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posted by martyb on Friday July 28 2017, @02:40PM   Printer-friendly
from the karma-gonna-get-ya dept.

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.

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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.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 28 2017, @04:08PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 28 2017, @04:08PM (#545826)

    Of course. This is one of the many tactics of copsuckers to redirect the blame elsewhere. Just change the topic to where the cop came from/what race they are so that we don't need to admit that the police are in dire need of reform!

    You must admit that the shooting of an gorgeous, unarmed, blonde, white woman calling for help is an rare anomaly even among the worst Police Departments. Therefore this is an outlier event. As an outlier, other causes must be considered. This was a black on white shooting.

    There are only two possible causes, deliberate or accidental. If accidental, the Somali cop was a totally incompetent and trigger happy idiot for firing on a woman who could never be considered a threat, which reflects on his community and the people who hired him. (PC hire?) If deliberate, why would he shoot an unarmed white woman? I gave a couple of possibilities...

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 29 2017, @05:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 29 2017, @05:53AM (#546157)

    Here I was worried that my rationalizations were twisted from time to time. I am in awe.