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Related: About this forumControversial author named to UNC-TV Trustees
Controversial author Orson Scott Card has been named to the UNC-TV Board of Trustees, appointed by Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham.
Not mentioned is recent controversy around Card's political writings, published in Greensboro's Rhinoceros Times.
A May 2013 column compared President Barack Obama to Hitler and Stalin. "Obama is, by character and preference, a dictator. He hates the very idea of compromise; he demonizes his critics and despises even his own toadies in the liberal press," Card wrote. The essay also theorized that the president might want to turn "urban men" into his own "Brown Shirts."
"Like Hitler, he needs a powerful domestic army to terrify any opposition that might arise," Card wrote. "In other words, Obama will put a thin veneer of training and military structure on urban gangs, and send them out to channel their violence against Obama's enemies."
He's also a vocal critic of what he calls the "Leftaliban" in academia, as well as the media in general (excepting Fox News), comparing them to "Nazis and Bolsheviks."
Not mentioned is recent controversy around Card's political writings, published in Greensboro's Rhinoceros Times.
A May 2013 column compared President Barack Obama to Hitler and Stalin. "Obama is, by character and preference, a dictator. He hates the very idea of compromise; he demonizes his critics and despises even his own toadies in the liberal press," Card wrote. The essay also theorized that the president might want to turn "urban men" into his own "Brown Shirts."
"Like Hitler, he needs a powerful domestic army to terrify any opposition that might arise," Card wrote. "In other words, Obama will put a thin veneer of training and military structure on urban gangs, and send them out to channel their violence against Obama's enemies."
He's also a vocal critic of what he calls the "Leftaliban" in academia, as well as the media in general (excepting Fox News), comparing them to "Nazis and Bolsheviks."
http://www.wral.com/controversial-author-named-to-unc-tv-trustees/12866613/
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Controversial author named to UNC-TV Trustees (Original Post)
octoberlib
Sep 2013
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d_r
(6,907 posts)1. this is their plan
take over education, eliminate academic freedom
mwooldri
(10,303 posts)2. A bit of a bark with no bite.
Meeting four times a year, acting in an advisory capacity. An unpaid position at that too.
If he has accepted an invitation to join a group that he states he is hostile to, then I guess these open meetings will be interesting. Maybe I should go to one?
It's the UNC Board of Governors that is more important. They hold the licenses.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)3. I heard about this...
what a nutjob. He wants to drive liberals away from supporting WUNC. How do people like this get into a position like this? We need to pay attention and see what damage he does.