Jackass needs to be fired
Kansas professor placed on administrative leave after controversial tweet | fox4kc.com
Kansas professor placed on administrative leave after controversial tweet | fox4kc.com
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It's in everyone's best interest for professors to be able to say nearly anything without repercussions from government actors (which a public university is). Free speech is an important principle, but free speech in such a setting is especially important, as restricting it teaches the next generation that free thought and free debate isn't as important as everyone not having their precious feelings hurt.
He should be shunned, ridiculed, and derided by all. If this means nobody wants to take his classes, that's something the University should deal with. But in the mean time he shouldn't suffer government retaliation.
Jackass needs to be fired
Kansas professor placed on administrative leave after controversial tweet | fox4kc.com
Did you read the statement? He is basically saying that the children of the NRA should be murdered by the next mass murderer. Replace NRA with Obama and see what happens. Bit of a double standard here. And he is bordering on threatening, which is most definitely NOT protected speech.
If a public university can fire him for this, it means a university could also fire a professor for making a pro 2A statement; anti-abortion tweet; etc.
If this is upheld, a logical next step would be requiring public employees to conform to the "official position" when making any comments as private citizens regarding any issue of political controversy.
If a public university can fire him for this, it means a university could also fire a professor for making a pro 2A statement; anti-abortion tweet; etc.
If this is upheld, a logical next step would be requiring public employees to conform to the "official position" when making any comments as private citizens regarding any issue of political controversy.
"Not fit to teach?" Really? We know nothing about how this guy teaches, only about how he tweets. Besides, it's a college; the market decides who's fit to teach, as students can vote with their feet both coming and going. If what this guy did is truly an outrage, nobody will take his classes anymore; if people still do, then clearly what he tweeted was no biggie.
I've read far, far more inflammatory comments in a dozen other formats, from all sorts of people who didn't lose their jobs. What this guy tweeted is just as protected as any other free speech, and the university is shooting itself in the foot by allowing itself to be used as the government's thought police. Public universities walk a fine line on matters like this, and in this case they'd have been better off standing up for free speech IMO.
"Not fit to teach?" Really? We know nothing about how this guy teaches, only about how he tweets. Besides, it's a college; the market decides who's fit to teach, as students can vote with their feet both coming and going. If what this guy did is truly an outrage, nobody will take his classes anymore; if people still do, then clearly what he tweeted was no biggie.
I've read far, far more inflammatory comments in a dozen other formats, from all sorts of people who didn't lose their jobs. What this guy tweeted is just as protected as any other free speech, and the university is shooting itself in the foot by allowing itself to be used as the government's thought police. Public universities walk a fine line on matters like this, and in this case they'd have been better off standing up for free speech IMO.
can't be... Kansas is a right wing utopia full of patriots and wheel guns. Only New England is shit.
/impersonation of half this board
Try publicly posting the same statement wishing harm on (insert name of minority group here) and see how long your employed at any job.