Posted on 07/20/2024 2:56:47 AM PDT by george76
No longer a Bellarmine employee’
Bellarmine University Professor John James is out of work after appearing to joke about the failed assassination attempt against President Donald Trump.
“If you’re gonna shoot, man, don’t miss,” the English professor wrote on Instagram after last Saturday’s shooting that took off part of the president’s ear during a rally in Pennsylvania.
The Catholic university in Louisville announced soon after that James would be placed on “unpaid leave,” although the social media post did not name him.
“Words and actions that condone violence are unacceptable and contrary to our values, which call for respecting the intrinsic value and dignity of every individual,” the university previously stated.
“We strive to create an inclusive community that welcomes all and models a spirit of goodwill,” Bellarmine posted. “We are aware of an offensive and unacceptable social media post made by an employee over the weekend.”
UPDATE: This individual is no longer a Bellarmine employee,” the university wrote on July 16.
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There was also reportedly a hoax bomb threat connected to the situation.
James explained his comments, saying he does not “condone violence.”
“I will say here, for the record, that I do not condone violence,” he told Louisville Public Media. “My point with this post was that, though it is a bad idea to assassinate a person, it is perhaps an even worse idea to fail in assassinating a person, because a failed assassination lends that figure power — it heroizes them.”
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He is an alumnus of Bellarmine, but a profile about him has been scrubbed by the university.
Since the failed assassination attempt against Trump, academics have taken different stances. Some, like James, have appeared upset or joked about the former president surviving.
Others suggested it was “staged,” such as Carnegie Mellon Professor Uju Anya.
“They lie, and people die. That’s exactly what they do,” Anya wrote on Saturday, soon after the shooting.
I think a nephew may go there. I need to ask my wife in the AM, her brother’s son.
Others suggested it was “staged,” such as Carnegie Mellon Professor Uju Anya.
Alex Jones was successfully sued for $1.5 billion by the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims for expressing a somewhat similar opinion. I would think that the family of the firefighter who was killed should bring lawsuits against as many of these public figures who claim it was faked as possible.
Prof John James:”...... it is perhaps an even worse idea to fail in assassinating
a person, because a failed assassination lends that figure power — it heroizes them.”
Now put on your McD cap....and go pump the ketchup.
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Good choice. From this report, it appears to be a fine institution.
Do “progressive” leftists *really* think normal Americans would have thrown up their hands and accepted child grooming, climate lockdowns, CRT, gun confiscation, neocon wars, open borders, pronoun police, “reparations,” social credit scores, vaccine passports, voter fraud, etc. if President Trump *had* died last Saturday? Do they not realize he would be a martyr of the highest order? And that Candace Owens, or someone like her, would take up the blood stained MAGA banner and run with it? We’re *not* going back to globalist quislings like Bush, McCain, or Romney, no matter *what* the elites do to Trump!
In a democracy, we settle our differences in the battle box.
Loserville/Liberalville/Louisville making news again.
It is well know if you are going to try and kill the king don’t miss.
Leftists rarely get fired for their opinions no matter how radical. It been interesting to see the backlash
“go pump the ketchup.”
LOL!
Bellarmine has an $80 million endowment.
That ain’t much, really.
My bet is some big donors put the fear of them into the uni.
Exactly. It’s time to throw the socialist influence out of our country.
Now, if an evil person dies from natural causes, thanks be to God. That is a different matter. It looks like this whole thing is not going to end well. The leftist liberals have pushed it to the complete edge.
If you’re going to shoot, take into account that God might cause your victim to turn his head at the last second, and be prepared to meet Him.
Good point.
“...firing these people is not enough...”
My sentiments exactly. In 2025 Lizard Cheney and Kinzinger are going to get a different “firing from their job”. Instead, it’s going to be a military firing when American citizens know the full depth of the Pelosi J6 committee malfeasance. These “investigators” are themselves going to be put on trial. The thing that Cheney fears the most.
I agree with your main points, but, please, not Candace Owens. She’s gone antisemite bonkers recently.
.......”better not miss”......is good advice.....
How is the job hunt going ex professor? May your socks be perpetually soggy and your breath be the stench of Buffalo farts
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