I have previously written about the “radical chic” in higher education of faculty members who espouse extremist views in departments purged of conservative, libertarian, or moderate voices. While it is virtually impossible to get departments to seriously consider a mainstream conservative or libertarian, schools like Princeton eagerly hire professors such as Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, who recently delighted a Chicago audience with an unhinged rant against the United States and the concept of a nation-state.
Bill Ayers and Princeton’s Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor appeared at a July 4th event and denounced the country and its anniversary.
Taylor thrilled the crowd by recounting her disgust that a woman gave her child an American flag at the airport. She credited herself by not instantly burning it, but went on to denounce the country and credited the audience for its “F**k the U.S.” attitude.
Notably, Taylor suggested that only fools rally behind the flag or the notion of a nation-state. She clearly believes not just in open borders but rejects the very concept of borders. She repeatedly declared that “borders kill” and suggested that patriotic people are simply dupes.
Bill Ayers is a former professor and one of the founders of the domestic terrorist organization, the Weather Underground. His wife, Bernardine Dohrn, was also a member of the group, and both were fugitives for several years. Dohrn is also a professor who has taught at Northwestern University School of Law.
Taylor is a Professor in the Department of African-American Studies at Princeton University. She writes for the New Yorker.
In the Chicago event, Taylor called on others to reject “the idea of loving a nation state, which is what patriotism is.” She repeatedly returned to the theme that borders are “deadly” and “borders kill people.” She explained that we have to erase any borders because they are “a tool of death and destruction.”
Furthermore, she emphasized that the very concept of a nation-state should be the “object of political struggle.”
This reflects the level of intellectual rigor in departments like the one at Princeton. Her writings have been honored by the Marguerite Casey Foundation and Group Health Foundation, the Organization of American Historians, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (which gave her a fellowship).
On one level, the erasure of borders could be viewed as the “withering away of the state” espoused by Friedrich Engels and later by Vladimir Lenin. However, it reads more like the jargonistic narrative common in higher education, where radicals espouse such views without serious challenge from their colleagues.
Even European states that once allowed expanded undocumented migration are now struggling to reverse course due to the high social and security costs. However, academics such as Taylor tell students that we can eradicate any nation-states and live without borders. While most people would expect such views to be espoused by raving lunatics on the subway, Princeton made her a chair professor as the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies.
Her writings are celebrated for her combination of socialism and identity politics. The gushing articles even include praise for her use of emojis. (“All those cry-laughing yellow orbs betrayed a critic with a sense of humor.”).
Few colleagues or critics feel comfortable noting that views like the eradication of the nation-state or erasure of borders are little more than unsupported, jargon-saturated tripe. There is no effort to push her on what happens to an economy without borders where the country (or whatever will replace the nation-state) is responsible for supporting millions of immigrants.
When you hear young socialists in the Mamdani Administration (including Mamdani himself) speaking of “seizing the means of production,” it is the result of college classes taught by figures like Taylor, who offer little more than shallow sound bites and slogans. They have been told that socialism is a successful economic model despite its utter failure historically. It is a fable told by the uninformed to the unquestioning: unicorn economics, eagerly embraced like a bedtime story.
The alternative is what I have called the “liberty-enhancing economy” that the Framers embraced. The combination of political and economic freedom made this republic the greatest engine of prosperity and human rights in history. That does not mean that we do not have difficult economic and social problems. However, the suggestion that we should embrace socialism and erase borders is properly viewed as perfectly bonkers … outside of higher education.
Jonathan Turley is a law professor and the New York Times best-selling author of “Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution.”
Dear Americans,
I reject the notion that the U.S. is, or ever was, the greatest, most exceptional nation on earth. .. and I’m the Most American!
I continue to adhere to America’s hard-won sovereign obligations and commitments to the UN Charter, to wit:
WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED
to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the
human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,
AND FOR THESE ENDS
to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors, and
to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and
to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples.
If that sounds like the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the organization of independent state rights . .. you’re on the right track.
*Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
-and did the UN stop Rwanda genocide? Ukraine? Syria? Darfur? Yemen? South Sudan?
(from AI search result: “modern wars that UN could have stopped but chose to stay out of”)
Well, the United Nations, like the United States, is only as effective at preventing war and social unrest as the individual nation-states that participate in its deliberations .. . and enforcement. *see UNSC
*imo, it would be a shame to throw the baby out with the blood-soaked bathwater.
What is a R Wanda?
dgs, How about Nooooooo!
OldFish, no what?
*you know, Americans practically invented the UN!
LOL… What was it before the UN.
There was a ‘League of Nations’ prior to the UN, dusty .. . but they all pussy’d-out when Hitler came to power.
*the point is, in the modern, inter-connected world of the 21st century it would be prudent to have an assembly of nation-states willing and able to resolve conflicts short of war. .. don’t you think?
No to your positions on American exceptionalism and the UN. Only benefit to the UN being in NYC is to spy on them. I think we should relocate them to Mogadishu anyway.
Just to be clear, you believe America is the greatest, most exception nation to ever exist in all of human civilization .. . and that U.S. treaty obligations to the UN are null and void (& the UN should be moved to Mogadishu.)?
*fwiw, Spying/meddling in the internal affairs of other nation-states is prohibited by the UN Charter.
OldFish. How about no what?
*you know, the U.S. practically invented the UN
Estovir, the UN is only a debating forum. That’s all it ever promised to be.
No kidding it’s a debating forum. A big one. The object is to negotiate global conflicts short of war .. . after all, ‘war is politics by other means’.
*Not sure that would cross Estovir’s mind . .. assuming he has one?
Tear that communist statue down and send those leeching parasites back.
Very dangerous to blow off these Marxist and Islamo-fascist loons in America. Seven percent (7%) of the Chinese population belong to the Chinese Communist Party. That’s about 100 million people out of a population of about 1.5 Billion peeps. Small percentage of communist zealots in a huge country with huge population. And yet, they control the country. So next time you think we can overcome this so-called minority in America, think about those numbers. Of course, Bubba ain’t gonna take kindly to these guys. We may win in the end, but there will be much blood shed. Kurt Schlicter wrote a novel series about that, but I’m afraid his fiction will be our reality.
I would be more than happy to give her a plane ticket to Afghanistan and seed capital so could build a school for women and freely express her views to the Afghanistan Taliban Mullahs.
I would be more than happy to give G.W. Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden all a plane ticket to Afghanistan and seed capital so they could build a school for women and freely express their views to the Taliban.
*another chance to finish the job.
I was going to write a very salient response, but then I stopped myself, because I knew there is no getting through to you.
It wouldn’t sink in, so it would have been a big waste of time and effort.
Have you ever written anything salient?
Riiiiiiiiiiiight. And I hear you are also selling some oceanfront property in Arizona.
That’s because it’d be stupid and only fit for mockery.
So, you “came by” to say you couldn’t come by?
These are the finest examples of our country- All serving as academic mentors and U.S. politicians for our female youngsters to admire and emulate, and for the world (and media) to exponentiate:
Princeton Professor and LGBTQ activist Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: “F**k the USA”
U.S. Congresswoman Rashid Tlaib: “‘Motherf*ckers, We Ain’t Going Anywhere’: Tlaib Gives Fiery Speech At Conference Where America Was Called an ‘Evil Country.”’
U.S. Congressional DSA candidate and Mamdani endorsee Afro-Latina Darializa Avila Chevalier: “I forgot to get napkins so I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me,” Chevalier said in a social media post from 2019.
U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar: “So to me, I say, raise hell, make people uncomfortable. Because here’s the truth: For too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen, and, frankly, I’m tired of it, and every single Muslim in this country should be tired of it.”
U.S. Northwestern Law Professor Bernadine Dohrn (mentioned above by Prof. Turley): “We are building a communist organization to be part of the forces which build a revolutionary communist party to lead the working class to seize power and build socialism. … We must further the study of Marxism-Leninism within the WUO [Weather Underground Organization] …..”In 1974, she, Bill Ayers, and Jeff Jones published 40,000 copies of their manifesto, Prairie Fire, so called from Mao Zedong’s revolutionary slogan, “a single spark can start a prairie fire. Distribution was made through college bookstores, left-wing organizations, and similar outlets likely to reach their most sympathetic audience. Prairie Fire laid out the then-radical idea that the underlying principles of the American Revolution were capitalism, racism, sexism, imperialism, and colonialism. It also explained that white supremacy was being perpetuated ‘by the schools, the unemployment cycle, the drug trade, immigration laws, birth control, the army, the prisons’ and ‘white-skin privilege.’” https://wbowe.com/2025/07/29/bernardine-dohrn-sds-revolutionaries-then-and-now/
“The intrigue: They [Ayers and Dorhrn] were politically active, too. In 1995, they held a casual party at their house to introduce friends to ‘a skinny kid with a funny name’ named Barack Obama.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/bill-ayers-bernardine-dohrn-at-obama-center-opening/ar-AA26fnHS
ilhan omar quote from https://thehill.com/homenews/news/435582-omar-tells-cair-fundraiser-attendees-to-raise-hell-in-defense-of-their-rights/
Ilhan Omar has no inclination or capacity to assimilate.
Ilhan Omar has the clear intent to conquer and subsume America.
Ilhan Omar is a direct and mortal enemy and must be deported with extreme prejudice.
Lin – it seems the Smithsonian has also been captured by America-hating leftists:
https://nypost.com/2026/07/06/opinion/america-hating-elites-are-holding-the-smithsonian-captive/
well, that completes the triumvirate: academia, politica, and history through the institutional medium of mass communications.
So, she can freely speak about how much she hates America, borders, and other things.
But, in socialist and communist societies, to do so would get her a late night visit from the “state” police. And she just might disappear. For real. Not the made up BS they say about ICE.
Okay. Good to know where she stands.
What if the employer is not a good employer by mistreating the workers and not paying them for their work?
I dunno. What if a friend of yours is not a good friend and blabs something you told him in confidence. What if your lamp is not good and flickers? What if your lawn mower doesn’t have as much power as you need? What if you like Coke better than Pepsi, but the restaurant only has Pepsi? What if you like wire fences but your neighbor has a wooden fence?
These are important questions. Can you figure out any answers? Is life too complicated for you to navigate?
. . . mistreating the workers and not paying them for their work?
That’s theft, for which the employer can be prosecuted, and sued for back wages. These laws exist in capitalist nations, genius.
OldManFromKS,
Thank you for that comment.
The employees could sue the employer for unpaid wages. Yep. We have laws for that.
You mean like the workers who built Obama’s brutalist “library” and still haven’t gotten paid?
After the American Revolution 2.0, “Take America Back Again” (TABA), that piece of abject architectural s—hole rubbish should be demolished and compassionately repatriated.
“that piece of abject architectural s—hole rubbish should be demolished and compassionately repatriated.”
I would prefer that it be filled with concrete, with its originator inside (still breathing when inserted, or not, that makes no difference to me). Placard in front to read: “So will it be for all usurpers and demagogues”.
Sic Semper Tyrannis!!!
They can sue him, but I’m sure they would look bad.
Boom!
All marxists who make their hatred for our nation known should be immediately stripped of their US citizenship & put on a plane for China. You want marxism, you’ll have it! But you’ll never, ever again be a citizen of the US!
No, no, nevah, nevah, uh, uh, uh!!!
A little too close to home?
Yeah, if they don’t like getting molested and getting bed sores at the retirement home, they can simply find another retirement home.
Plenty of retirement homes in communist North Korea they can choose from. I hear those are like paradise, sunny weather, great food, shuffle board, large-screen TVs, swimming pools.
The exploitation is a real thing that really does happen.
Don’t come crying to me when you are being molested at the retirement home.
^ Just when you thought commies couldn’t get any dumber . . . ^
Don’t worry, there are laws and State advocacy groups that will take care that you don’t get Jimmmied down below. Government will take care of you in your government funded retirement home 🤣
The good “Professor” from one of the poison Ivy schools must check out the meaning of merit, because we live in a meritocracy.
btw, I found out recently that I am a white Christian nationalist. Guilty as charged.
These are not acceptable solutions. The problem persists for others.
“Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is a Professor in the Department of African-American Studies at Princeton University. She writes for the New Yorker.”
I staunchly support her right to freedom of speech and expression. However, this article is just looking at the trees.
If we look at the forest, the teaching staff (and probably the institutional support staff) are almost unanimously far left progressive racist, sexist, bigots who oppose, attack and dismiss anyone they feel are not of the same master mentorship beliefs they are. In other words, being a racist, sexist, bigot is acceptable and supports their deification motto “Dei Sub Numine Viget”- but only if BUT ONLY IF you are attacking those in the race, sex, identity classes you have identified them as and categorized them into.
Here’s the forest we’re really missing. Do you honestly think I am stupid enough to hire, trust, or rely on someone who waves the certificate of indoctrination you awarded from this new faction of the KKK style?
“African-American Studies?”
You mean she has absolutely nothing to do at work!!!
Sounds good.
If Prof. Tayler rejects the idea of loving a nation-state then we have to ask what is our nation state but the collected body of American citizens and our ideas and efforts, now and from the past? That means that the professor declines to honor Americans – including herself. Then the professor goes on to state “that borders are deadly, that borders kill people”. If she truly believes that, she should let the world know her address, that her doors are unlocked, and all are welcome any time without notice. That would put into practice her nation-state belief on a personal level. I hope that she does and lets us know how it works out for her.
Regarding those such as Mayor Mamdani calling for the state to control the means of production, consider the following comparison. In our current situation, the state does not control the means of production including the ability to voice one’s opinion. So the current governmental framework allows dissent and dissenting opinions.
Now consider the case where the Democratic Socialists control the means of production which would include production of paper for newspapers and books, as well as “content moderation” of social media. Now if some radical proposes capitalism, what would happen? It would not be allowed. We need to understand that the ownership of the means of production is inextricably linked to our freedoms (politically and economically).
Notably, Taylor suggested that only fools rally behind the flag or the notion of a nation-state.
Elizabeth Warren:
I’m endorsing Graham Platner for Senate in Maine. And here’s the reason why. Graham Platner is the real deal.
He might be a Nazi, but he’s our Nazi!
/s
Estovir,
You know it is bad when even Mamdani is calling for Platner to quit the race!
Dohrn was a professor of law despite her inability to get licensed in any state — New York in particular found that her terrorist past precluded meeting character and fitness requirements.
Who knew New York had standards?
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is what you get when you lean over so far backward that you pretend dumb people are actually smart. The lack of depth and rigour in this woman’s thoughts are astonishing. She reminds of where the Wizard in the Wizard of Oz movie tells the scarecrow that most people are really smart … they just have diplomas. She is barely qualified to work as a shift-manager at McDonalds.
Is she buddies with Ketanji? The other thing that people get when they bend over backwards to support this stupidity is their heads get stuck up their own rear ends.
Why are you condemning free speech on a free speech blog?
Uh oh…. I see a circular argument coming here.
No, it’s the usual air-head stuff about, if you criticize anything that means that you think there should be a law against that thing. One would have hoped a commie troll had an IQ above 60, but alas that does not appear possible.
OldManFromKS,
Agreed.
The same old troll with the same or similar low IQ comments.
And that troll is dropping turds by the hundreds above to stink the place up.
Thank you. Darren knows all about these continuing impertinent and impudent troll posts and he should BAN THEM FOR LIFE!
OMFK
🤣😵💫😎
No quarter
Maybe patriotism and loving your country is totally misunderstood by these mentally defective academics.
How do you explain how people can love their country and totally mistrust their compromised government?
Maybe, just maybe, to most people, the USA and its flag represent their greater community, We the People, not the US government.
As for these Leftist pseudointellectuals… f-em, with a pointed stick, they are an infection.
If capitalism allows managers and landlords to exploit workers and tenants, then this is a failure of capitalism.
Capitalism doesn’t allow or disallow anything.
If workers allow themselves to be exploited by a greed driven employer, get a new job.
If you don’t like the landlord or cost of the rent, find another apartment or dwelling or better yet go get a loan and buy your own house renting out rooms to offset costs.
. . . exploit workers and tenants . . .
By giving them pay in return for labor, or a place to live?
“Exploit” is communist lingo. Look for “expoit blah blah blah” or “social blah blah blah” and you know you’re dealing with a commie.
OldManFromKS,
Well said.
A worker enters into an agreement with an employer to trade labor for money.
If the employer is not a good one, the employee is free to quit and seek a job elsewhere.
The employee has the free will to do exactly that.
And if the minimum wage has been boosted, the chances of actually finding another job will be slimmer. So commies like Senator Murphy are not helping the workers.