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In reply to the discussion: University of Rochester Students Silently Protest Professor Who Defended Limbaugh, Ridiculed Fluke [View all]GopperStopper2680
(397 posts)That remark is a good starting place, but it then begs the question "What are you going to do about it?" I say it's time to write this man a pink slip. If this were a middle or high school the man would be lucky to find a job as a substitute in a week's time. But since it's a college, the opionions will likely be something like 'well college students are adults-they should know how to take things like that or 'well, they already paid their tuition so it doesn't matter.'
It is bad enough that a so called professional would make a slanderous and scandalizing statement about any individual student in the halls of higher education. But of course there's a bigger and more sweeping threat here-the threat that this is going to set a precident that it's ok for people in places of authority to slander, lible, or defame others at will. If something isn't done we could see a rash of this kind of behavior all across America. There was a time when this kind of thing from entities like Rush Limberger or this other 'teacher' personage would secure an instant pink slip and the message 'you'll never work in the () business in this town again!' Now it just seems to make for good ratings.
Let's all hope that this prick at least taught somebody what is not acceptable in a place of education.