Sally Jacobsen, a longtime professor in NKU's literature and language department, said the display was dismantled by about nine students in one of her graduate-level classes.

"I did, outside of class during the break, invite students to express their freedom-of-speech rights to destroy the display if they wished to," Jacobsen said.

Asked whether she participated in pulling up the crosses, the professor said, "I have no comment."

She said she was infuriated by the display, which she saw as intimidating and a "slap in the face" to women who might be making "the agonizing and very private decision to have an abortion."

One wonders why the indignant professor has no comment considering that she appears in the photo to the right, caught in the act of exercising her "freedmom-of-speech". This type of attack is what some abortion extremists resort to when the intellectual force of their arguments fail. The fallacy is called argumentum ad baculum (appeal to force). Hyscience readers will appreciate the correlation to Islamic extremists, who attempt to destroy those who disagree or refuse to join their cause.

And, Jacobsen has admitted the attack on the display was violent but justified:

"Any violence perpetrated against that silly display was minor compared to how I felt when I saw it. Some of my students felt the same way, just outraged," Jacobsen said.

Ironically, it looks like Jacobsen spoke at a conference in 2003 titled "Moral Education in a Diverse Society". Her session was Teaching Civic Responsibility in Women's Studies.

It looks like the only thing Jacobsen needs to do to complete her descent into complete Dhimmitude is claim her opponents are Nazi's and her actions are similar to standing up for holocaust victims. But wait, she does this too!

The Northerner reports that the Right to Life group is planning on pressing charges:

The group has decided to press charges against those responsible.

"We called the police and told them that we decided to press charges," said Julie Broering, treasurer for the group. The members reached their decision after a day-long deliberation.

This is not the first time crosses have been pulled down and destroyed. In fact, Michelle Malkin is developing quite a list of similar incidences and also notes the relevance of Ramesh Ponnuru's book The Party of Death: The Assault on the Sanctity of Life.

See LifeNews for more information.

Photo from the Northerner - Dr. Sally Jacobsen tears the "Cemetery of Innocents" sign on Wednesday evening.

Source: ProLifeBlogs

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Here's more:

Northern Kentucky University officials are working on a statement to faculty and students regarding this week's destruction of an anti-abortion display on campus.

Sally Jacobsen, an English professor scheduled to retire in a few weeks, said she invited students to destroy the display of 400 crosses representing aborted fetuses. It was erected by a student Right to Life group last weekend and was to be taken down today.

Campus police are investigating the vandalism, which occurred about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in front of University Center. About 10 students were involved, witnesses said.

Jacobsen declined to comment on whether she participated.

If Jacobsen is so proud of the fact that she encouraged students to destroy the Right to Life display, why won't she simply state the obvious about her participation?