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Posted on 10/30/2025 9:29:56 AM PDT by V_TWIN
A University of North Florida professor was fired Tuesday for comments he made in class relating to the assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk in September.
The professor, Jacob McElroy, was a visiting instructor in the UNF English department. McElroy’s termination letter from the provost alleges that he threatened to “f___’n shoot everyone” in his freshman English class and claims that McElroy made several other serious threats. However, McElroy and at least two student witnesses say this was all a big misunderstanding.
In the notice to McElroy on Sept. 18, Patterson wrote, “This action is being taken because of a complaint that on or about September 11, 2025, you told your class, ‘Oh my God, I’m going to shoot you’; ‘We’re all going to start shooting each other. It’s gonna be great. We’re all gonna f***n’ John Nuke this joint up’; ‘I keep sexually harassing students, and I keep shooting them.’ The University takes these allegations seriously and will be conducting an investigation.”
In the official termination notice, Patterson wrote, “On September 11, 2025, a day after tragic gun violence, you repeatedly told your ENC 1101 class (Writing for Audience and Purpose) that you were going to shoot them. In one instance, you directly told a student that you were going to shoot that particular student for asking a question. You also told the class that you had access to guns and were ‘crazy’ and that you would ‘f___’n shoot everyone.’ You continued in a rambling and incoherent fashion for an extended period, at one point telling your class that you sexually harassed students and would ‘every now and then’ fail a student ‘just for fun.'”
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Termination should only be the beginning...the sheriff’s office needs to investigate for terrorist threats.
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The University of Notth Florida is located in Jacksonville.
Ping!
“Termination should only be the beginning...the sheriff’s office needs to investigate for terrorist threats.”
Did you read the article?
He said he was “joking”.
University classrooms are NOT for comedy. Certainly good humor is conducive to opening minds and hearts, but what this jerk was doing is NOT humorous.
This is not a serious school, though none are anymore outside of STEM.
Was he a real academic or a leftist one?
Of course we know the answers.
A poorly written and rambling article. Typical of “journalism” these days.
It’s slow to explain that he claims to have been only making a joke to emphasize or demonstrate a point. Not reflective of his feelings or beliefs.
Statement taken out of context. I wasn’t there. But, it seems just a too informal approach to the subject.
The teaching profession has pushed for BABIES to be labeled as terrorists, expelling them for making an ‘L’ shape out of a pop tart and hold it like a freaking gun.
They also have PUSHED for children to be punished for ‘using the wrong pronouns’ or the outrageously STUPID ‘they used my ‘dead name— wahhhhh’.
So, whatevs, dude - enjoy your ‘early retirement’.
WORDS MATTER.
Every person at North Florida University was a victim of his crime, except him.
Yeah, dude. You exemplify bad teaching perfectly.
The “I was joking” defense ain’t gonna fly in Florida.
After Charlie Kirk was assassinated governor DeSantis warned educators around the state there would be consequences for this kind of jackassery.
This idiot is learning his own lesson right now.
They have drugged children by the millions for the crime of being bored in school. They pretend it is a psychiatric disorder. The vast majority of these “mentally ill” kids are boys.
TRUTH.
THEY get drugged and ‘others’ get extra help like tutoring.
The Lefties can’t stay away from the Charlie Third Rail...
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