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University of Delaware Fires Part-Time Professor over Facebook Post

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

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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: 4, Interesting) by Gaaark on Friday July 28 2017, @05:34PM (1 child)

    by Gaaark (41) on Friday July 28 2017, @05:34PM (#545876) Journal

    I believe in free speech too, but i definitely would not post something stupid on facebook (ANOTHER reason why i am NOT on facebook, lol) because of family:
    --my opinions should not worry my employer: what i think is not (necessarily) the thoughts of my employer and should not have any bearing on them (unless you are the CEO, maybe)
    --my opinions CAN be a burden on my family, though. What i say CAN reflect on them because there is a much more immediate relationship.

    That said, there IS a game you gotta play: you say something nasty, SOMEONE WILL GET THEIR PANTIES IN AN UPROAR and there MAY be consequences.

    Here, i feel i can say what i feel, because of pseudo-anonymity and i'm doubting my employer reads soylentnews (barely can work his work computer), but i would not post stupidity on facebook/faceplant: you are just INVITING panty uproar.

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    --- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Friday July 28 2017, @06:15PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 28 2017, @06:15PM (#545891) Journal

    panties . . . I'm listening . . .