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Houston 07/23/20 9:49:30 PM #1: |
Do you think his tweets should have been considered controversial?
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Adams was found dead and alone in his home during a welfare check at about 2 p.m., Jerry Brewer, a public information officer with the sheriff's department, told CNN. The investigation into his death is ongoing, Brewer said. Adams' death comes less than a month after the university announced that he would retire following campus uproar over his tweets." "Adams, a former professor of criminology at UNCW, and author of "Feminists Say the Darndest Things: A Politically Incorrect Professor Confronts 'Womyn' on Campus," was set to retire August 1, Chancellor Jose V. Sartarelli said in a statement posted on the university's website. "Over the past several weeks, many of you have inquired about the status of a UNCW faculty member, Dr. Mike Adams, in light of the public attention generated by comments he made on his personal social media channels," Sartarelli said. "We can now share the update that after a discussion with Chancellor Sartarelli, Dr. Adams has decided to retire from UNCW, effective August 1, 2020." "As part of his retirement, Adams received $504,702 from the university for lost salary and lost retirement benefits, Spectrum News 1 reported." The "controversial" tweets: "This evening I ate pizza and drank beer with six guys at a six seat table top. I almost felt like a free man who was not living in the slave state of North Carolina. Massa Cooper, let my people go!" he tweeted on May 29." "Another tweet from Adams, on May 28, read: "Don't shut down the universities. Shut down the non essential majors. Like Women's Studies." https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/23/us/mike-adams-dead-university-of-north-carolina-wilmington-tweets/index.html --- "Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory." - Dr Seuss ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KaZooo 07/23/20 9:55:43 PM #2: |
He realized he was a part of the problem
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mech dragon 07/23/20 9:59:02 PM #3: |
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008Zulu 07/23/20 10:00:39 PM #4: |
How'd he die?
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UnfairRepresent 07/23/20 10:00:47 PM #5: |
I don't get this attitude of "I have free right to say whatever I want, therefore it's wrong for my employer to fire me for it."
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Herodopus 07/23/20 10:02:58 PM #6: |
Jesus Christ at that first tweet especially
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Houston 07/23/20 10:16:39 PM #7: |
008Zulu posted...
How'd he die? Still under investigation. He was in his late 50s, so very well could be natural causes, though somewhat rare without any other pre existing conditions (of which we may not be aware of) --- "Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory." - Dr Seuss ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Houston 07/23/20 10:17:49 PM #8: |
UnfairRepresent posted...
I don't get this attitude of "I have free right to say whatever I want, therefore it's wrong for my employer to fire me for it." For Universities, it's a bit different, particularly for tenured professors. Notice how he resigned willingly (though obviously immense pressure was added) and they gave him $500,000. He probably could have fought it if he refused to retire early. --- "Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory." - Dr Seuss ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Guide 07/23/20 10:19:22 PM #9: |
Drinking beer and eating pizza with any regularity at that age, it probably wasn't suicide.
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ASithLord7 07/23/20 10:21:44 PM #10: |
>Criminology
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Doom_Art 07/23/20 10:34:46 PM #12: |
Oh well
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008Zulu 07/23/20 10:42:21 PM #13: |
Houston posted...
Still under investigation. He was in his late 50s, so very well could be natural causes, though somewhat rare without any other pre existing conditions (of which we may not be aware of)It did cite that they performing a welfare check, so probably old age then. --- If you protest, it's because you feel your voice isn't being heard. If you riot, it's because you feel your voice is being ignored. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Kelystic 07/23/20 10:45:16 PM #14: |
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Poop2 07/23/20 10:46:56 PM #15: |
is there evidence of foul play?
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Herodopus 07/23/20 10:49:48 PM #16: |
Kelystic posted...
any context about his first tweet for non Mericans?He was using mock slave speak ... Copied to Clipboard!
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josiskrazy 07/23/20 10:52:27 PM #17: |
008Zulu posted...
How'd he die? Likely from cov19 --- My SUIKODEN collection http://imgur.com/gallery/ztyT1 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Houston 07/24/20 9:07:27 AM #18: |
So far, 57% of CE thinks either it's ridiculous what he said was controversial, or that it wasn't offensive enough to have him pressured to be fired
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legendary_zell 07/24/20 9:34:00 AM #19: |
It's unfortunate that he died, he missed out on the chance to become a better person and didn't get to live a full life, plus he likely left family that loved him behind.
That said, the stuff he posted was more fit for a CE conservatroll than for a UNC Professor. --- I gotta be righteous, I gotta be me, I gotta be conscious, I gotta be free, I gotta be able, I gotta attack, I gotta be stable, I gotta be black. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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philsov 07/24/20 9:39:42 AM #21: |
pressure to resign Or rescind. "Massa" is not a good look. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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BeyondWalls 07/24/20 10:28:51 AM #22: |
Houston posted...
So far, 57% of CE thinks either it's ridiculous what he said was controversial, or that it wasn't offensive enough to have him pressured to be firedIm not defending what he said, but you hear this joke A LOT in North Carolina. The massa joke gets thrown around all the time, half the time by black people. (Is this like the N word, where its ok for black people to do it and then white people do it to be cool?) This was an opportunity to have a greater conversation about that joke, but nobody wants to do that. Better to just fire him and pretend he was never here. --- END OF LINE ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheOrgyPorgy 07/24/20 10:33:33 AM #23: |
I misunderstood at first because I thought Massa Cooper was somebody's name
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Shablagoo 07/24/20 10:38:37 AM #24: |
Regardless of the Tweets, $500k to resign seems like a good ass deal to me.
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Machete 07/25/20 5:45:09 AM #25: |
was going to make a topic about this but searched first to see if anyone already did, so saved myself the trouble. It's too bad he didn't change his detestable perspectives while he was still alive :(
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SocksForWokMAX2 07/25/20 5:46:33 AM #26: |
He was a hero...
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