Joshua Katz
Joshua Katz
Let’s be clear, the treatment of Professor Joshua Katz is just the latest example of American stupidity, hysteria, callousness, violence, cowardice, and general vileness to occur in American universities. How people can justify this evil is beyond me. As for his so-called friends—the ones who ran for the hills for rather obvious political and popularity reasons—they are most contemptible of all. And notice that students are among the worst offenders here, immature fools that they are. All this should be condemned as strongly as the latest mass killing in America. It’s just the American psyche doing what it has always done—destroy and destroy again–and always with the same self-congratulatory façade. It makes you sick.
I agree with the spirit of what you say here. However America is larger and more diverse than the power hungry extreme leftist totalitarian bunch hiding at university administration and humanities departments. Compared to totalitarian countries like Russia, North Korea and China, the US is still allowing dissenting voices to be heard. I share your concern about the trajectory though…
Americans are more bloodthirsty and brutal. Destruction thrills them.
I came to your blog while reading ‘Shakespeare’s Philosophy’ (2006) which I’m thoroughly enjoying. There your writing is richly textured and well-argued, so it’s saddening to read this tirade, notwithstanding your passion about the treatment of Joshua Katz.
Sometimes what is needed is a tirade. I say nothing false here.