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University of Tampa faculty member ‘relieved of duties’ after comments about Harvey
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Posted on 08/29/2017 10:22:03 AM PDT by Impala64ssa

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1 posted on 08/29/2017 10:22:04 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
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From Ken Storey to His Storey.


2 posted on 08/29/2017 10:24:15 AM PDT by o-n-money (We should rename California to Newer Mexico.)
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To: Impala64ssa

He wrote that he didn’t believe in instant karma, but maybe now he does.


3 posted on 08/29/2017 10:25:03 AM PDT by Dr. Zzyzx
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4 posted on 08/29/2017 10:25:10 AM PDT by Delta 21 (AntiFa and BLM should be on the United States list of Terrorist Organizations)
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To: Impala64ssa

Relieved of her duties. Was she relieved over pay?


5 posted on 08/29/2017 10:25:37 AM PDT by BRL
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The fact that they disagree with his comments isn’t the reason they should use for firing him. That should go without saying. The fact that he is so emotionally and mentally unstable and so filled with hate for those who disagree with his politics that he would make such a post is evidence that he’s unfit to teach students at a Florida State funded university.


6 posted on 08/29/2017 10:26:14 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: Impala64ssa

You can read what he wrote at the link. I’m amazed he got fired, actually.


7 posted on 08/29/2017 10:27:21 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Tweets at link.


8 posted on 08/29/2017 10:27:32 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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Wow. A university stepping up and making the right decision to dump this guy. There's no place for his kind of hate during this massive flooding.

Hurricane Harvey is a natural disaster, not a politically-caused disaster.

We should all be so lucky it's not us and wish the best for those suffering.

9 posted on 08/29/2017 10:27:46 AM PDT by HotHunt
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They say they disagree. My bet is he got fired for getting caught saying it.


10 posted on 08/29/2017 10:28:57 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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Just checked University of Tampa Sociology Department...doesn’t have him listed under faculty. Either they updated their website very quickly or he was an adjunct. I don’t know if a tenured or tenure-track faculty member could have been dismissed so quickly, so I am guessing he was probably an adjunct, maybe just teaching a course or two on a year-to-year or semester-to-semester basis.


11 posted on 08/29/2017 10:30:52 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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Seems ironic on it’s face, doesn’t it? A sociology prof who has no social empathy and is willing to condemn an entire population to suffering because of his political leanings.

It’s not ironic if you’ve been to University. You’ll understand how people with so little common sense or genuine humanity can succeed academically.


12 posted on 08/29/2017 10:31:36 AM PDT by z3n
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Houston has a Democratic Mayor!
13 posted on 08/29/2017 10:32:25 AM PDT by KavMan
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To: Impala64ssa

I thought they deserved it because they’re so homosexual. :/


14 posted on 08/29/2017 10:33:25 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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They called him a “visiting assistant Professor” per AP article:

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The University of Tampa has fired a visiting assistant professor who suggested in a tweet that Hurricane Harvey’s destruction is “instant karma” for Texas because it voted Republican.

Sociology professor Kenneth L. Storey posted the tweet and two responses on Sunday before removing the entire thread and his profile photo.

University spokesman Eric Cardenas said in a statement Tuesday that Storey was fired after the school weathered an outpouring of online outrage over the comments.

The Tampa Bay Times reports Storey issued an apology on Monday, writing that he “never meant to wish ill will upon any group.”

In a Facebook post on Monday evening, the university said it “stands in solidarity with the people impacted by Hurricane Harvey.”

Officials said another sociology professor will take over Storey’s classes.


15 posted on 08/29/2017 10:34:50 AM PDT by pugmama (Ports Moon.)
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“has no social empathy and is willing to condemn an entire population to suffering because of his political leanings”

Congrats, you just defined every liberal in the world my friend.


16 posted on 08/29/2017 10:35:24 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Dr. Zzyzx

Instant Karma’s going to get you...


17 posted on 08/29/2017 10:43:24 AM PDT by ex91B10
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When I googled his name, one had him as "visiting assistant professor" and another as "adjunct professor." In either case, no job security.

On Rate My Professor he is described as a super easy grader (1.5 on the difficulty scale).

18 posted on 08/29/2017 10:43:45 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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Does he beat up Trump supporters in his off time? Give lower grades to conservative students? He’s a hater... nice to see a College has a line that can’t be crossed. Princeton would have offered the creep tenure.

” WOW! Professor at U of Tampa says GOP voters and Houston residents DESERVE #hurricaneharvey because of how they voted — SICK!

RT!! pic.twitter.com/9yggDyT55B

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 28, 2017”


19 posted on 08/29/2017 10:47:33 AM PDT by GOPJ
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“Relieved of her duties. Was she relieved over pay?”

Kenneth is a “SHE”? who knew?


20 posted on 08/29/2017 10:48:27 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE ("If guns cause crime, there must be something wrong with mine." -Ted Nugent)
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