Dear Liza Potter:
I am delighted to respond to your recent charge against me, which was sent to Rosemary DePaolo, Chancellor of UNC-Wilmington. Characterizing my column as an act of sexual harassment against all women in the UNC system is a tremendous favor for which I am truly grateful. I’ll explain that as I go along.
In the opening lines of your sexual harassment complaint, you stated that you “feel very strongly” that my “sexist, discriminatory language toward the female students at UNC constitutes sexual harassment and violates the existing anti-discrimination policy.” That is an extremely important point, Liza. In order to file a complaint in the UNC system, the plaintiff must have very strong feelings. Feelings are the basis of every decision in our system. Logic and objectivity are irrelevant and probably sexist, too.
But, while your complaint starts off strong, you have made some serious errors in the second paragraph of your missive. (Or is that Msive? Please pardon any unintended sexism). The three major errors follow:
1. Your sexual harassment complaint states that “You, in the column, call female students at UNC-Chapel Hill “promiscuous.’” Go back and read the article. The word “promiscuous” does not appear anywhere. It seems that you have falsified a sexual harassment report, which you copied to my superiors.
I am sorry but I have no other choice than to conclude that this act of falsification is a form of “sexist, discriminatory language” that “constitutes sexual harassment and violates the existing anti-discrimination policy.” I will file my complaint against you some time later this week.
2. Your complaint also says that I called UNC female students “nymphomaniacs.” Not true, Liza. Here is the relevant quote:
“While the UNC administration is undoubtedly thrilled that these coeds are turning out to be nymphomaniacs rather than intellectuals…”
Based upon a closer examination of my quote, you can see that I have expressed the opinion that when female students a) organize an Orgasm Awareness Festival, b) erect (note: this is not intended to be sexist language in violation of the UNC anti-discrimination policy) a vibrator museum, and c) begin to collect antique vibrators from 1924, this suggests that they are “turning out to be nymphomaniacs.”
That doesn’t mean they are there yet, Liza. It just means that there is a clear trend in the direction of nymphomania. Had they erected two vibrator museums – instead of just one – I might have taken the plunge and suggested that they are already “nymphomaniacs.” But, cautious as always, I held my tongue.
3. In your letter, you also accuse me of “calling students such derogatory names as “whores’” which is “simply disgusting and inexcusable.” You also repeat (for good measure) the assertion that my speech “seems to go beyond the bounds of free speech and into the territory of “[Harassment] based on… sex,” which is specifically mentioned in the Harassment Prevention Policy of the UNC system.
Actually, you really blew it, here, Liza. Recently, at “The Vagina Monologues” our campus feminists suggested that it is acceptable to call women “c**ts.” So, of course, had I really called them “whores” that would have been much better than calling them “c**ts” as the feminists would prefer. But, of course, I did not call them “whores.” My actual statement follows:
“Jessica Polka, an executive board member for the co-sponsor of the event, was recently quoted as saying that “We also have the goal of trying to work toward fighting the social stigma against female sexuality.’ In other words, she wants college women to become whores without being ostracized.”
The only question, Liza, is whether you are, a) actually illiterate, or b) pretending to be illiterate in order to levy a false allegation of sexual harassment against me. Either way, things aren’t looking very good for you.
Finally, I want to address your most cavalier paragraph, which states that “I’m sure you notice that I have copied this e-mail to the Chancellor of UNC-Wilmington, as well as to the Director of Human Resources. At the very least, I feel that you owe the female students enrolled in the public university system of North Carolina—all of them—an apology for this harassment. If you are not willing to give it voluntarily, it is my hope that your superiors will demand it.”
This is a point on which we finally agree, Liza. I do hope that Chancellor DePaolo demands an apology for my remarks. If you will recall, last year I published a sexual harassment report after a female student wrote me an unsolicited email talking to me about her “vagina.” I also published a complaint about a female student who put condoms in my mailbox, told me I should not be allowed to reproduce, and called me an “insensitive a***ole.”
Since the university never called me about my complaints, I have come to “feel very strongly” that the administration’s indifference is “sexist” and “discriminatory.” I bet it even constitutes sexual harassment and violates the existing anti-discrimination policy.
So, Liza, you have really done me a tremendous favor. After reading your letter, I have decided to sue my university. Thanks for inspiring me to do the right thing. I plan to have my mommy write to thank you, too.
Mike S. Adams’ (http://www.DrAdams.org) speech at the University of Florida has been cancelled. He will next speak at Dalton State University on November 16th.
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Mike S. Adams was born in Columbus, Mississippi on October 30, 1964. While a student at Clear Lake High School in Houston, TX, his team won the state 5A soccer championship. Mike Adams graduated from C.L.H.S. in 1983 with a 1.8 GPA. Mike Adams was ranked 734 among a class of 740, largely as a result of flunking English all four years of high school. After obtaining an Associate's degree in psychology from San Jacinto College, Mike Adams moved on to Mississippi State University where he joined the Sigma Chi Fraternity. While living in the fraternity house, his GPA rose to 3.4, allowing him to finish his B.A., and then to pursue a Master's in Psychology. In 1990, Mike Adams turned down a chance to pursue a PhD in psychology from the University of Georgia, opting instead to remain at Mississippi State to study Sociology/Criminology. This decision was made entirely on the basis of his reluctance to quit his night job as member of a musical duo. Playing music in bars and at fraternity parties and weddings financed his education. Mike Adams also played for free beer.
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Upon getting his doctorate in 1993, Adams, then an atheist and a Democrat, was hired by UNC-Wilmington to teach in the criminal justice program. A few years later, Adams abandoned his atheism and also became a Republican. He also nearly abandoned teaching when he took a one-year leave of absence to study law at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1998. After returning to teach at UNC-Wilmington, Adams won the Faculty Member of the Year award (issued by the Office of the Dean of Students) for the second time in 2000.
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After his involvement in a well publicized free speech controversy in the wake of the 911 terror attacks, Adams became a vocal critic of the diversity movement in academia. After making appearances on shows like Hannity and Colmes, the O'Reilly Factor, and Scarborough Country, Adams was asked to write a column for Townhall.com.
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Today Mike Adams enjoys the privilege of expressing himself both as a teacher and a writer. Mike Adams is also an avid hunter and reader of classic literature. Mike Adams published his first book, Welcome to the Ivory Tower of Babel, in 2004. His second book, Feminists Say the Darndest Things: A Politically Incorrect Professor Confronts "Womyn" On Campus, was published in 2008.
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