Mike S. Adams teaches at UNC Wilmington in the Socialogy Criminology dept. Apparently in talking about free speech he brings up some examples of hateful free speech from both the left and the right. A fellow faculty member (a grad student, Adams is careful to point out) heard him doing this and complained to her students. So far so good.
He then spends a few paragraphs ripping into this professor for teaching a class called "Queer Theory."
. . . The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of having a course in “queer theory.” I’m sure that the course isn’t just about promoting gay politics. I’m sure that the professor and the students spend a lot of time talking about their feelings. And I’m sure that it’s a must for people who actually want to become “queer theorists” after they graduate.
Let’s face it; we really do have a shortage of “queer theorists.” In fact, I’ve never met one who didn’t teach at a university."
Ha ha ha. But, of course, what Mr. Adams and we all know is that nobody goes to school to become a Queer Theorist. A class in Queer Theory is part of a communication or sociology or history or english program. One class as part of that program, not the entire thing. Now a history professor might decide that he wants to specialize on the Gay Community or an english professor might specialize on Images of Homosexuality in Literature. Nothing wrong with that, per se. Everybody's got to study something. But to paint a picture of UNC Wilmington cranking out "Queer Theorists" is just nonsensical.
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