UC Prof: The NRA Is To Blame For San Bernardino Shooting


Universities are notorious bastions of liberal bias, but for a life science professor to spend class time on an unsolicited, one-sided debate about guns is extraordinary, to say nothing of inappropriate. Indeed, Symanski has a reputation as a staunch liberal, but you would think that he would have the sense to leave his personal opinions (as well as the ones totally unrelated to science) at home. Guess that isn’t the case at all. According to Campus Reform:

“‘I am totally for people expressing their opinions, but when professors do it, they have a captive audience,’ Van Voorhis told Campus Reform. ‘If I could debate him, I would win.’

Symanski’s remarks were inspired by the shooting in San Bernardino, California Wednesday afternoon, but he tied that into the subject of mass shootings in general, asserting that the National Rifle Association (NRA) is to blame for those tragedies because it opposes gun control, and contending that ‘automatic weapons’ should be a common-sense exception to the Second Amendment.”

“Van Voorhis told Campus Reform that he was almost surprised that his sole attempt at recording Prof. Symanski was so productive, because while Symanski typically wears his liberalism on his sleeve, the gun control lecture was a rare deviation from topics relevant to the course material, as Symanski tends to focus his ire on opponents to the theory of evolution, which he allegedly denies is a theory.

‘The general tone of the course is generally pretty scientific, but it is somewhat in your face,’ he said. ‘You can tell he has, in my opinion, something of a disdain for people who are religious. He mentioned that he grew up Catholic, but doesn’t believe it anymore.’

Van Voorhis told Campus Reform that he has generally gone with the liberal flow in the past, but that he could not resist bringing this particular incident to light because it was so flagrant.

‘I’m a very vocal person, but I’ve never spoken out as a conservative in class,’ he explained. ‘I’ve actually just pretended to be liberal, because there’s no point in me sacrificing my GPA and my future just to prove them wrong.’

Prof. Symanski (whose faculty profile bears the Cuban flag as a backdrop even though Van Voorhis attests that he is of self-proclaimed Polish descent) could not be reached for comment at press time, but this article will be updated if and when he responds.”

See the video for yourself:

Source: Campus Reform



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