Are Domestic Terrorist Teaching YOUR Kids?

Hello everyone, I’m the classy half of the fun percent (meaning I drink $8 bottles of Barefoot Moscato instead of Natty Light) and I’m here to talk about something that really chaps my ass; a convicted terrorist teaching at Columbia.  Yes, you read that right.  Kathy Boudin was a member of the Weather Underground, a radical left organization, in the 60s and 70s, before she was arrested in 1981.  Weatherman (members of the Weather Underground) were responsible for bombing the Pentagon, the United States Capitol Building, the New York Board of Corrections and many other offices.

Boudin was involved in the Brink’s Robbery in 1981 where she and several other members of the Weather Underground and the Black Liberation Army robbed a Brink’s armored car, where one guard was severely wounded and one was killed.  Boudin did not take part in the actual robbery, but she was driving the getaway car.  After the robbery the other participants abandoned their vehicle and rejoined Boudin who was driving a U-Haul.  They all climbed in the back of the U-Haul while Boudin drove away.  A witness saw the men climbing into the back of the U-Haul and reported them to police.  Boudin was pulled over but feigned innocence and pleaded with the cops to lower their weapons.  At that moment 6 men armed with automatic weapons emerged from the back of the U-Haul and opened fire.  Two officers were killed and two were wounded.  Boudin was caught and arrested shortly thereafter.  Her lawyer arranged for a plea bargain; she pled guilty to one count of felony murder and robbery and was sentenced to twenty years to life in prison.

Kathy Boudin was paroled in 2003 and has held a position as an adjunct professor at Columbia since 2008.  Her Columbia School of Social Work biography does not mention anything about her radical history or time in prison.  Now what disturbs me about this is the fact that she now has an audience to promote her radical ideology to.  Teenagers and young adults are impressionable.  Do we really want someone who thought, or maybe still currently thinks, that bombings are an acceptable political statement and that murder is okay if you’re doing it to promote your ideology teaching the future leaders of our country?  Columbia is a private institution and therefore is able to hire whomever they want, but I can’t believe that there was not another qualified candidate who applied for the open position.  A candidate who is not a terrorist and who did not participate in the murder of 3 innocent men to promote their radical ideology. 

Can you imagine, in 20 or 30 years, Columbia hiring a paroled Dhokar Tsarnaev to teach political science or Islamic studies?  Sounds crazy right?  It's hard to imagine even a private institution hiring one of the so-called Boston Marathon Bombers.  What I'm asking you now is, what is the difference?  Both participated in the murder of innocent people to promote their radical ideology.  If it bothers you to think about a domestic Islamic terrorist potentially teaching college students, it should bother you that a domestic left wing terrorist and convicted murderer is currently doing so.