University dean resigns over statements about Biden voters

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A dean at a university in Virginia has resigned after posting a statement on Facebook that called supporters of President-elect Joe Biden “ignorant, anti-American and anti-Christian.”

The Virginian-Pilot reports that Virginia Wesleyan University announced the resignation Monday in a statement on its website.

The school in Virginia Beach said Paul Ewell resigned as Dean of Virginia Wesleyan University Global Campus. He's also leaving his job as professor of management, business and economics.

Ewell’s post told Biden supporters to “unfriend” him and accused them of corrupting not only the election but “our youth … our country.” His statements were made on his private Facebook page. But they became public after someone circulated a screenshot.



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[CatMor]

1. Will his new job be with Fox News....

he's their kind.

[Aristus]

2. Goodbyyyyyye, m****rf****r!

Sorry you couldn't get the hang of this Facebook thing.

You must not have known that people can see what you post...

[soothsayer]

3. Ha

[DBoon]

9. Privacy means nothing in Facebook

you post it, the public WILL see it

[iluvtennis]

21. + 1. nt

[SunSeeker]

4. Good. Let a real educator have that job, not a wannabe Fox pundit. nt

[RAB910]

5. This anti-American scum is deluded into thinking he is Christian

You can’t be Christian and support Trump and his GOP

[Escurumbele]

11. Exactly...That is what I told a friend of mine who likes to preach but voted for trump

I told her she lost any moral authority to preach Christianity when she voted for an anti-Christ amoral and criminal individual like trump, so please stop sending me Christian propaganda, I tolerated it before but I don't intend to tolerate it from her anymore.

[RAB910]

20. They voted for a man who sees the 10 commandments not as rules to live by

but as a personal challenge

[bluestarone]

6. How much did this asshole get to leave?

They buy out his contract? Seems like that's how it goes all the time.

[keithbvadu2]

7. He can get a position at Trump U.

He can get a position at Trump U.

[riversedge]

8. "Trump retweeted an Associated Press version of the story and used the word "Progress!" to....

so Trumpy is his savior.



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..................The Virginian-Pilot reported on the dean's comments last week. President Donald Trump retweeted an Associated Press version of the story and used the word “Progress!” to apparently show approval of Ewell’s sentiments.

University spokeswoman Stephanie Smaglo said last week that Ewell has apologized for the post. But she declined to comment further after Monday’s announcement.

Ewell told the university's student newspaper, the Marlin Chronicle, that he was upset and regrets the things he said. He said he did not really mean them....................

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Not polarizing institutions and businesses would seem obvious and easily understood

Amazed this man in a position of power wasn't self-aware enough to realize it

[RobinA]

19. A Position Of Power

in academia, to boot. Business I can see, they don't care until they do. Academia is supposed to be better than this kind of thing.

[riversedge]

12. Here is Trumps tweet ---

Link to tweet

?s=20

[MissMillie]

13. On the one hand...

...you'd hope that people would keep their ignorant thoughts to themselves.

On the other hand, I guess it's a good thing that this guy let people know what kind of person he is, being that he's an educator and all.

[mopinko]

15. yeah. i love seeing them out themselves.

keep it up, fuzzball.

[MissMillie]

18. that was the phrase I was searching for.. thanks!

I don't remember where I heard the similar sentiment (maybe some movie) but it was a person of color saying they didn't worry so much about the guy in the sheet. They KNOW where the person wearing the sheet stands. It's the racists NOT wearing the sheets they worried about.

[patphil]

14. Funny isn't it? I feel the same way about Trump supporters.

CINO's..Christians in name only.

They don't appear to have any idea about the teachings of Jesus.
But, they're really very good when it comes to the condemnation thing.
Their false understanding of true Christianity does indeed corrupt their own children, and ultimately the entire nation, by sowing hatred in their hearts.

[sdfernando]

22. As a very wise man once said:

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”

[Grimelle]

16. There I fixed it

Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through The Republican Party, our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” ― Isaac Asimov

[dalton99a]

17. Now he has plenty of free time to hang with the Proud Boys

[ffr]

23. Really?

Cool!

[pandr32]

24. Good riddance!

[OriginalGeek]

25. OK, Bye den

[ashredux]

26. Good Lord these folks are flat out stupid...how did he get a PhD?

[Paladin]

27. Adios, fuckface. (nt)

[shotten99]

28. This guy is an idiot, but I don't see how this had anything to do with his job.

Facebook is an open forum, and this is an opinion that he has every right to express. Of course, I have every right to disagree with him. Until he makes comments like this at his place of work, it doesn't serve any purpose to hold him accountable in this way.

This is what Bill Maher was talking about last Friday. This is the type of thing that will lead the Republicans back to a House majority in 2022.

I'm expecting to catch grief for this, too.

[Turin_C3PO]

36. It says he resigned.

He wasn't fired. Why would that have anything to do with who controls the House in 2022? By no means is it certain that Republicans will gain control.

[Steelrolled]

42. I think times are different

He is a marked man and probably could not function there in a normal way. Things like tenure (not sure if it applied in this case) don't help you.

[Bengus81]

29. I love it when Trump Humpers LOSE a very high paying job over their Fuhrer....

[oldsoftie]

30. Sounds like what I hear from Trumpers on FB. nt

[Oscarthegreat]

31. As if we needed a reminder

Having academic degrees doesn't prevent one from being an imbecile.

[sloopdog50]

32. Liberal Colleges

Damn them. Filling our children with liberal ideas and such!

[greenjar_01]

33. I mean, I kinda get why he would resign as Dean, but why also resign his faculty position?

Weird.

[Steelrolled]

38. Practically speaking, I think he knew he is done.

He is marked for life. The times they are a changing.

[greenjar_01]

39. Probably took a retirement buy out

[Steelrolled]

43. Maybe. I think the university president would have to be very careful

with that, or they might be next on the chopping block.

[greenjar_01]

44. Kinda hard to get rid of a tenured professor for this kind of reason

The speed of his departure suggest to me that he may have been ready to go anyway, and took a sweetener to get out of their hair without a fuss.

[Steelrolled]

45. I don't know if he was tenured.

At some universities that is very difficult to achieve these days. Is is hard to say what the circumstances of his leaving are, but when you become famous on social media in this way, there is a new reality. Often, it is best to just accept it and move on. I agree that the university might have paid him off, but they would have to do it in a way that didn't come back on them.

[greenjar_01]

46. Contingent faculty generally aren't placed in Dean roles

Even if it was the Dean of Global Learning or whatever (basically an online learning expansion gig).

[barbtries]

34. isn't that Hillary's alma mater?

jeez

[BumRushDaShow]

37. She went to Wellesley

(name not too far off but the schools definitely aren't close to each other! )

https://www.wellesley.edu/news/journalists/hillary-rodham-clinton

Nice to see they have a cool tribute page to her there!

[barbtries]

40. thank you.

i wasn't sure. I went to El Camino college and Durham Tech!

[BumRushDaShow]

41. You are welcome!

I went to UMASS so know that both Wellesley and Mt. Holyoke (which is near UMASS) are both in MA (and were all-women schools).

[Sherman A1]

35. Good