Socialist sociology professor is antichrist anarchist
A socialist sociology professor at City University of New York, Timothy Shortell, hatefully comdemns religious believers (specifically Christians, of course) as "incapable of moral action" and then whines about the adverse affect his essay-his entire worldview, really- has had on his career advancement!
Here's the story in The New York Sun.
And laughably, his supporters claim he was "taken out of context". Don't ya love that phrase?
The truth is, his context is more damnable than a of couple quotes lifted out of his essay, if that's all that had been circulated.
Here's the essay: ***WARNING*** Clicking on the preceeding link will transport you back in time and space, to a mid-1960's counter-culture commune of drug experimentation known as "fifteen credibility street" inhabited by Anti-Naturals. {Watch out for Timithy Leary!}
***ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK***
For those not wishing to enter Fifteen Credibility Street, here are some of the more spiteful excerpts: (Emphasis added)
"All the ritual and the fellowship associated with religious practice is just a means of continually emphasizing group boundaries and hostility."
"... religion without fanaticism is a logical impossibility. Anyone whose mind is trapped inside such a mental prison will be susceptible to extreme forms of hatred and violence."
"All religions foment their own kind of holy war. (Those whose devotion is moderate are only cowardly fanatics.)"
"...those who are religious are incapable of moral action... They will be unable to take responsibility for their actions because they lack intellectual and emotional maturity."
"So, in the name of their faith, these moral retards are running around pointing fingers and doing real harm to others. They make a virtue of closed-mindedness and virulent ignorance. They are an ugly, violent lot."
"In the heart of every Christian, though, is a tiny voice preaching self-righteousness, paranoia and hatred. Christians claim that theirs is a faith based on love, but they'll just as soon kill you."
"Everyone who appreciates the good, the true and the beautiful has a duty to challenge this social poison at every opportunity."
Identified by one contributor to 15cSt as "our second in-command", Timothy Shortell may actually be an anarchist (antichrist, also), surrounded by a small coven of like-minded malcontents at this rather amatuerish, angry, angst-filled webzine .
I would expect that if any CUNY administrators, deans, trustees, or president Christoper Kimmich would actually look at his webzine, they'd want to distance themselves from him as far as they could. Just because it's so bad. It reeks, man; it really does.
The writing is like dropping into a 60's beatnik joint for open-mike night, with the usual cast of dour ne're-do-wells lamenting about the corruption and wickedness of the dehumanizing, emperialist machine known as the evil, capitalist Establishment, maaann! (The Anti-Naturals call it "The Spectacle") Don't you get it, maaann? Don't ya see? Drop out while ya still have yer soul, maaann! Revolt, man!
Well, they're revolting, alright. Lest you think I exagerate, here's a sample by Scott Foust:
"Everyone wants me dead. What could I have possibly done or possibly do to cause the Forces Of Capital and the Forces Of Gods to yearn for my annihilation? The S.S. System Of Commodities is nothing more than a slave ship. Unless you are one of The World's Owners, you are a slave. If you do not see The Spectacle for what it is, all of your beliefs, opinions, ideas, and moralities are Wrong.
All supernatural beliefs are nothing but a dirty con. Anyone who has any mystical beliefs is not only the enemy of The Good, The True, and The Beautiful, but my sworn enemy as well.
Some day, we'll all be in a better place, brother, some day. That may be true, but it will only happen if the stagnant bilgewater of Mysticism is flushed away like the puerile excrement that it is. I won't stand for anything less. This is why the Mystics want me dead.
The Spectacle gets stronger everyday. It is time to Stand Tall and spit in the eye that blinds us. Right Now!"
And here's a photo of some calling himself The Fighting Sensualist, with a taste of his tripe.
Alas, I think that the juvenile quality of work that Timothy Shortell produces in his webzine may be more responsible for CUNY's hesitance to promote him, than the vile content of his soul.
Brad
Here's the story in The New York Sun.
And laughably, his supporters claim he was "taken out of context". Don't ya love that phrase?
The truth is, his context is more damnable than a of couple quotes lifted out of his essay, if that's all that had been circulated.
Here's the essay: ***WARNING*** Clicking on the preceeding link will transport you back in time and space, to a mid-1960's counter-culture commune of drug experimentation known as "fifteen credibility street" inhabited by Anti-Naturals. {Watch out for Timithy Leary!}
***ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK***
For those not wishing to enter Fifteen Credibility Street, here are some of the more spiteful excerpts: (Emphasis added)
"All the ritual and the fellowship associated with religious practice is just a means of continually emphasizing group boundaries and hostility."
"... religion without fanaticism is a logical impossibility. Anyone whose mind is trapped inside such a mental prison will be susceptible to extreme forms of hatred and violence."
"All religions foment their own kind of holy war. (Those whose devotion is moderate are only cowardly fanatics.)"
"...those who are religious are incapable of moral action... They will be unable to take responsibility for their actions because they lack intellectual and emotional maturity."
"So, in the name of their faith, these moral retards are running around pointing fingers and doing real harm to others. They make a virtue of closed-mindedness and virulent ignorance. They are an ugly, violent lot."
"In the heart of every Christian, though, is a tiny voice preaching self-righteousness, paranoia and hatred. Christians claim that theirs is a faith based on love, but they'll just as soon kill you."
"Everyone who appreciates the good, the true and the beautiful has a duty to challenge this social poison at every opportunity."
Identified by one contributor to 15cSt as "our second in-command", Timothy Shortell may actually be an anarchist (antichrist, also), surrounded by a small coven of like-minded malcontents at this rather amatuerish, angry, angst-filled webzine .
I would expect that if any CUNY administrators, deans, trustees, or president Christoper Kimmich would actually look at his webzine, they'd want to distance themselves from him as far as they could. Just because it's so bad. It reeks, man; it really does.
The writing is like dropping into a 60's beatnik joint for open-mike night, with the usual cast of dour ne're-do-wells lamenting about the corruption and wickedness of the dehumanizing, emperialist machine known as the evil, capitalist Establishment, maaann! (The Anti-Naturals call it "The Spectacle") Don't you get it, maaann? Don't ya see? Drop out while ya still have yer soul, maaann! Revolt, man!
Well, they're revolting, alright. Lest you think I exagerate, here's a sample by Scott Foust:
"Everyone wants me dead. What could I have possibly done or possibly do to cause the Forces Of Capital and the Forces Of Gods to yearn for my annihilation? The S.S. System Of Commodities is nothing more than a slave ship. Unless you are one of The World's Owners, you are a slave. If you do not see The Spectacle for what it is, all of your beliefs, opinions, ideas, and moralities are Wrong.
All supernatural beliefs are nothing but a dirty con. Anyone who has any mystical beliefs is not only the enemy of The Good, The True, and The Beautiful, but my sworn enemy as well.
Some day, we'll all be in a better place, brother, some day. That may be true, but it will only happen if the stagnant bilgewater of Mysticism is flushed away like the puerile excrement that it is. I won't stand for anything less. This is why the Mystics want me dead.
The Spectacle gets stronger everyday. It is time to Stand Tall and spit in the eye that blinds us. Right Now!"
And here's a photo of some calling himself The Fighting Sensualist, with a taste of his tripe.
Alas, I think that the juvenile quality of work that Timothy Shortell produces in his webzine may be more responsible for CUNY's hesitance to promote him, than the vile content of his soul.
Brad
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