some hitler youth, AKA ProtestWarrior, has begun leaving...

[mike_c]

...their anti-Islam and pro-war posters taped to my lab/office door, much to the amusement of my grad students and I. The door is otherwise papered with anti-war posters and bumper stickers, including a prominent DU sticker. The ProtestWarrior posters have a short life, but we've yet to catch the young fascist in action. I have a couple of "altered" American flags hanging in my lab windows as well (a peace flag and a corporation nation flag) in response to the post-9/11 flag frenzy, which probably drives them nuts.

More adventures in higher education.... There's always one or two like this in every class, even at as liberal an institution as mine.

[Bandit]

1. Are you attempting to indoctrinate your students?

You may be intimidating some students. I would be unhappy if one of my professers had nothing but political material on display and even more so if that material was one sided.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

4. Are professors not allowed to have personal opinions, and are....

...they not allowed to express those opinions as long as nobody is getting hurt?

[thebigidea]

5. bwhahahah

Yeah, I was really indoctrinated by the huge pictures of Nixon & Reagan an old History prof. had.

Positively brainwashed!

[HEIL PRESIDENT GOD]

8. Damn, you sound like Lynne Cheney

Bias in education is fine as long as it's open. I teach both sides of every issue in the classroom, but outside the classroom, I can say what I want. Perioda end of quota. If students get "intimidated" they can join the military where they won't have to think for themselves.

If the poster was a carpenter, would you suggest that his co-workers are "intimidated" by Kerry stickers on his toolbox? Gimme a break. College students are there to toughen up, grow up, or drop out and live their lives as failures. I'm sick of being expected to parent these little shits, especially the Republican ones.

[mike_c]

9. the political material is on my door, not in my lectures....

I'm a biologist, so my teaching has relatively little political content. Office doors are often used for more personal expressions.

[jdj]

17. they think they are being cute.

but remember they are deranged.

Probably the best response is no response.

I hope they move on.

[yardwork]

13. It sounds like the students are using the door as a bulletin board

and the pro-Kerry opinions out-poll the pro-war opinions. What's wrong with that? Sounds like democracy and free speech in action.

[K-W]

16. No, you read it wrong, that his the proffessors door and stickers.

The Conservative stickers are vandalism.

[gratuitous]

2. Save it all up

It will make for an hilarious collage on November 3. Be sure to add your own annotations.

[mike_c]

10. we post them on a bulletin board inside the lab for all to wonder...

...and chuckle about. Prior to this round of Protest Warrior posters, I'd only ever gotten one hand-written sign that said something like "too bad the first amendment applies to unpatriotic assholes."

[Demit]

3. um, that's what liberal is all about, yes? Protest?

(and it's "of my grad students and me". Object of the preposition "of" and all that. Hate to be a stickler, but those old English lessons die hard.)

[thebigidea]

6. yes, being liberal is all about...

... putting your propaganda on top of someone else's propaganda.

Why, Mario Cuomo himself does it every day - but if you catch him, he'll deny it.

[mike_c]

11. the world is a better place because I don't teach language skills!

eom

[DarkPhenyx]

7. I find strategically place web cams work wonders.

Remember to put a sign on your door informing people that your door is mnitored 24/7.

[DrWeird]

12. Leave him a note.

"Dear Hitler Youth,

Thank you for your posters, however we feel we should remind you that this campus does not tolerate bigotry of any kind.... yada... yada... yada... Enclosed is an Enlistment form. If you are not a complete coward and hypocrite, you will fill this out and return it to your nearest recruitment office since the military in desperate need of fresh recruits.

Sincereley,
Your Name."

[Swamp Rat]

14. THAT'S what I have been telling every ditto head I meet.

"If you are not a complete coward and hypocrite (and a few other things like dickless republican weenie, pansy, girlyman), you will fill this out and return it to your nearest recruitment office (or go to the hospital and demand a lobotomy) since the military in desperate need of fresh recruits (or are you a traitor to Bush, your Führer?)."

[mike_c]

15. I was actually thinking about doing something along those lines....

Leaving an envelope marked "Dear Protest Warrior" taped to the door with an enlistment form in it and an invitation to act on his/her convictions.