Posted on 08/15/2020 4:16:46 PM PDT by karpov
I’m an attorney representing a professor at the University of Central Florida who is being subjected by the university to what can only be called an inquisition after expressing opinions on Twitter that led to widespread calls for his firing. UCF is a public institution—an instrument of the state—and is now bringing its full power to bear against a man who dared to question the prevailing orthodoxy that has quickly descended over so many of this country’s institutions. I cannot bear witness to what the university is doing to this man without speaking out against it. If we do not challenge this egregious abuse of power, things will only get worse.
Professor Charles Negy is a wonderfully eccentric man, someone who teaches extraordinarily controversial subjects—Cross-Cultural Psychology and Sexual Behavior—with bluntness and humor. He is exactly the kind of professor you want in college: someone who is passionate about his subject, who will challenge your deeply-held assumptions, and who encourages free and open discussion in the classroom. Negy’s bluntness has occasionally ruffled feathers over the years, but throughout his 22-year career at UCF he has received consistently superior performance reviews. For the past four years, for example, he has received an evaluation rating of “Outstanding” for his instruction and advising.
In June, however, things changed overnight for Negy after he posted a characteristically blunt tweet to his personal Twitter account:
(Excerpt) Read more at quillette.com ...
Twitter 'bots are not people.
But let's pretend that they are so we can destroy anyone we please.
This sickens me.
The professor’s HUGE mistake was appearing before the inquisitiors.
He should have said:
“I have tenure, I will not facilitate your kangaroo court. If you take any HR action against me, including unilaterally changing my course load, assignments, reaserch or reasearch personnel I will sue the school and each of you individually. You, your children and your GRANDCHILDREN will be paying my damages.”
Liberalism spreads the false belief that certain groups are not evolved enough to be held to the same standards as human beings.
“Above criticism, but beneath agency,” as put in the article.
Democrats are evil scum.
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