Professor Mirecki now mum on alleged beating: Alleged beating by "Christians" a hoax?

WorldNetDaily ^ | 12.08.05 | Jack Cashill

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KU professor Paul Mirecki reported that two men who did not appreciate his expressed views on Christianity beat him on a Kansas road. He is no longer taking phone calls or talking to the press. He has also resigned as chairman of the Religious Studies Department.

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Skeptics have begun to poke holes in Mirecki's story.

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Mirecki had posted a number of anti-Christian comments on the Internet. KU Chancellor Hemenway described as "repugnant and vile," Mirecki was forced to apologize and drop the course.

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Mirecki first said: two white men, in their 30s or 40s, tailgating him in a pickup. "I just pulled over hoping they would pass, and then they pulled up real close behind," he told the reporters. "They got out, and I made the mistake of getting out."

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There are no eyewitnesses. Mirecki did not identify the truck's license plate. He reported the incident at 6:40 a.m.

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Mirecki's story has been reported on CNN, CBS, and others.

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skeptics are hoping that the Douglas County Sheriffs ask which breakfast establishment he was driving. Most places open at that time of day would be in Lawrence proper. Mirecki's trip to town is all along well-lit streets.

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Then there is the question of Mirecki's behavior at the scene. Two men were tailgating him. They pulled over and got out, and then, as Mirecki tells it, he too got out on a dark country road to confront them. These details trouble, but they do not undo Mirecki's story, and it would be imprudent to suggest otherwise until the inquiry is complete.

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another FR post on this story:

Students Denounce Reported Assault on Prof. Who Mocked Christian Fundamentalists

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I "[ sniped ]" this story a lot. Click the link to learn more,.

[AmericanArchConservative]

Miscellaneous {Non-P.R.O.P.} ping!

A.A.C.

[GovernmentShrinker]

You mean there were people who actually believed his tale?

[GregoTX]

"Not surprisingly, left-wing blogs are blaze with indignation. The Daily Kos, arguably the most influential liberal weblog in the United States, ran as it headline yesterday, "Thugs beat up evolution supporter – We're fighting back."

Hey, the hippies are upset, it almost makes me wish the story was true.

[Mulch]

Mirecki's story has been reported on CNN, CBS, and others.

How long will it take for CNN to report the teacher's false claims?

[Reactionary]

Poor little liberal. He had to make up a nice little story to go along with his persecution complex.

Aww. Did the white Christian elves give him a good thrashing?

[SmithL]

Not me!

[Antoninus]

One insane neo-Com academic down, several thousand more to go.

Could this bozo end up being another casualty of the infamous pajamahadin?

[PetroniusMaximus]

I bet it will come out that this is why he lost his job.

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Mirecki agreed to a description of Pope John Paul II as "a corpse in a funny hat wearing a dress.I refer to him as J2P2 (John Paul II), like the Star Wars robot R2D2," Mirecki wrote.

Mirecki followed up the announcement a class with an e-mail:

"The fundies want it all taught in a science class, but this will be a nice slap in their big fat face by teaching it as a religious studies class under the category 'mythology,' " he wrote in a Nov. 19 message.

Mirecki described his first experience in a Catholic Mass:
"I had my first Catholic 'holy communion' when I was a kid in Chicago, and when I took the bread-wafer the first time, it stuck to the roof of my mouth, and as I was secretly trying to pry it off with my tongue as I was walking back to my pew with white clothes and with my hands folded, all I could think was that it was Jesus' skin, and I started to puke, but I sucked it in and drank my own puke. That's a big part of the Catholic experience. I don't think most Catholics really know what they are supposed to believe, they just go home and use condoms, and some of them beat their wives and husbands."

[mlc9852]

How in the world did this guy get a job at a college professor? He doesn't sound very bright to me.

[Reactionary]

Haven't you heard? The only real qualification to become a sainted member of academe is to be thoroughly liberal.

That's all it takes, dear comrade. Ideological purity is, you know, so very *pure*.

[doug from upland]

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[Reactionary]

"The Daily Kos, arguably the most influential liberal weblog in the United States, ran as it headline yesterday, "Thugs beat up evolution supporter – We're fighting back."

Ah. Another wonderful aspect of strict ideological conformity, you see. Our dear comrades aren't known for scepticism.

[Mulch]

well done!

[doug from upland]

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