NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH FOR UCLA LAW PROFESSOR

Prof. Robert Goldstein had to apologize for an exam question dealing with Michael Brown’s stepfather Louis Head shouting “Burn This Bitch Down”

"Write a memorandum for District Attorney Robert McCulloch on the constitutional merits of indicting Michael Brown's stepfather for advocating illegal activity when he yelled 'Burn this bitch down,' after McCulloch announced the grand jury's decision."

That was a question UCLA law professor Robert Goldstein posed on an exam for his students. Some of his students reacted as if he advocated the shooting of unarmed black men by white racist cops. He was branded a racist and accused of being insensitive.

Above the Law blogger Elie Mystal condemned the question as “racially insensitive and divisive” because it was asking students to “advocate in favor of extremist racists.”

What a supreme crock of shit!

George Mason University law professor David Bernstein came to Goldstein’s defense. He called the complaining students “delicate flowers” and suggested they find another career.

Nevertheless, Goldstein offered a profuse apology to the complaining students.

Another supreme crock of shit! I suspect Goldstein offered his apology because he feared retribution form fellow academicians and the UCLA administration.

I saw absolutely nothing wrong with the question. As a matter of fact, I thought it was a good question. I would have answered it by pointing out that freedom of speech is not absolute – as Prof. Goldstein experienced firsthand – because you cannot incite to riot. And then, to complete the answer, my memorandum would strongly recommend that Louis Head be indicted for inciting to riot.

I suppose that makes me an insensitive racist.