DCP Ordered to Vacate MI's Offices

[_MrStakhanovite]

And, I think, a more effective academic writer.

Are you high?

[_Kishkumen]

What's funny about this is that at Dan's home department--The Dept. of Asian and Near Eastern Languages--Adjunct Faculty are forced to share offices, and yet here he is complaining that he isn't allowed to keep two offices all to himself! I remember several years back, when Jeffrey Nielsen was stirring up controversy after he published a letter declaring certain differences he had with Church policy. Some of the articles referred to him as a "professor" at BYU, and Dan made sure to show up and dismiss Neilsen as "just an adjunct" (or something like that). What this suggests is a pattern of treating people like second-class citizens, and it's really pretty disgusting, imvho. I hope his old MI office gets put to good use. Certainly, I expect that the new occupant won't be giggling over L-Skinny gossip, or plotting 100-page hit pieces, in the newly vacated space. It's sort of akin to when environmentalists go in to clean up so-called "brownfields." What was once a toxic dump gets renovated into a beautiful and productive green space.

I feel bad for Dan having to pack up when he had just unpacked, but I am sure that they did need that office space at MI. When I was there this summer, it struck me as quite a cozy little building for all they have to do. I am sure he'll get over it in time. University resources are scarce, and what with the Koch brothers' educational philosophy that the LDS Church has embraced on other campuses, he may feel lucky that he got in while the getting was still good. Before long, a person with Daniel's credentials and history may be forced to share an office as a new hire, and plenty of his political fellow-travelers will only be too happy to have him do so!

ETA: I should say I feel bad for his wife having to pack up. All those heavy books, you know.

[_MrStakhanovite]

ETA: I should say I feel bad for his wife having to pack up. All those heavy books, you know.

And where, for the love of God, are they going to go? If a free man can't have enough office space for all his books can we really call him free in any meaningful sense?

[_MrStakhanovite]

did you see his post the other day, where he was quoting from Camelot and pretending that he was in the role of King Arthur?

I did, typical pompous kitsch. Kind of pseudo-highbrow nonsense that makes guys like Pahoran wet with envy.

[_Kishkumen]

ETA: I should say I feel bad for his wife having to pack up. All those heavy books, you know.

And where, for the love of God, are they going to go? If a free man can't have enough office space for all his books can we really call him free in any meaningful sense?

I don't know! My guess is that at least a hundred of them are signed copies of his own books, so he will doubtless find ways to economize.

[_Chap]

Couple of nice comments to DCPs blog:

Mortal Man says:
September 17, 2012 at 9:20 pm

I wouldn’t worry about this too much. This is probably the Lord’s way of preparing you for greater things. When Mitt wins the election, you could be appointed as the new ambassador to Libya. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if Jerry Bradford has already recommended you for the job.
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danpeterson says:
September 17, 2012 at 9:29 pm

LOL. Nor would I.

[_DrW]

It is hard to write with serenity when the arrow of outrageous fortune is protruding from your chest.

Perhaps DCP should have considered that arrow each time he picked up a pen and drew, yet again, the black and white target rings and bullseye on that chest.

[_Paloma]

I feel for Dan Peterson.

I've seen and read enough over the years on various fora and websites to have some idea of why the tides have turned against him and of why he's probably feeling a huge sense of betrayal and rejection.

As a fellow human, I have a lot of compassion for him and for his wife, who must be deeply affected by all of this as well.

I sincerely hope that he moves forward in a strong and healthy way, and am rather concerned about a hasty determination to "rise again".

I truly hope for deep healing for him, and for a resurgence that comes tempered with wisdom and brings joy.

[_Drifting]

I feel for Dan Peterson.

I've seen and read enough over the years on various fora and websites to have some idea of why the tides have turned against him and of why he's probably feeling a huge sense of betrayal and rejection.

As a fellow human, I have a lot of compassion for him and for his wife, who must be deeply affected by all of this as well.

I sincerely hope that he moves forward in a strong and healthy way, and am rather concerned about a hasty determination to "rise again".

I truly hope for deep healing for him, and for a resurgence that comes tempered with wisdom and brings joy.

If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
The only person responsible for Dan's demise is Dan himself.
You can choose your actions but you can't choose the consequences.

[_lulu]

BYU is cheap.

At any university I've been associated with, maintenance staff packed and moved professors' offices.

I'm starting to feel Dan's pain.