Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis deletes his Twitter account; Update: What is he hiding?

Twitchy ^ | December 18, 2012

[george76]

What do you do when you are an assistant professor at a public university and you’ve been caught red-handed retweeting a tweet advocating murder?

If you’re University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis, you delete your entire Twitter account

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We’re glad he won’t be advocating violence on Twitter any longer. Hopefully, he will use the freed-up time to seek help from a mental health professional.

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Update: What exactly is Loomis hiding? Before he deleted his Twitter account, we managed to make note of a few of his angrier tweets

[dljordan]

““Time to start shooting NRA members” is a terroristic threat, Mr Loomis. Yes, “MISTER”.”

I somehow don’t think Mr. Loomis has the sack to do anything.

[Fresh Wind]

If looks are any indication, he is a potential mass murderer.

[goat granny]

sets off two thoughts, stupid jerk and gaydare, maybe a third, psycho....

[Terry Mross]

The most dangerous person in the world is a dumb ass who believes he’s smarter than everyone else. He’s set in his views and will get real vicious to defend them. And since he’s smarter than everyone else, his oppinions can’t be changed.

[rusty millet]

Thanks for posting the contact information. The university has been reminded of the caliper of faculty they have on staff.