Parents Against Drexel Teacher
By ActiveMind
@AgoriphobicPirate (303)
April 2, 2017 5:00am CST
I’ve been really busy lately, but this news story really spoke to me. I’m sure many of you have now heard about the situation with the Drexel University teacher making an unkind tweet about someone giving up their seat on a flight to a soldier. Parent’s of potential future students of Drexel are claiming that their child will not enroll unless this teacher is fired (which shouldn’t be a decision for the parents to make, if they’re old enough to send to university they’re old enough to make this choice on their own). I am not a supporter of war, but I am a supporter of those who risk their lives, they’re relationships, and everything the rest of us strive for, to protect their loved ones, their country, and the rights that we all hold so very dear.
With all of that taken into account, I can’t help but point out the obvious irony of the situation. American soldiers fight for the rights of American citizens, and one of these rights is freedom of speech. Firing this teacher would violate that right making the entire situation kind of an ironic joke, except that it's not a joke when you take away someone’s career that they've worked hard for and depend on, no matter how immature they might be outside of the workplace. Also, his political opinions likely have nothing to do with how well he does his job. If he were teaching brain surgeons I for one would definitely not care what was posted on his twitter account as long as he trained top notch surgeons.
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@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
2 Apr 17
I don't like what he said. He also said last December that all he wants for Christmas is white genocide. I personally would not want my child near him but you are right, that soldier fought for his right to his own opinion. He should not lose his job over it.
That said, there are things that should be kept to oneself. Doing that is called good manners. It's a shame that our society has forgotten how to behave with civility. That professor reminds me of Abraham Lincoln's famous words, "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
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@AgoriphobicPirate (303)
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2 Apr 17
That is an excellent quote, one I don't think I've heard before. I don't agree with what he said either. It reminds me of the skinny kid on the school bus with no friends making fun of someone for being nice because they insecure about themselves and don't know how to get positive attention. As for his comment about white genocide, I imagine he's someone who is against any bank, rich white man, government whose employees make more than minimum wage, etc. Comments like that can leave much to be interpreted in the wrong way, but the guy is white, so I'm guessing actual white genocide isn't something he'd want. Things get tricky when people mix politics, public profiles, and what I call half jokes. It reminds me of a punk song by a band called NOFX, the song is entitled Don't Call Me White. I'm sure this teacher is familiar with it. It's not great musically, but does bring up an issue that many of us face due being born white. There many problems that white people "don't" face, which seems to be one of the biggest we do.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
2 Apr 17
If everyone who tweeted a ignorant, irresponsible tweet were fired from their job.....the unemployment rates would skyrocket.....but......people might actually engage their brain before sharing everything that passes through their mind.
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@AgoriphobicPirate (303)
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2 Apr 17
If that happened there probably wouldn't be an unemployment office or statistics, lol.
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