Cohen emphasized that De Genova had not originally been invited to speak. He was replacing Kimberle Crenshaw, a law professor who dropped out because of a medical emergency.Most damning is that even Eric Foner, another professor who spoke against de Genova's comments at the time, defends the fact that only antiwar views were represented.
"At the last minute someone couldn't speak, and he just kind of appeared," Cohen said. "... He ended up on that platform by accident, almost by manipulation." Cohen said that as soon as it was clear that there was an opening in the program, De Genova was "right there, all ready with his speech--which makes me suspicious. It's bad luck that there was an opening, but he was all too ready," she said.
Erin has comments on and links to other campus teach-ins which purport to present a dialogue but stack the deck on their panels and speaker rosters.
UPDATE: De Genova is skipping his classes because he is afraid for his life. Sounds like projection to me.
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