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The University of Delaware is cutting ties with a part-time professor who provoked a controversial firestorm for saying North Korea detainee Otto Warmbier "deserved" to die.
The Newark school said it will not re-hire Katherine Dettwyler, the adjunct faculty member who blasted the 22-year-old student as "young, white, rich, clueless" in a since-deleted Facebook post Tuesday.
The school's statement (pdf):
The comments of Katherine Dettwyler do not reflect the values or position of the University of Delaware. We condemn any and all messages that endorse hatred and convey insensitivity toward a tragic event such as the one that Otto Warmbier and his family suffered.
The University of Delaware values respect and civility and we are committed to global education and study abroad; therefore, we find these comments particularly distressing and inconsistent with our values. Our sympathies are with the Warmbier family.
Also at; CBS News.
(Score: 2) by Zinho on Friday July 28 2017, @03:19PM (2 children)
Sorry, I don't understand your meaning here. Are you saying:
1) that it's OK to fire someone for being glad a Jew is dead
1a) the above, but sarcastically, as a way of complaining about Jewish privilege
2) that it's not OK to fire someone for being glad a white man was dead
2a) the above, but sarcastically, because white lives don't matter
3) some combination of the above
4) none of the above, in which case I've completely misunderstood
?
"Space Exploration is not endless circles in low earth orbit." -Buzz Aldrin
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by XivLacuna on Friday July 28 2017, @03:32PM (1 child)
It is a crime to call a jewish person white when said jewish person is the victim. It is only acceptable to call a jewish person white when said jewish person is caught committing a horrible crime like child molestation, serial killing, defrauding fellow jews in financial scams, etc.
Hypothetically you could call him white if he raped, murdered, and consumed the corpses a bunch of underage North Korean girls and got executed for it.
(Score: 2) by Zinho on Friday July 28 2017, @06:21PM
Sooo... 1a?
You're pretty firmly in Poe's Law territory here, my sarcasmeter is pegging. The words you're using indicate that you're describing what is, and your tone suggests you think that it ought not be like that. Subtexts I'm getting from your last post include:
* social taboo insists that being White can only carry negative qualities
* social taboo considers victimhood to be a virtue
* in combination, the two social taboos above imply that no one can be both White and a victim
* your use of "when" instead of "if" suggests you view Jews as being variably victims or horrible criminals (child molesters, serial murderers, financial fraudsters)
* social taboo insists that financial fraud by Jews is only a horrible crime if committed against other Jews
* the social taboos above offend you
Have i got it about right?
"Space Exploration is not endless circles in low earth orbit." -Buzz Aldrin