October, 2008
UF Professors Who Back Bill Ayers Should Be Ashamed
Bryan Griffin
In an article in the Alligator, four UF professors and associate professors were mentioned as signing a statement backing Bill Ayers and opposing his "demonization". These four members of UF faculty should be ashamed of themselves, as well as the rest of the people nationwide who signed this disgusting document.
I am sickened, as an American, that it can be overlooked – no worse – that excuses can be made for actions perpetrated by people such as Ayers. Ayers led the founding of a group that tried to kill hundreds of military officers and their wives in cold blooded murder. Though their biggest plot was foiled, people still died in the attempt, and the point is just that –it was attempted murder! There is no way to spin cold blooded murder, but somehow, Ayers is getting off the hook. And what’s worse, in an effort no less to push a liberal agenda and denounce anything that would make Senator Obama’s campaign look bad, American college professors have signed away this cold blooded murderous and heinous act as something that should be taken in context, as associate professor Jones remarked.
There is no context that makes murder acceptable. Period. There is no context that would justify the genocide perpetrated by Hitler, Sadaam, Stalin, or Chavez. There is no context to justify the despicable acts of terrorism perpetrated by the Unibomber, the Okalahoma City Bomber, or the attackers of the twin towers on 9/11. There is no context that justifies Bill Ayers’s actions, nor any actions of the members of the Weather Underground. Ayers deserves no respect, regardless of his "prominence in urban education and his work with the Annenberg Foundation".
John McCain is an honorable war veteran, and yet he is attacked and Ayers is defended? That is absurdity; a perfect example of the blind support for Obama that excuses anything or one associated with him. And if your immediate response to this is that perpetuated by the Bush Syndrome, "Bush lied and people died", think again. Our army has been entirely voluntary under President Bush. The brave men and women of our armed forces choose to defend America. They choose to defend you from people like Ayers. Anyone that makes such an excuse for a cold blooded murderer like Ayers should be ashamed.