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  • Teacher in Viral Video Who Defended J.K. Rowling Has Been Fired. Here's His Reaction.

    05/17/2024 8:36:24 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 14 replies
    Townhall ^ | 05/17/2024 | Matt Vespa
    It happened in February. It’s a video where a teacher, Warren Smith, is seen engaging in a conversation with a student who alleged that J.K. Rowling was transphobic. It quickly went viral. In less than five minutes, Smith, uncondescending, forces the student to rethink his position. The student admits he feels like an idiot after the pair discussed the phrasing and logical trajectory of the debate about the Harry Potter creator who has become persona non grata for her views on gender despite being an ardent leftist. This is utterly brilliant. A student accuses @jk_rowling of being transphobic. This teacher...
  • Emerson College won’t discipline arrested students for protest, president says (will urge DA to drop chargers)

    04/28/2024 3:45:00 PM PDT · by matt04 · 23 replies
    Emerson College will not take disciplinary action against students arrested as part of a pro-Palestinian protest encampment that was dispersed by Boston police last week, its president said in a letter to the college community Sunday. Over 100 protesters were arrested in downtown Boston’s Boylston Place alleyway in the early morning on Thursday, Boston police said previously. The demonstrators were part of an encampment protest against the war in Gaza by the student organization Students for Justice in Palestine. Those arrested in the public alleyway face “a series of charges,” including disturbing the peace and unlawful assembly, police said. But...