Current Events > Professor fired for saying Texans deserved hurricane because of Trump

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Another radical sociology professor goes down for tweeting garbage.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/29/florida-professor-fired-after-suggesting-harvey-karma-texas/612335001/

The University of Tampa announced it has fired a professor who suggested in a tweet that Hurricane Harvey was "karma" for the state of Texas.

Angry conservative snowflakes

Yah, that's not cool.
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Good, sounds like that professor was an idiot.

EDIT: And of course he was a sociology professor.
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I was wondering when people would start saying bullshit like this. Glad they got fired.

Free speech, tho

but no, seriously, it's a dumb take on a number of levels.
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I mean I am all for bashing trump and his supporters but that's just a dumb thing to say.
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Not happy someone got fired, but others seemed to want a world where the dumb things you say can cost you your job so at least it seems fair.
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Antifar posted...

Free speech, tho

but no, seriously, it's a dumb take on a number of levels.

This is Florida. It went red. Hurricanes are a big threat to Florida. The tweet was especially insensitive.

good. I hope he lost his pension for that.
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Liberals destroying people's livelihoods over differences in opinions, I swear.
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Yes because not only do the trump voters deserve to die but also the 48% who didn't vote for him somehow deserve it too.

Fuckin dumbass
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hockeybub89 posted...

Liberals destroying people's livelihoods over differences in opinions, I swear.

Cleaely dont know what youre talking about.

--kresnik-- posted...

good. I hope he lost his pension for that.

This is going too far. Getting fired is fair and appropriate.
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Fuck that guy. People are suffering. It's not the time to be an asshole.
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Houston voted Hillary, no?
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AlternativeFAQS posted...

Angry conservative snowflakes

You think people deserve to die because of this?
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glitteringfairy posted...

AlternativeFAQS posted...

Angry conservative snowflakes

You think people deserve to die because of this?

That's Mr. Lightbulb. He's angry and can't ever articulate it intelligently, so you know he didn't put any thought into that comment.
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How does that even make sense? Houston is pretty liberal.
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Good

Just as stupid as religion blaming sinners
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The Admiral posted...

glitteringfairy posted...

AlternativeFAQS posted...

Angry conservative snowflakes

You think people deserve to die because of this?

That's Mr. Lightbulb. He's angry and can't ever articulate it intelligently, so you know he didn't put any thought into that comment.

Shame on you for intentionally misreading something just to get triggered.
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asdf8562 posted...

hockeybub89 posted...

Liberals destroying people's livelihoods over differences in opinions, I swear.

Cleaely dont know what youre talking about.

What? Just because people say terribly offensive things doesn't mean employers have a right to distance themselves and society has a right to judge them as pieces of shit. Muh freedom of speech.
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hockeybub89 posted...

asdf8562 posted...

hockeybub89 posted...

Liberals destroying people's livelihoods over differences in opinions, I swear.

Cleaely dont know what youre talking about.

What? Just because people say terribly offensive things doesn't mean employers have a right to distance themselves and society has a right to judge them as pieces of shit. Muh freedom of speech.

And this relates to liberals... how?
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lightwarrior78 posted...

Not happy someone got fired, but others seemed to want a world where the dumb things you say can cost you your job so at least it seems fair.

This. I see no reason for firing people for having differing or even dumb opinions. It will turn the world into a reddit-style circle jerk, where only one opinion is acceptable.

But this hurricane will probably effect TONS of black people wtf
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kingjeremy posted...

lightwarrior78 posted...

Not happy someone got fired, but others seemed to want a world where the dumb things you say can cost you your job so at least it seems fair.

This. I see no reason for firing people for having differing or even dumb opinions. It will turn the world into a reddit-style circle jerk, where only one opinion is acceptable.

Do you want freedom of speech or people to say things without consequence? You can't get both.
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AlternativeFAQS posted...

Angry conservative snowflakes

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That is a really stupid thing to say.
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kingjeremy posted...

lightwarrior78 posted...

Not happy someone got fired, but others seemed to want a world where the dumb things you say can cost you your job so at least it seems fair.

This. I see no reason for firing people for having differing or even dumb opinions. It will turn the world into a reddit-style circle jerk, where only one opinion is acceptable.

There is a way you can have dumb opinions and not get fired for it: don't say that shit to the entire world on the internet. At least not under your real name. That's how people did it in the past--they'd save those conversations until their friends were over at their house, or they'd say the most idiotic stuff during private phone conversations with people that agreed with their insanity.

But now, you get on Facebook or Twitter with your real name and start shouting stupid stuff and embarrassing your employers? Too bad.
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hockeybub89 posted...

kingjeremy posted...

lightwarrior78 posted...

Not happy someone got fired, but others seemed to want a world where the dumb things you say can cost you your job so at least it seems fair.

This. I see no reason for firing people for having differing or even dumb opinions. It will turn the world into a reddit-style circle jerk, where only one opinion is acceptable.

Do you want freedom of speech or people to say things without consequence? You can't get both.

We want freedom of speech and think current actions have been excessive. It's just fun to note the karma.
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Here's what he looks like.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/29/florida-professor-who-tweeted-texans-deserved-harvey-for-supporting-trump-is-relieved-teaching-duties.html

Good. We need to purge our universities of human garbage like this.

lol nice, what a dumbass
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Ammonitida posted...

Here's what he looks like.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/29/florida-professor-who-tweeted-texans-deserved-harvey-for-supporting-trump-is-relieved-teaching-duties.html

He definitely looks like the type of person who would be from florida
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Every time i read stuff like that as I sit smack dab in the middle of houston, i just am baffled. Even ignoring the obvious idiocy of the message, it isn't even accurate.

Houston is the main area being fucked by all this flooding and it's a blue city.
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_Raich_ posted...

Every time i read stuff like that as I sit smack dab in the middle of houston, i just am baffled. Even ignoring the obvious idiocy of the message, it isn't even accurate.

Houston is the main area being fucked by all this flooding and it's a blue city.

Yeah this kind of crap is frustrating because it's multi-layered idiocy. There's a lot wrong with it.
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>being glad that someone got fired for voicing their opinion
Don't be like the regressive left.
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EverDownward posted...

>being glad that someone got fired for voicing their opinion

Taunting the victims of a hurricane is not the same as voicing one's opinion.
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What a dumbass. A professor? They must have low standards for 'professors' these days. No wonder why America's youths are so dumb.

He has no right to teach anyone about sociology when you make such a stupid comment.
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EverDownward posted...

>being glad that someone got fired for voicing their opinion
Don't be like the regressive left.

There was no opinion being shared here, just a taunt aimed at hurricane victims.
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The Admiral posted...

Good

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Once again, the new left is the old right.
Twenty years ago, this would have been Jerry Falwell blaming some-odd disaster on homosexuals or something. I seem to recall that actually happening more than once.

I've seen several comments like this.

The insane thing is Houston is literally liberal.

They're literally happy that a liberal city that literally didn't vote for Trump is literally being destroyed.

Just wow.
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LOL at the sociopaths depending this professor.

What a fucking dumbass
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Annihilated posted...

LOL at the sociopaths depending this professor.

I know right? You post stupid shit on social media, you get into trouble. It's this dickhead's own fault. Defending him is like defending those nazis that got fired after the protest. LOL indeed.
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That_Happened posted...

Taunting the victims of a hurricane is not the same as voicing one's opinion.

I is smart posted...

There was no opinion being shared here, just a taunt aimed at hurricane victims.

Except it's still his opinion, no matter how crude or asinine it might be. If conservatives and the alt-right are going to throw shade at SJWs and the far left for shutting down peoples' opinions then you should be the bigger person and not stoop to their level.
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EverDownward posted...

Except it's still his opinion, no matter how crude or asinine it might be. If conservatives and the alt-right are going to throw shade at SJWs and the far left for shutting down peoples' opinions then you should be the bigger person and not stoop to their level.

The university shut him down. They couldn't bare having someone this stupid teaching at their school.
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...

EverDownward posted...

Except it's still his opinion, no matter how crude or asinine it might be. If conservatives and the alt-right are going to throw shade at SJWs and the far left for shutting down peoples' opinions then you should be the bigger person and not stoop to their level.

The university shut him down. They couldn't bare having someone this stupid teaching at their school.

If it's a public university, the guy may have a case though.

EverDownward posted...

Except it's still his opinion, no matter how crude or asinine it might be.

If you were in front of your job (assuming you have one) and screaming at the top of your lungs about how the hurricane was punishment to Texans for voting for Trump...or really if you were in front of your job acting like an idiot in any manner, would you somehow not expect to be fired?
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