Weighing in on Huber
For those that don't know, Robert T. Huber was ousted by the News-Journal as a white-supremacist. He is currently in the doctorate program for physics, and taught a class during Winter Session. No problems were reported by students, and his grading was found to be fair. The News-Journal did a story on Huber and his "hatecore" band, Teardown. UD has kept Huber in the program, basically upholding that no in-classroom violations were made by Huber. For once, I agree with Mike M. of Down With Absolutes:
UD minorities (and, presumably, a large population of whites) are outraged that this racist hasn’t yet been sacked by UD President David P. Roselle. In my opinion, this is where “political correctness” truly rears its ugly head on college campuses: stifling one’s free speech to enhance or maintain the “comfort” level of those offended by it. Huber has been convicted of no crimes. As far as I’m concerned, he’s merely upholding his own First Amendment rights to free speech by participating in these personal, albeit disgusting, activities. One student is in Huber’s class has said “Huber wore long-sleeves while teaching to conceal his tattoos and never talked about race or politics.” This is enough for me to take Huber’s side on this issue. He hasn’t made his extracurricular activites an issue in the classroom, so why should students be making such a fuss? Hanging swastikas and burning crosses would be one thing.
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