Posted on 12/12/2004 12:53:26 PM PST by debboo
By mutual agreement, the University of Louisville is withdrawing the contract of sociology lecturer John McTighe for the spring semester pending completion of a review of a student's allegations concerning comments made following the Nov. 2 presidential election.
The university is continuing to review an incident in which a student alleges McTighe made comments to his class that could be interpreted to advocate gun violence against "religious zealots."
"We strongly support academic freedom," said President James Ramsey. "The quote attributed to Professor McTighe is unacceptable and not an issue of academic freedom."
"Students are leaving the campus for the holiday break and the review will be completed as soon as we can meet with students," according to Provost Shirley Willihnganz. "Our goal is to determine the facts in this matter and to act responsibly to both the students and faculty."
McTighe asserts there was "absolutely no attempt to advocate violence" and agreed to withdraw the contract because he "has confidence in the university review process."
The only question remaining is which anti-American NGO picks up this turd.
My feelings exactly, another case of putting it off in hopes that it will go away. I hope he doesn't get picked up by University of Ky., my daughter attends there.
Can you post the quote is question? Thanks in advance.
What did he say?
http://americandaily.com/article/5924
The Thursday following President Bush’s resounding reelection, K.C. Martin walked into a class discussion of the election among the students and her professor, Dr. John McTighe. With much of the class upset over the outcome, one student asked how we managed to reelect “such an idiot” president.
Many exit polls suggested that voters considering morals made up a significant part of President Bush’s voting block. Dr. McTighe took this one step further when he said, “It was the religious zealots who say they are voting on morals. I think we should all buy AK47’s and shoot them all! That’s what I would suggest, if it were allowed.”
McTighe saw no problem with making this type of statement in class because apparently he felt among friends. According to Martin, “on several occasions the teacher [McTighe] said we were all liberals, so he probably assumed it was okay to bash Republicans.”
Understandably, Martin was upset: “I was offended that he would say such a thing…he has no idea what I believe. I don’t think that gives him the right to assume every student is a liberal and he can say whatever he wants.”
McTighe contends that he qualified his outrageous comments by saying “Yes, I’m being sarcastic,” and that while he does believe “religious zealots” were partly responsible for the president’s reelection, his reference to guns came while discussing the “implications of a widely perceived connection between fervent religious beliefs and support for gun ownership.”
Looks like the good Professor simply picked the wrong school. Many schools would have immediately given him tenure for such a remark. I'm sure schools such as Amherst and Colombia will offer hefty bids for his "services".
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