Les Jones

East Tennessee > PC Battle at UT, Part 2

The UT College Republicans have posted the complete text of the Issues Committee emails. That includes the email that includes the most incediary sentence: "If you see one of those ragheads, shoot him right in the f*cking face." Sounds sinister, but if you read the entire email, it's obviously a parody of what the writer thinks is the Bush administration's attitude. This is the complete email:

we shouldn't let those damn terrorists try to destroy our freedom. let's show the axis of evil that we will not be broken, that we will not shudder in fear or back down, that the values of our forefathers set forth for the issues committee of the university of tennessee will live on and continue to push us forward. if we allow ourselves to be angry or hesitate in any way, then the terrorists have won. instead, let's wave the banner of "the thinker" all over the city of knoxville. on the library, our our cars, on the humanities bridge, and on pieces of tp stuck to our shoes. and if you see one of those ragheads, shoot him right in the fucking face.

love,
your president - er - justin

Unfortunately for the writer, irony doesn't play well in excerpts. That email is the one that's getting the most attention, but it's the least important. The other emails posted on the site are far more damaging. They show a cliqueish bureaucracy that's petty, hateful, and vindictive.

But don't think that I am so calm. My first words this morning in my lab were: THAT SON OF A B*$%!! And don't think I don't want to smote him with my superior intellect and haughtiness. And I do know the different between Carlson and Coulter: the former has a penis, the latter has a vagina. - Warren D.

fortunately someone brought a beacon to work today, so i got to see our GLORIOUS front page coverage of carlson. i was disappointed to see that the issues committee wasn't mentioned anywhere in the article, but nevertheless it was great coverage. apparently the guy who wrote the article is aware of his mistake and he has apologized for not mentioning the small detail of HOW tucker came to the university

unfortunately my thirst to see the issues committee's name in print was satisfied on page five. like most of you, i spent much of my day drafting a letter to the editor in response to the piece. however, i probably spent more time thinking about what a little brat this guy is and what i would do to him given the chance--torture that would put the spanish inquisition to shame, etc--but ultimately i don't think it would do any good. he simply isn't worth any more of our time. -owen

Over the weekend, the College Republicans collected signatures for a petition. UT Dean of Students J.J. Brown tried to have them removed from campus. Adam Groves has the story.