Bobby would be cool with Ayers?
Excuse me while I shed a few tears for Ayers…Done!
In my view, he should be denied breathing status…..but that’s just me.
It is not surprising the reaction from KENNEDY. Ayers is a domestic terrorist, yes. But the only part of him that matters to a KENNEDY is that Ayers didn’t suck an appropriate amount of KENNEDY ass, instead dedicating a book to the guy that capped a KENNEDY. Leaves me no one to root for. I hate Ayers as well as the KENNEDY clan, so he didn’t get what he wanted, and he pissed off the American royalty too. All in all, a good day for us.
Concur, OT, that would be the perfect solution to Ayers being considered for anything and his “standing” in the academic world.
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