By now I’m sure you all heard of the professor of law at Suffolk University Law School saying that “it is shameful that it is perceived as legitimate to solicit in an academic institution for support for men and women who have gone overseas to kill other human beings.”

The comment was made in an email in response to a campus effort to collect items for care packages for troops in combat zones.

One would think that someone teaching at a law school would be smart enough to understand reality, but our liberal teachers of higher education seem to be lacking any understanding of how the military works. We go where the country sends us and have no choice in the matter. In spite of that fact, Professor Michael Avery thinks that any compassion for troops in combat is “not particularly rational in today’s world.”

So, exactly when would being sympathetic to troops be “rational,” Michael?

It’s clear that Michael Avery is not just a troop hater, but an America hater. He even complained about a large United States flag hanging in the atrium of the university, saying it is “not a politically neutral act.”

These people are teaching our children, folks. If I were paying nearly six figures to send one of my children to this school, you better believe it wouldn’t be for long. Michael Avery is free to have those opinion. I will never support any policy that requires him to apologize or bars him from making these kinds of statements. But, those kinds of statements would definitely affect where I choose to spend my hard-earned money, for sure.

Soldiers’ Angels, one of the leading non-profit organizations sending “shameful” care packages to troops, has released an open letter to Michael Avery:

Dear Professor Avery,

We at Soldiers’ Angels highly believe in the value of higher education, and we respect teachers for their efforts to mold the minds and characters of young adults. We also believe in and value freedom of speech and the ability of those teachers to share their opinions, as freedom of speech is one of those Constitutional freedoms that soldiers swear to defend and protect.

With the above in mind, we are taking the strongest possible stand AGAINST your recent writings on the subject of American soldiers. Calling the American military “murderers” and trying to discourage American volunteers from sending supplies to encourage their deployed troops borders on treason–to damage morale and stop needed care packages from going to the “boots on the ground” is tantamount to aiding and abetting the enemy they are fighting.

On a daily basis, Soldiers’ Angels hears from deployed service members under tremendous strain whose hearts and minds are soothed by receiving packages and letters from Americans who see them as individuals separate from the policy decisions they are required to enforce as instruments of war. To encourage someone to remove that support makes a political statement at the expense of very young, individual, upstanding Americans who are simply doing a lawful job.

Soldiers’ Angels will not stand idly by as individual soldiers are used as pawns in a political argument, torn down and attacked for simple political or personal gain. What is “shameful” is not that care packages are sent to service members who volunteered, but that brilliant minds apparently don’t understand that America’s military provides security and safety, saving far more lives than are taken. It is “shameful” that something as uninformed as your email is given validity in any quarter. Service members pride themselves in being part of the greater good and entering into the most valued of contracts, a social contract with the citizens of the United States; A gesture of support for these volunteers is not shameful, but is touching and inspiring, a much-needed motivator to continue to serve most honorably.

We hope from our hearts that you will point your politics at the political leaders themselves and not the people who are just doing their sworn duty. We strenuously request you retract your statements and help us to support those who have taken oaths to defend the Constitution and are honoring the vows they have made in following the lawful orders of their Commander in Chief.

Sincerely,

Patti Patton-Bader, Founder and CEO
Toby J Nunn, Executive Officer
Soldiers’ Angels

angels@soldiersangels.org

If you’d like to prove Michael Avery wrong and support Soldiers’ Angels, please text “Soldiers” to 20222 and $5 will be donated to them automatically from your phone bill. Or you can visit their website to learn about other ways to donate.