Certainly, Mark Twain has many writings completely on point against idiotic nativism and mass opinion of that sort. Someone should patch together his best writings to display as a response to our constitutional crisis. Mae Kuykendall Professor of Law Michigan State University College of Law 648 N. Shaw Lane Rm 366 East Lansing, MI 488241300 517-432-6894 (office) 734-645-5769 (cell) 517-381-2082 (Haslett land) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=233952 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alan Kitty Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 12:33 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Boycott by International scholars??? Forgive me for steering this back into a Forum-related direction, but a = Twain=E2=80=99s-eye view of the dangers posed by any POTUS suspected of = being in contempt of the US Constitution seems, in the opinion of this = Centrist (and former Reagan) Democrat, a worthy discussion for this = Forum, whether the Twain-lover comes from America or Mars. Twain was a = citizen of the world, and the world welcomed him and his opinions. Let = us strive to do no less. Make no mistake, the greatest moving forces of = all species is FEAR. Love and Hate are its escorts. And Faith, in the = hands of the wrong leader, can be used to bury truth. So I=E2=80=99m not = about to 'grow up' and give any employee free reign until its too late = to stop him from destroying my company. Twain did that with Webster, and = what was his reward? Bankruptcy; and an unwanted tour to many countries = where he expressed his opinions without being a citizen.=20 > On Feb 1, 2017, at 11:39 AM, Warren Miller = <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >=20 > If people outside our country want a say in how we do things, they = have a > simple solution: Become an American citizen. Until/unless they do = that, > their opinions about America and/or about how we do things and/or what > = we > do don't a damned thing to me. . .or, I'd bet, to any American who can > think half-way logically. I suspect that what I'm saying here will = offend > any number of Hard-Left colleagues in this Forum. For the record, I = didn't > vote for Trump. I wouldn't be caught dead voting for Trump. But, like > = it or > not, he's the POTUS now, and everyone wetting their pants and throwing >hissy-fits just needs to grow up and get over it. >=20 > On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >=20 >> Folks, I thought some of you might like to see this, especially as = the >> deadline for August's MT conference in Elmira looms. >>=20 >> Personally I would strongly encourage our beloved overseas scholars = to >> submit and to come to Elmira in August. I can tell you that for me, >> = having >> our wonderful overseas guests come and participate means a lot, and = is >> always one of the highlights of the conference. The "International" >> = part >> of the conference title is important to us all. PLEASE COME, and = fear >> not: >>=20 >> https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/31/protest- >> trump-entry-ban-some-scholars-are-boycotting-us-based- >> conferences?goal=3D0_1fcbc04421-0f5839dc04-197446313&mc_cid=3D >> 0f5839dc04&mc_eid=3D58f0af41d7 >>=20 >> We all can see these are strange times in America; but PLEASE COME, >>= and >> fear not: >>=20 >> -hb >>=20 >>=20 >> -- >> Prof. Harold K. Bush >> Professor of English >> 3800 Lindell >> Saint Louis University >> St. Louis, MO 63108 >> 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) >> <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml> >>=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > *Warren D. Miller, CFA, ASA, CPA* > *Founder - LinkedIn's Strategy Reading Group <http://bit.ly/AboutSRG>* >=20 > *Beckmill Research, LLC* > *Lexington, Virginia*