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As flawed as he was, University of Cambridge professor Jason Arday deserved better
MS Now ^ | Aug. 19, 2026 | Anthea Butler

Posted on 08/20/2026 8:12:53 AM PDT by libstripper

A Black and reportedly autistic man touted as the youngest scholar of color to serve as a chair at the University of Cambridge was accused of plagiarism before authorities say he took his own life last week. If that were the only headline following professor Jason Arday’s death at age 41, then it would be tragic enough.

However, the feeding frenzy that followed the plagiarism allegations, the way Arday was hounded relentlessly online and in print regarding his credentials and biography, and the way his story became an opportunity for the left and right alike to promote their own beliefs are headlines that implicate our larger society. Now all that’s left is Arday’s broken family, his grieving friends and supporters and the smug satisfaction of some of his critics — including those who don’t respect any scholarship produced by Black people and who believe they’re righteous for having exposed Arday to public ridicule.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arday; cultofvictimhood; defundthepolice; falseresume; fraud; professionalliar; radicalism; suicide; trumpsfault; wokeneoracism

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Oh barf. Instead of looking into how Cambridge managed to be defrauded by this individual, the author here does nothing but figure out ways to make excuses and to smear the people who exposed him.
1 posted on 08/20/2026 8:12:53 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: libstripper

His entire story was a fraud, wasn’t it?


2 posted on 08/20/2026 8:15:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: libstripper

The only moral responsibility to be had for this ridiculous event, outside of Arday himself, were a few woke fools at Cambridge who enabled and encouraged the fraud.

the MSM should not lecture the world that anyone else has any responsibility in this.


3 posted on 08/20/2026 8:16:51 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: libstripper

I don’t think he did.


4 posted on 08/20/2026 8:18:22 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell warned us about Rivers of Blood. Well, I sure hope they're coming. It's the only fix.)
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To: libstripper

Anthea Butler

Girl in a jacket
5 posted on 08/20/2026 8:19:09 AM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: BenLurkin
His entire story was a fraud, wasn’t it?

Yes, that's what the Leftists can never admit

Just like they can't admit that the only reason he got to be Professor in the first place, was because he was Black

So they whine about him being outed, and the way he was outed ... it's all they got


6 posted on 08/20/2026 8:19:39 AM PDT by canuck_conservative (Russia lies all the time)
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To: Macoozie

That picture expains a lot


7 posted on 08/20/2026 8:21:03 AM PDT by Sir_Humphrey (I'll support Trump when I think he's right. I'll oppose him when I think he's wrong. As it should be)
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To: libstripper

What the heck is this rubbish?


8 posted on 08/20/2026 8:21:18 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence." -Marx the Smarter (Groucho.))
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To: libstripper
having exposed Arday to public ridicule.

Do ridiculous things, get exposed to ridicule.

Are plagiarism and confabulating one's CV the latest in "Black Values"?

9 posted on 08/20/2026 8:21:30 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: canuck_conservative

Why did you capitalize “black”?


10 posted on 08/20/2026 8:22:04 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: libstripper

Cambridge allowed themselves to be defrauded. They knowingly put that turtle on that post as did at least one other university before them. Ms Now and the Arday-apologists are covering up for that fact by blowing smoke.


11 posted on 08/20/2026 8:22:11 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: libstripper

Oh, now he was autistic. Are all autistic people liars?


12 posted on 08/20/2026 8:22:48 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: T.B. Yoits

It wasn’t just plagiarism - his salary was theft, and he denied another person the job he took. That’s before you get into what his students lost compared to what they’d learn from non-token professor.


13 posted on 08/20/2026 8:22:52 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Sir_Humphrey

Her “hair” is as fake as the dude’s CV ...


14 posted on 08/20/2026 8:22:54 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: libstripper

What about the kids who were defrauded by all the classes they took from him? All that “teaching” is now in question. And they might have perpetuated those false thoughts to others as well.


15 posted on 08/20/2026 8:23:16 AM PDT by Joann37 (This )
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The story here is that thanks to racist DEI, Cambridge promoted a plagiarist. They did so despite his plagiarism being quite obvious for a while but people did not want to expose it because he was Black.

Now that he got exposed and offed himself as a result of his public disgrace, Leftists are trying to act as though he were some kind of martyr.


16 posted on 08/20/2026 8:23:24 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: NorthMountain

Yes!


17 posted on 08/20/2026 8:23:58 AM PDT by Joann37 (This )
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To: ClearCase_guy

He absolutely did not. And rather than own up, he took the cowardly way out and left his young children fatherless


18 posted on 08/20/2026 8:24:40 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Tallguy
Cambridge allowed themselves to be defrauded. They knowingly put that turtle on that post as did at least one other university before them. Ms Now and the Arday-apologists are covering up for that fact by blowing smoke.

The administrators at Cambridge were in on the scam. They only hired him because of his skin color, using him and not caring about the consequences when he would get caught. Now they're trying to blame others in order to dispel their own guilt.

His blood is on their hands, and trying to wipe it off on others doesn't change that.

19 posted on 08/20/2026 8:25:19 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: libstripper

“Deserve’s got nothing to do with it” - William Munny


20 posted on 08/20/2026 8:25:31 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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