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But no calls to violence, despite our desires to oust politicians who make hay off of threatening violence.

• sol_invictus 4y ago
  Just an example from, uh, 2 days ago: https://www.chronicle.com/article/professor-fired-for-alleged-threat-to-kill-all-white-people-is-named-interim-provost-of-troubled-college https://www.chronicle.com/article/professor-fired-for-allege...
  • the_why_of_y 4y ago
    This earlier article is far more interesting; most importantly it contains the words the professor actually said; the quote in the headline of the article you link is disputed. (Interestingly, both articles have the same author.) https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-disenchantment-of-a-black-professor https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-disenchantment-of-a-bl... It's a long story about an ambitious academic losing at university politics, to the point of being fired from a tenured position without, allegedly, due process. https://www.thefire.org/fired-for-criticizing-his-administration-and-discussing-racism-indiana-professor-sues/ https://www.thefire.org/fired-for-criticizing-his-administra...
    • sol_invictus 4y ago
      to be frank I'm not here to argue the semantics of a single incident, but rather to argue against the "left can do no harm" crowd
      • pritambaral 4y ago
        > ... I'm not here to argue the semantics of a single incident You cited said single incident as an example. It's validity as an example is open to impeachment.