Current Events > University of Alabama professor quits due to DEI "push"

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SocialistGamer 01/27/23 4:49:21 PM #1:	https://twitter.com/MatthewWielicki/status/1617559849650511879?s=20&t=tSU6vnlYknr5BSWtaQ650A --- Capcom is the best developer ever! Steam ID: SocialistGamer92 <cite>SocialistGamer posted [p:971139295] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>https://twitter.com/MatthewWielicki/status/1617559849650511879?s=20&t=tSU6vnlYknr5BSWtaQ650A</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 01/27/23 4:51:14 PM #2:	I will continue to objectively review the current state of the science and provide my expert opinions through social media and a future podcast and book (hopefully, coming soon). found the angle ...I don't even know what "DEI" is. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:971139349] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote><quote>I will continue to objectively review the current state of the science and provide my expert opinions through social media and a future podcast and book (hopefully, coming soon).</quote>found the angle...I don't even know what "DEI" is.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Were_Wyrm 01/27/23 4:51:28 PM #3:	Dale Earnhardt Incorporated? --- I was a God, Valeria. I found it...beneath me. - Dr. Doom https://i.imgur.com/0EJvC4l.jpg <cite>Were_Wyrm posted [p:971139353] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>Dale Earnhardt Incorporated? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A_Good_Boy 01/27/23 4:52:40 PM #4:	Questionmarktarius posted... found the angle ...I don't even know what "DEI" is. Diversity, Ethics, & Inclusion --- Who is? I am! <cite>A_Good_Boy posted [p:971139381] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite><quote>found the angle...I don't even know what "DEI" is.</quote>Diversity, Ethics, & Inclusion </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
radical_rhino 01/27/23 4:52:45 PM #5:	Sounds like a maga chump. Although he probably has a few good points because universities do have trash administrators. --- .____ [____]===0 . . . . Ye olde beating stick. <cite>radical_rhino posted [p:971139382] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>Sounds like a maga chump. Although he probably has a few good points because universities do have trash administrators. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkBuster22904 01/27/23 4:53:29 PM #6:	He actually spends most of that rant going on and on about how apparently the Earth Sciences community is "refusing to speak out about the false climate emergency narrative." So he manages to be wrong on multiple fronts. Whoever took one of his classes deserves a refund --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 <cite>DarkBuster22904 posted [p:971139401] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>He actually spends most of that rant going on and on about how apparently the Earth Sciences community is "refusing to speak out about the false climate emergency narrative."So he manages to be wrong on multiple fronts. Whoever took one of his classes deserves a refund</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Damn_Underscore 01/27/23 4:53:49 PM #7:	Why do people post long messages on twitter like this --- ...to make my way in the world as a music man <cite>Damn_Underscore posted [p:971139406] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>Why do people post long messages on twitter like this</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VampireCoyote 01/27/23 4:54:04 PM #8:	bye Felicia --- She/her <cite>VampireCoyote posted [p:971139409] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>bye Felicia</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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thronedfire2 01/27/23 4:55:35 PM #10:	DarkBuster22904 posted... He actually spends most of that rant going on and on about how apparently the Earth Sciences community is "refusing to speak out about the false climate emergency narrative." So he manages to be wrong on multiple fronts. Whoever took one of his classes deserves a refund yeah I was about to say the school is probably better off without him --- I could see you, but I couldn't hear you You were holding your hat in the breeze Turning away from me In this moment you were stolen... <cite>thronedfire2 posted [p:971139448] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>DarkBuster22904 posted... </cite><quote>He actually spends most of that rant going on and on about how apparently the Earth Sciences community is "refusing to speak out about the false climate emergency narrative."So he manages to be wrong on multiple fronts. Whoever took one of his classes deserves a refund</quote>yeah I was about to say the school is probably better off without him</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CableZL 01/27/23 4:56:23 PM #12:	Sounds like the university is better off without him, imo. --- https://i.imgtc.com/d9Fc4Qq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/BKHTxYq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/vYYIuDx.jpg <cite>CableZL posted [p:971139466] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>Sounds like the university is better off without him, imo. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A_Good_Boy 01/27/23 4:57:16 PM #13:	Why I am leaving the University of Alabama: Some internet sleuths have discovered that I will be leaving my faculty position in the Department of Geological Sciences after this semester so I thought I should tell you why. As with most large decisions, the reasons... ...are mainly personal. COVID made me realize that we were really far from our families in CA and the travel on our elderly parents was taking a toll. The result was that our children were not seeing their grandparents very often. As a Polish immigrant I know what it's like... ...to live far from family and I started to resent myself for choosing my career over my family's time together. Furthermore, over the last decade or so, but especially the last few years, the obsession with universities and grant-funding institutions... ...on immutable characteristics of faculty and students and the push for equity in science above all else has dramatically changed the profession of an academic professor. The rise of illiberalism in the name of DEI is the antithesis of the principles that universities... ...were founded on. These are no longer places that embrace the freedom of exchanging ideas and will punish those that go against the narrative. Although I had worked from an early age to earn a Ph.D. and become a professor, like my father, I feel the profession... ...is no longer worthy of my efforts. Contributing to this is the earth science communities silence on the false "climate emergency" narrative. Members of the community routinely discuss the mental health effects of climate catastrophism but dare not speak out... ...lest they lose their positions and research funds. I will continue to objectively review the current state of the science and provide my expert opinions through social media and a future podcast and book (hopefully, coming soon). I appreciate all of the support I have... ...received from followers here and members within the community (who shall remain nameless). If you live in CO get ready for the Wielicki Whirlwind! Excited about this new chapter in my life. #climate #Wokeness Just want to say thank you for the out pouring of support. Dude seems like a chud. --- Who is? I am! <cite>A_Good_Boy posted [p:971139492] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote><quote>Why I am leaving the University of Alabama:Some internet sleuths have discovered that I will be leaving my faculty position in the Department of Geological Sciences after this semester so I thought I should tell you why. As with most large decisions, the reasons......are mainly personal. COVID made me realize that we were really far from our families in CA and the travel on our elderly parents was taking a toll. The result was that our children were not seeing their grandparents very often. As a Polish immigrant I know what it's like......to live far from family and I started to resent myself for choosing my career over my family's time together. Furthermore, over the last decade or so, but especially the last few years, the obsession with universities and grant-funding institutions......on immutable characteristics of faculty and students and the push for equity in science above all else has dramatically changed the profession of an academic professor. The rise of illiberalism in the name of DEI is the antithesis of the principles that universities......were founded on. These are no longer places that embrace the freedom of exchanging ideas and will punish those that go against the narrative. Although I had worked from an early age to earn a Ph.D. and become a professor, like my father, I feel the profession......is no longer worthy of my efforts. Contributing to this is the earth science communities silence on the false "climate emergency" narrative. Members of the community routinely discuss the mental health effects of climate catastrophism but dare not speak out......lest they lose their positions and research funds. I will continue to objectively review the current state of the science and provide my expert opinions through social media and a future podcast and book (hopefully, coming soon). I appreciate all of the support I have......received from followers here and members within the community (who shall remain nameless). If you live in CO get ready for the Wielicki Whirlwind! Excited about this new chapter in my life. #climate #WokenessJust want to say thank you for the out pouring of support. </quote>Dude seems like a chud. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkBuster22904 01/27/23 4:58:38 PM #14:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] Jesus christ. I can only imagine what one of his classes was like. It'd be like taking a paleontology course, where every lecture was the prof reading the Bible and using Numerology to "prove" dinosaurs weren't real. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 <cite>DarkBuster22904 posted [p:971139522] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> Jesus christ. I can only imagine what one of his classes was like.It'd be like taking a paleontology course, where every lecture was the prof reading the Bible and using Numerology to "prove" dinosaurs weren't real.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MedeaLysistrata 01/27/23 5:02:32 PM #16:	They should simply divide the universities into two Where does that leave us now... --- Please join the 100 Presidents community board and contribute to the project! Check back for updates! https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1568-100-presidents <cite>MedeaLysistrata posted [p:971139619] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>They should simply divide the universities into twoWhere does that leave us now...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Holy_Cloud105 01/27/23 5:07:40 PM #18:	I read some of the replies and he kind of starts to out himself as a white supremacist against the "woke" mob as you read on. --- Currently Playing: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Replaying: The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC <cite>Holy_Cloud105 posted [p:971139741] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>I read some of the replies and he kind of starts to out himself as a white supremacist against the "woke" mob as you read on.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
COVxy 01/27/23 5:10:08 PM #19:	White guy doesn't like the idea of equity and doesn't believe in climate change, more at 11. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] <cite>COVxy posted [p:971139803] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>White guy doesn't like the idea of equity and doesn't believe in climate change, more at 11.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AloneIBreak 01/27/23 5:11:42 PM #20:	A_Good_Boy posted... Diversity, Ethics, & Inclusion Equity --- "If a society can in all conscience permit the cruel treatment of any man, ultimately it will allow it for all." -Bertrand Russell <cite>AloneIBreak posted [p:971139834] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>A_Good_Boy posted... </cite><quote>Diversity, Ethics, & Inclusion</quote>Equity </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 01/27/23 5:11:45 PM #21:	Damn_Underscore posted... Why do people post long messages on twitter like this to sell books and make money --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! http://i.imgur.com/yPw05Ob.png <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:971139835] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>Damn_Underscore posted... </cite><quote>Why do people post long messages on twitter like this</quote>to sell books and make money </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 01/27/23 5:19:09 PM #22:	AloneIBreak posted... Equity oh no. The great flaw in this, is that it assumes that mandating the desired end-state will somehow magically solve the problems that prevented that end-state from happening on its own. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:971140027] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>AloneIBreak posted... </cite><quote>Equity</quote>oh no.The great flaw in this, is that it assumes that mandating the desired end-state will somehow magically solve the problems that prevented that end-state from happening on its own.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
COVxy 01/27/23 5:28:15 PM #23:	Questionmarktarius posted... oh no. The great flaw in this, is that it assumes that mandating the desired end-state will somehow magically solve the problems that prevented that end-state from happening on its own. You've made a wrong turn if your response to the word equity is "oh no". The rest of your post assumes quotas, instead of what universities and institutions usually implement which are outreach/training/funding programs to give opportunities to those would would otherwise not have them. Presumably because you've been saturated by the libertarian rhetoric you surround yourself with. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] <cite>COVxy posted [p:971140261] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite><quote>oh no.The great flaw in this, is that it assumes that mandating the desired end-state will somehow magically solve the problems that prevented that end-state from happening on its own.</quote>You've made a wrong turn if your response to the word equity is "oh no".The rest of your post assumes quotas, instead of what universities and institutions usually implement which are outreach/training/funding programs to give opportunities to those would would otherwise not have them. Presumably because you've been saturated by the libertarian rhetoric you surround yourself with.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IMNOTRAGED 01/27/23 5:32:25 PM #24:	Glad this dumb motherfucker is no longer associated with my alma mater --- http://i.imgur.com/kkm3QaD.jpg "Be ruthless with systems; be kind to people." <cite>IMNOTRAGED posted [p:971140386] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>Glad this dumb motherfucker is no longer associated with my alma mater</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 01/27/23 5:43:59 PM #25:	COVxy posted... You've made a wrong turn if your response to the word equity is "oh no". Equity without solving equality first, just undermines what equality you already have. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:971140630] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>COVxy posted... </cite><quote>You've made a wrong turn if your response to the word equity is "oh no".</quote>Equity without solving equality first, just undermines what equality you already have.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
COVxy 01/27/23 5:45:09 PM #26:	Questionmarktarius posted... Equity without solving equality first, just undermines what equality you already have. Did you read the rest of my post? --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] <cite>COVxy posted [p:971140658] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite><quote>Equity without solving equality first, just undermines what equality you already have.</quote>Did you read the rest of my post?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 01/27/23 5:46:03 PM #27:	COVxy posted... Did you read the rest of my post? Yes. I may be a pedantic ass, but I'm not illiterate. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:971140673] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>COVxy posted... </cite><quote>Did you read the rest of my post?</quote>Yes. I may be a pedantic ass, but I'm not illiterate.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AloneIBreak 01/27/23 5:46:34 PM #28:	Questionmarktarius posted... oh no. Don't get defensive, I was just correcting one word so people know lol --- "If a society can in all conscience permit the cruel treatment of any man, ultimately it will allow it for all." -Bertrand Russell <cite>AloneIBreak posted [p:971140680] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite><quote>oh no.</quote>Don't get defensive, I was just correcting one word so people know lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
COVxy 01/27/23 5:47:04 PM #29:	Questionmarktarius posted... Yes. I may be a pedantic ass, but I'm not illiterate. Then I don't understand how your response is an appropriate response to my post. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] <cite>COVxy posted [p:971140692] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite><quote>Yes. I may be a pedantic ass, but I'm not illiterate.</quote>Then I don't understand how your response is an appropriate response to my post.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 01/27/23 5:47:54 PM #30:	COVxy posted... Then I don't understand how your response is an appropriate response to my post. You cannot fix a thumb on the scale by putting another thumb on it. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:971140710] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>COVxy posted... </cite><quote>Then I don't understand how your response is an appropriate response to my post.</quote>You cannot fix a thumb on the scale by putting another thumb on it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
COVxy 01/27/23 5:49:06 PM #31:	Questionmarktarius posted... You cannot fix a thumb on the scale by putting another thumb on it. That's not an accurate depiction of what equity programs, and what modern university DEI statements and whatnot, are. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] <cite>COVxy posted [p:971140733] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite><quote>You cannot fix a thumb on the scale by putting another thumb on it.</quote>That's not an accurate depiction of what equity programs, and what modern university DEI statements and whatnot, are.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MacadamianNut3 01/27/23 6:04:44 PM #32:	Should've known he was loopy from him using his title on twitter Half joking --- Roll Tide & Go Irish <cite>MacadamianNut3 posted [p:971141062] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>Should've known he was loopy from him using his title on twitterHalf joking</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Robot2600 01/27/23 6:07:18 PM #33:	lol what a joke. good for the university. --- --- <cite>Robot2600 posted [p:971141102] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>lol what a joke. good for the university.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ruvan22 01/27/23 6:10:11 PM #34:	radical_rhino posted... Sounds like a maga chump. Although he probably has a few good points because universities do have trash administrators. Which points? I see his arguing about "false climate change narrative" and "push for equity" in science.. <cite>Ruvan22 posted [p:971141172] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>radical_rhino posted... </cite><quote>Sounds like a maga chump. Although he probably has a few good points because universities do have trash administrators.</quote>Which points? I see his arguing about "false climate change narrative" and "push for equity" in science..</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ruvan22 01/27/23 6:12:43 PM #35:	Questionmarktarius posted... You cannot fix a thumb on the scale by putting another thumb on it. Err... you may not be "fixing" it but you certainly are making it better for the person having to work against the thumb? <cite>Ruvan22 posted [p:971141223] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite><quote>You cannot fix a thumb on the scale by putting another thumb on it.</quote>Err... you may not be "fixing" it but you certainly are making it better for the person having to work against the thumb?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DarkBuster22904 01/27/23 6:15:41 PM #37:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] Biologists who deny evolution Historians who deny the Holocaust Antivax doctors plenty of people like this exist. --- Haven't had a good sig idea since 2006 <cite>DarkBuster22904 posted [p:971141268] in University... [t:80326717]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> Biologists who deny evolutionHistorians who deny the HolocaustAntivax doctorsplenty of people like this exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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