The comments printed and distributed about Professor Kamalipour are outrageous and disturbing. While the First Amendment protects our rights to speak freely; it does not give anyone the right to bully and spread lies about another. I am very sorry that Dr. Kamalipour has fallen victim to a coward who appears to enjoy inflicting pain on others. Yahya, you have the support of many , even those who remain silent due to fear of retaliation. I applaud your courage and have known you as a peaceful and well-respected colleague.

Professor Kamalipour is a consumate professional, who lives kindness and integrity, as demonstrated in his work and relationships at Purdue University Calumet. The "shock value" nonsense spewed by Eisenstein, both in the past, and now toward his latest target, is unfounded and borders on instability. As a former employee and student of PUC, this latest round of Eisenstein escapades has gone far beyond mere freedom of speech. I certainly hope PUC decides to act this time and stop the clown act of which Eisenstein seems to be so very fond. Best to Yahya. Cynthia Huntoon, M.S. Ed.

I have know Professor Yahya Kamalipour for over 12 years. I have worked closely with him and participated in conferences that he has organized. I know him to be an inclusive humanitarian with core values of peace, tolerance, justice and global harmony. Attacks on him by Maurice Eisenstein are scurrilous and baseless. That Professor Kamalipour must endure these false charges and constant harassment is completely outrageous and antithetical to the civil society he is working so hard to achieve. He deserves the support of all of us who believe in civil discourse. Howard Cohen, Interim President, SUNY Buffalo State

Professor Yahya Kamalipour is a good friend of mine and also a respectable scholar who has diligently promoted cross-cultural understandings and global communication for years. I feel sorry to see such unfair attack on Professor Yahya Kamalipour's personal and professional integrity. The fierce, discriminatory, and baseless accusations are certainly discouraging and unwanted. Again, I feel sorry to see this, especially in academia and in this global village.

I met prof. Kamalipour at the inaugural conference of Global Communications Association in Shanghai in 2009. I still remember how he welcomed me. I was very nervous because it was first time for me to participate in an international conference. After the conference, when I met him at the hotel lobby, he offered me to have a beer together. He taught me a lot of his experience as an international student and a naturalized citizen of the United States. His talk was very impressive and encouraging me because I was also an foreign born professor in Japan. I can't believe such a generous person has been under a personal attack.

After graduation in the early 90's, I've kept in touch with Dr. Kamalipour and met on occasion when I was able to make it back to the Region. While unsure of the allegations being waged against him, I have never experienced the least bit of 'hate' or discontent for any group either directly or inferred from our conversations.

Hate speech is an awful thing and should never be tolerated. I am very sorry to hear about Professor Kamalipour and believe that everyone needs to take a stand for the good of this man as well as the countless others who have been victims of hate speech.

I have known professor Kamalipour for years first as President of Global Communication Association, head of the Department of Communication and Creative Ats, Director of the Center for Global Studies at Purdue University Calumet and then as Peace Ambassador who actively participated in the 8-th International Conference "Communicating through the Universe" held in April 24-26, 2014 in Russia. His trip to Russia was long and tiring, but still the idea of the Conference contribution was above those facts. For all the Conference participants representing different countries and cultures Professor Kamalipour has become an advocate for global understanding through communication. His greeting speech to the Conference participants was topical and symbolic to some extent due to current interntional situation. I have no doubt that all the accusations made against him are completely false. That is the reason I kindly request the Purdue Univerity administration to take the necessary steps to restore the positive image and reputation of Professor Kamalipour. Russian Association of Global Communication President, Professor Greidina