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 kaszz on Saturday July 29 2017, @08:53AM
I think this is an issue. The larger communication pool the more idiots and crazies. And it of course expand more if communication doesn't require any skill. Some countermeasures is to make some communication so boring that the crazies fall asleep. Another is to reserve some forums where crazies are prevented from partaking. It can even be as simple as using complex jargon that the general mob won't ever comprehend. General public channels should however always be treated as the pipeline to the cesspool of crazies it is.
If everybody has to top-toe all the time around any issue that anyone on the planet may take an issue with. It makes for a less great and varied society. It's detrimental to development of people and technology. And reminds more about the theological oppression of the middle ages.