Ravenwood - 12/03/02 12:47 PM
A Vanderbilt assistant professor in MATHEMATICS, Jonathan Farley, is stirring up trouble in Nashville, TN, by making outrageous declarations against the Civil War Confederacy. Why the mass media is listening to this MATHEMATICS professor, is beyond me. It would appear that he is just another far left socialist that wants to make his name among the race warlords. His words are hateful and divisive. In fact, if he was a conservative, he'd be held up and charged as a racist who is spewing 'hate speech'.
The Washington Times quotes Farley as saying that "the race problems that wrack America to this day are due largely to the fact that the Confederacy was not thoroughly destroyed, its leaders and soldiers executed, and their lands given to the landless freed slaves." Farley also declared that "every Confederate soldier deserved not a hallowed resting place at the end of his days but a reservation at the end of the gallows."
The Times also notes that on his university web page, Farley poses beside a large poster of Marxist (a/k/a Commie-pinko) revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, whom he calls a hero. Farley comes from a deep liberal background, that stretches from Rochester, NY to Bezerkeley, CA. He graduated from both Harvard and Oxford, and both of his parents are 'academics'. His father, an immigrant from Jamaica, holds a Ph.D. in economics, while his mother, an immigrant from Guyana, holds a Ph.D. in history.
Vanderbilt notes that Farley's views are not representative of the University. While he is not tenured, he is protected under their academic freedom policy. While I'm not an alumni of Vanderbilt, I would most certainly threaten to withdraw my financial support if I were. Sure, Farley has a right to be a misinformed bigoted asshole if he wants to be, but an alumnus or financial contributor also has the right to do something else with their money. Perhaps they could at least donate it to the HISTORY department so that they can help Farley understand just what the Civil War was all about.
What a sicko... He supports murderous communist dictatorships, as evidenced by his support of the doctor/revolutionary/barbarian Che Guevera, and he thinks that all ex-Confederate soldiers should have been systematically executed following the war. It doesn't get much worse, does it?
As a person with such a pretigious education, you'd think that he'd have read the personal accounts and text written to date indicating that your average Confederate solider wasn't really political -- they were just fighting for their respective states. This goes all the way up to Robert E. Lee. So I don't give a damn what this guy thinks of the Confederate cause, or what he believes it was -- suggesting that individual soldiers be executed following a conflict is one of the most repulsive suggestions I've ever seen.
If this is the kind of person that complains about the name "Confederate Memorial Hall" on one of Vanderbilt's dormatories, then count me as being glad to support keeping it.
Posted by: Owen Courrèges at December 3, 2002 1:05 PMIronically, he'd probably be the first to stand up and protest if we lined up Iraqi soldiers after the Gulf War and started executing them. (Or German soldiers after WWII, or German soldiers after WWI, etc.. etc..)
Posted by: Ravenwood at December 3, 2002 1:55 PMNo question about it. Jonathan Farley's is Marxist certified. I became involved with the Nashville "mess" just after the Farley article appeared in the Tennessean.
I webmaster a Southern heritage news site. Remarks such as the ones spewed out by Farley have to be addressed if for no other reason that honor. Shortly after I read his "essay" I wrote an editorial which lead to quite a bit of letter writing by my readers to Farley. As this thing progressed I began to do some net research on this man and soon found out who and what he is. A certified Commie/Racist who would like nothing better that to steal everything the productive of this country earn and give it to any lazy do nothing that would support the political aspirations of he and his fellow travelers.
If you would like to see some of my research on Farley or read the opinion articles that caused my interview for the Tennessean which subsequently got me added to Farley's "enemies list" I would invite you to visit my "Farley File" page at:
http://southernheritage.jccalhouncenter.com/farley_file.html
DEO VINDICE!
Terry Compton
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