The two are not mutually exclusionary; and if this is your grounds for calling him a liar, you don't have a leg to stand on.
He claims that he just happened to be taking a long predawn drive to clear his head, that someone was tailgating him, that he stopped and got out of his car and they stopped too and hit him. He couldn't describe the vehicle. Or the assailants. Or the metal object he was hit with. Or where he was when the alleged assault took place. Or even the hour when it took place. Literally no useful details of any kind.
Most of this is false. He described the vehicle as a pick up. He described what one of the men was wearing. He said he was beaten with fists, and possibly a metal object. He was unsure only about which of two section roads he was beaten on, and he reported the time.
The alleged assault occurred at precisely the right time for him to obscure his forced resignation as chair of his department due to his unethical behavior.
He was forced to resign after the beating, not before.
He is not the first professor to manufacture a fake "hate crime" to deflect criticism.
Oh, because one 'professor' manufactured a hate crime, any other report of same from any other faculty member forever must be false.
You're calling Mirecki a liar, but in fact almost everything you wrote above is false. So I guess at least we've identified one liar.
Paul Mirecki was not making fun of the religion of Paul Mirecki worship - he was making fun of Christianity
He was brought up Catholic. He was making fun of Catholicism. I do it too. Deal with it, and stop ranting.
I'm out of here. The creationist stupidity and mendaciousness is worse even than usual. Thinking of Ann Coulter must have gotten them all extra rabid. Tschuss!
You're not really expecting anything close to the truth from an anti-evo, do you? They cannot be trusted to do anything like research before posting; they simply go with the first thing that pops into their heads as if it were divine revelation.
Saying you are doing something for one reason when you are really doing it for another is simply dishonest and you can't spin it away.
"The last temptation is the greatest treason - to do the right deed for the wrong reason." - T.S. Eliot.
He described the vehicle as a pick up.
LOL! A pickup in the Midwest! How specific - what a hot lead!
He described what one of the men was wearing.
Of course he did - "The guy was driving a pickup, officer. And I'm pretty sure he was wearing pants and a shirt, and maybe a jacket of some kind."
He said he was beaten with fists, and possibly a metal object.
I apologize for not emphasizing how much more vague his claim was.
He was unsure only about which of two section roads he was beaten on
As I said, he couldn't say where.
and he reported the time
He reported a block of time, not a specific time.
Again, his account was as vague as vague can be.
He was forced to resign after the beating, not before.
Surely a professor knows that such moves are usually preceded by committee meetings, closed-door consultations and all the accoutrements of academic politicking. Mirecki knew what was in the works before it was officially announced - come on now.
Oh, because one 'professor' manufactured a hate crime, any other report of same from any other faculty member forever must be false.
Not necessarily - but wide-eyed naivete is not a policeman's best friend in a criminal investigation.
You're calling Mirecki a liar, but in fact almost everything you wrote above is false. So I guess at least we've identified one liar.
Everything I wrote above was true and accurate, and you've confirmed its accuracy through your lame attempt at excusing his lies.
Saying that your assailant drove a pickup is supposedly to be detailed enough for a police investigation in a community with thousands of pickups? Please, RWP, I didn't evolve from the primordial ooze yesterday.
He was brought up Catholic. He was making fun of Catholicism. I do it too. Deal with it, and stop ranting.
It hardly matters what you claim to be brought up as - it's what you actual profess. And paul Mirecki is certainly not a Catholic or any other variety of Christian.
But he is a liar and a narcissist.