Another unhinged Liberal Professor at Loyola University in Chicago
I’ve written many times that the world of academia is dominated by liberal elitists who don’t just hate the military, but teach that same hate to their students.
In this post, The Anti-military Legacy of Liberal Academia, I wrote:
But, sadly, today’s Liberal professors and educators are trying to convince today’s youth that, not only is it not their responsibility to serve as our nation’s defenders, but that it’s an evil and contemptable vocation to even consider. Others simply tell them that it’s beneath them.
One of my progressive commentors wrote:
I think you’ve moved the goalposts from professors and educators are trying to convince today’s youth …that it’s an evil and contemptable vocation to even consider to professors who use their lecturn as a bully-pulpit
That comment reminds me that there are many Liberal professors who do both — using their lecturn as a bully-pulpit while teaching that the military is evil and contemptible.
And Dr. June Scorza Terpstra of Loyal University in Chicago (and also teaches at Columbia College in Chicago) wins the award for the most vile professor in America for her latest rant, in which she laments having to teach former Soldiers and Marines in her class:
I knew in that moment that this was what the future of teaching about justice would include: teaching war criminals who sit glaring at me with hatred for daring to speak the truth of their atrocities and who, if paid to, would disappear, torture and kill me. I wondered that night how long I really have in this so called “free†country to teach my students and to be with my children and grandchildren.
The American military and mercenary soldiers who “sacrificed†their lives did not do so for the teacher’s freedom to teach the truth about the so-called war on terror, or any of US history for that matter. They sacrificed their lives, limbs and sanity for money, some education and the thrills of the violence for which they are socially bred. Sacrificing for the “bling and booty†in Iraq or Afghanistan, Philippines, Grenada, Central America, Mexico, Somalia, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, or any of the other numerous wars and invasions spanning US history as an entity and beginning with their foundational practice of killing the Indians and stealing their land.
Wow. Just wow. I’m all for free-speech, which means that I don’t think any law should be made to prevent her from spewing her vile hate-speech. But that doesn’t mean that I think a University should employ her to teach our children.
When you’re a college professor, and you openly spew this kind of shit, how can any student who is a veteran, a prospective soldier, a National Guardsman or Reservist, or any other student who is openly pro-military get fair treatment in your classroom (that’s a rhetorical question, because obviously, the answer is “they can’t”):
And now, here they sit in my course on social justice, terrorist war criminals, wanting high paying “criminal justice†jobs in a university Justice Studies program. They want approval, appreciation and honors for terrorism, torture, and murder. They want a university degree so they can get an even higher salary terrorizing more people around the world with security companies such as Blackwater or Halliburton. They want that appropriately named “sheepskin†so they can join the CIA, FBI, and other police and track down and terrorize US residents here.
I wonder what kind of grades those “terrorist war criminals” received in her class? Well, at least her bias is well-documented when they go to the Dean to protest their grades.
I hope she falls down the stairs in the quad and breaks her fucking neck. Yeah, I don’t mind when terrible things happen to terrible people, and I often openly root for it to happen, too.
(MyPetJawa satirically hopes someone on capus does the world a favor and pushes her down that flight of stairs — make sure and actually read his disclaimer in context of that statement).
And less you think that this is an isolated incident, the proud professor has her own website filled with her hatred for the students she’s supposed to be teaching and grading.
My favorite is this one, co-authored by her husband Husayn Al-Kurdi (what? She’s married to a Muslim? Who’d a fucking thought it?), on why we shouldn’t celebrate Memorial Day:
We seethe with rage at the TV whenever we see these ugly American soldiers and the hooded Iraqi prisoners. Don’t bring these fucker killer torturers back to this country to torture their wives, children, and mothers in their homes. Don’t let another generation of ruined mercenaries, military men, and now women too, roam the forests, urban jungles and deserts of America
Don’t let them back in this country? How about we send you and your hubby to teach at Tehran University and not let you back into this country?
If you are an alumni of Loyola U or of Columbia College, or if you are just concerned about them letting a deranged indivdual such as Prof. Terpstra teach college kids, then let the President of Loyola University know how you feel:
Reverend Michael J. Garanzin (remember, he is a Jesuit priest, so be respectful)
(312) 915-6400
mgaranz@luc.edu
(And yes, I am advocating that she be fired. If she was using this type of bias and language against Muslim students, or black students, or gay students, you can bet your ass that she’d be fired yesterday. But since it’s directed at military/veteran students, it’s getting a free pass?)
I wonder how those ex-military guys can sit still and keep quiet in a class like that. I could not.
Presumably, if these men have been to Iraq they’re not children. But yeah, she does sound unhinged.
I wonder why she wants to teach Criminal Justice at all- it doesn’t sound like she’s really down with the mission. Oh well, she’s only a part-timer and after this publicity she’ll surely be a no-timer.
Dianne- we’re only hearing her version of what she said in class- she may talk a bigger game on the internets than she does in real life.
If You Do Not Like It Here…..LEAVE…
This and other sniveling worms should not be allowed to teach in our schools….schools are meant to teach our children facts, not drivel such as this….
Well, hopefully she’ll never work for a political candiate lol
Oh, Robbie! I feel another post with megacomments in your future – cough, Manhart.
I applaud her honesty. Many, many college professors agree with her, but are too cowardly to say it out loud, preferring to stab their military and former military students in the back.
It does seem to me that if this individual is allowed to continue to teach then her employer is violating civil rights laws by allowing a protected group (veterans) to be discriminated against based on their protected status.
I bet her school has rules against ‘hate speech’ also. Think they’ll be applied in this case?
At least we know what she and her employer stands for.
Perhaps a more sympathetic stance would better serve her students.
Let’s all go to Tehran and see Iranians living their daily lives. Not so different to TX, maybe a little more liberal, but then we could all learn a thing or two.
You go to Tehran. And do everyone a favor and stay there. Idiot.
I’ve been to Kuwait, Saudi, Qatar, and Iraq already. I have no desire to ever go back.
Well, that’s not entirely true…I’d go back to Iraq, but only if the Army would let me go with them (they won’t — I’ve asked my brother to look for every and any loophole/exception/waiver that he could find, but to no avail.)
While you’re busy being outraged about an adjunct professor in Illinois, in your backyard your own Texas elected officials seem to be a little crazy:
Wow.
Politics (or more accurately, politicians) in Texas are a circus act. And that’s on both sides of the aisle (oh, I forgot about our independents, like Kinky Friedman — so on ALL sides).
Thank goodness for California and Louisiana — or else our state politics would be the biggest circus act in all of state politics.
Robbie, you’ve obviously never lived in New Jersey-The politician state of America.
As an Iraqi American, I have concluded that there are four categories of military servicemen:
1. Psychopaths with lust for blood
2. Christian fanatics brought up with hatred for Arabs & Muslims
3. Mentally retarded who will kill for money
4. A volunteer who got caught by surprise to be sent to Iraq against his will to fight a war for a government with an agenda for the Middle East.
The 4th category is a small percentage of the US military forces. Most recruits are from the first three categories – especially those with lust for blood and those who have been taught since childhood to hate Arabs and Muslims.
Rephrazing Mahatma Gandhi’s words during India’s quest for Independence from the British, “it’s about time that the Americans have packed their bags and left Iraq.
Well, Ahmad, that just shows what a complete fucking idiot you are then.
And how many categories of Muslim jihadist are there?
More of Gandhi’s quotes: “I like to sleep naked with two naked 12 y/o girls! Thank God there are idiots like Ahmad who still think I have something relevant to say. “
Welcome to Urbangrounds; it’s like a Big Top without the laughter.
What’s the matter jimmal/bumsong? Get bored harassing family members of murder victims on your other forum?
Dr. Terpstra is no longer affiliated with Loyola University Chicago and was not associated with the university at the time the column was written. Included is her reply to an email I sent her directly.
It would be greatly appreciated if a correction was made.
Thank you,
Anthony Bahr, 2LT, USAF
Loyola University Chicago, BA ‘06
I want to make it very clear to supporters and detractors alike that the facts of the classroom discussion that took place over a week ago are as follows. The discussion did not take place at Loyola University Chicago as some Internet sources are saying. I am presently not teaching at Loyola but I did receive my PhD from Loyola University Chicago, and I was a community research fellow there in the 1990s. Currently I am on the faculty at Northeastern Illinois University.
In Solidarity for the Liberation of the Oppressed, June Scorza Terpstra
I agree with Professor Terpstra. Calling these killers by their right names is a good idea, and a first step towards devalorizing them and dishonoring them. I celebrate the death of all AmeriKKKan soldiers and take great joy in the grieving families. I hope you hate my guts too, as I hate yours. Die soon, please, you dirty pig.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: I normally delete comments such as this one because, as I've posted numerous times, my only real commenting policy is that I won't allow comments that denigrate or slander our soldiers. But I'm going to let this vomit stand as an example of how many on the Left really do feel about our troops, and how utterly depraved the worst of them are.
Oh, and in case you'd like to respond to Robert B. Allen, his email address is: rballen422@msn.com. His IP (70.56.0.221) resolves to Denver, CO.]
June Terpstra is MY HERO!
Go Genoa JUNE – Siete’ d’Venezia
Dr. Terpstra is currently my teacher and I am fortunate to have someone teaching me that is as qualified as she is. Those of you who are not fortunate enough to know what you are talking about, when talking down about her, are showing your true ignorance.
“It’s no secret – the election was a fraud
George Bush has shredded the Constitution; bankrupted the country; blackened our reputation as a people; and lied us into an illegal, immoral, self-destructive military operation in Iraq.
And he was never elected president.
Not in 2000. Not in 2004.
And the news media, Congress, and the Democratic Party have never even attempted to do anything about it.
If you’re living in America, that’s the kind of country you’re living in now.
It’s not a question of when or if we’ll lose our democracy, it’s been gone a long time. The only question is what we’re going to do to get it back. ” (Brass check TV. (n.d.)
Reference
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/145.html
Learn how to do a little research before posting remarks you know nothing about. “It is better to remain quiet and appear a fool, than to open up your mouth and remove all doubt.”
This woman is now teaching at University of Phoenix and was scheduled to teach one of my final classes that begins on April 7th. After researching one of my former teachers, James Brey, and finding that he was fired from Florida State for embezzlement and went on to teach me ETHICS, of all things, I now research all my professors. I actually found this article after asking UoP to switch me from her class.
I am a military wife and firm supporter of our military. I chose to be removed from her classes based on her hateful rhetoric that she spews across the internet against ALL military personnel.
Doesnt it seem odd that just less than a year ago, she was teaching at Northeastern Illinois and she’s now at Axia/ UoP?
I am a firm supporter of Dr. Terpstra. You have not experienced anything until you have stepped into one of her classrooms. I am very glad, pleased and thankful that I was able to register and take 5 of her courses. Dr. Terpstra is exactly what the States’ educational system is in need of; more educators (and intelligentsia) like herself, who are willing to speak the truth AND put it out for those around.
To Lori Chalker — mind you, Dr. Terpstra is still teaching at Northeastern Illinois University and University of Phoenix. Please research such information before posting; and that goes out to many of you.
Thank you.
You have to have a screw loose to take 5 courses from anyone instructor. No legitimate institution of higher learning would allow it. It is not an educator/student relationship but a guru/disciple one. Please seek help before posting such information and the same goes for the rest of you Terp whackjobs.