Prof Regards Immigrant Gratitude as Mental Disease

Blue Goldfish posts a link to this FrontPage Magazine article by Ahmad Al-Qloushi about his experience in our system of higher ed. He tell us how his family coped with the hardships of the Iraqi invasion in 1990, and how he, "arrived in the United States for the first time 5 months ago with tremendous enthusiasm to study the political institutions and history of this extraordinary country." The instructor in his class, Introduction to American Government and Politics, apparently didn't like Ahmad's view that the Consitition was a pioneering document, and

"Instead of giving me a grade, Professor Woolcock verbally attacked me and my essay. He told me, 'Your views are irrational.' He called me naïve for believing in the greatness of this country, and told me 'America is not God's gift to the world.' Then he upped the stakes and said 'You need regular psychotherapy.' Apparently, if you are an Arab Muslim who loves Americ you must be deranged. Professor Woolcock went as far as to threaten me by stating that he would visit the Dean of International Admissions (who has the power to take away student visas) to make sure I received regular psychological treatment. This scared me. I didn’t want to be deported for having written a pro-American essay, so as soon as I left his office I made an appointment with the school psychologist. She let me go with a comment that I don’t need regular therapy."

I do have an idea of who it might be who needs regular therapy. Amateur diagnosis? Displacement. (Longer explanation of Displacement here.)