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SUSPENDED: Michigan State removes liberal professor who went on anti-Republican tirade
The Right Scoop ^ | September 5th, 2013

Posted on 09/05/2013 11:40:52 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike

Shocked? I sure am. I thought they’d just give him a quiet slap on the hand or ignore him altogether. I never expected he’d receive real consequences for leftist tirade:

CAMPUS REFORM – Michigan State administrators have suspended Prof. William Penn for the remainder of the semester, after he was caught on video going on an anti-Republican tirade on the very first day of his literature class.

In an email to students Thursday morning, Dean Karen Wurst of the College of Arts & Letters, cited his “inappropriate, disrespectful and offensive” comments.

“On Aug. 29, during your Literatures, Cultures, Identities course, Professor William Penn made comments he has acknowledged were inappropriate, disrespectful and offensive and may have negatively affected the learning environment,” she wrote. “Once MSU was made aware of the situation the Office of the Provost immediately began a review.”

“As a result, Penn’s duties have been reassigned, and he will not be teaching this semester,” she added. “A new instructor is being assigned to your course.”

Kudos to Michigan State University for protecting the classroom from political intimidation.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: academia; corruption; democrats; detroit; education; fired; hatespeech; leftismoncampus; michigan
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To: Chickensoup
this means he is on vay cay He will continue to be paid. He needs to be fired.

Then imprisoned. Or shot. Take your pick.
21 posted on 09/05/2013 11:49:48 AM PDT by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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To: Hotlanta Mike
With pay, to be re-instated next semester.

The nation's educators can't start punishing professors for this kind of rhetoric - there won't be enough of them around to fit in the mens room in a month.

22 posted on 09/05/2013 11:49:59 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: Sioux-san

True expressions of liberalism can only thrive when not exposed.

I used to have a yahoo handle of “expose the left”.

The lefties HATED that handle.

They know that liberalism exposed is liberalism defeated.


23 posted on 09/05/2013 11:50:23 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

I’ll bet he was suspended with pay, i.e. a paid vacation of a semester or two.


24 posted on 09/05/2013 11:51:27 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the people. T Jefferson)
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To: Chickensoup
I suspect he's on paid leave, poor guy.....

keep up the good fight folks....we're getting to them....

I figure by the time you know who starts WW3 and there's a draft, people will finally be awake....

25 posted on 09/05/2013 11:51:55 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Wow, I’m actually surprised that they did this, even though it would have been better if they had fired him outright.


26 posted on 09/05/2013 11:52:26 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

I’m stunned. Now that he’s been outed, the only students who will sign up for his section next semester will be the ones who agree with him


27 posted on 09/05/2013 11:52:47 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Where’s the video? I would like to see the tirade before I give them TOO much credit.

If he dropped F bombs, insulted gays, blacks, women, etc. during the tirade, they may have determined he went to far in characterizing republicans as his was offensive to their own liberal subjects. In other words, he may have just taken the hatred beyond what level of hatred the administration will tolerate when it comes to political opposition to their position.


28 posted on 09/05/2013 11:53:22 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (Waiting for next tagline.)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Is this idiot the Will Pitt of DU fame?


29 posted on 09/05/2013 11:54:08 AM PDT by hcmama
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To: Chickensoup

I can’t believe people are falling for this.

The liberal administration is simply biding their time, waiting for the hullabaloo to blow over.

This nut firmed up his lib chops with his bosses, and they love him MORE, now.

Academics consider non-academics as short-minded dim-wits, 100%.

This story is all about FOLLOW-UP.


30 posted on 09/05/2013 11:55:22 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: Hotlanta Mike
A strange thing happened to me at GA Southern in the middle '80s. I was in a history class, and was absent-mindedly drumming on my desk. The professor asked me to stop, and I did.

Apparently I looked at him funny, because he then asked if I would like to leave. I gathered my stuff and I left.

I don't remember if I dropped the class or took the F, I was likely to do either at the time.

I ended up taking the same class from the same professor the next year, and got an A. Dean's List.

31 posted on 09/05/2013 11:58:07 AM PDT by real saxophonist (All you poor, all you needy, all you're doin' is givin' to the greedy... Temptations, 'Power')
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To: A.A. Cunningham

He’s also a fake Indian.


32 posted on 09/05/2013 11:58:09 AM PDT by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: Hotlanta Mike
Good news! Actually shocking! The typical response from schools has been to at least initially support their instructors under the guise of “free speech” for them and to suspend or expel the victimized student as the problem, that is until public outrage and alumni cause a big enough ruckus. That Michigan State didn't go through the “normal” process says a lot.
33 posted on 09/05/2013 11:58:20 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: gaijin

exactly.

If his diatribe had been aimed at any other groups than whites, Republicans or Christians his career would be very. He will get a pass.


34 posted on 09/05/2013 11:59:09 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: zeestephen
I thought anti-Conservative tirades were a basic requirement for promotion.

They will promote him after this all dies down.

35 posted on 09/05/2013 12:04:00 PM PDT by Mark17 (Mark Levin: Barack Obama is a human wrecking ball)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Was the SOB suspended with or without pay? If without pay it’s going to bite. If not, it’s nothing more than a paid vacation.


36 posted on 09/05/2013 12:05:57 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Here’s a MI St. William Penn:

http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=95961


37 posted on 09/05/2013 12:07:33 PM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: Hotlanta Mike
Obvious statement: O’Reilley will take credit for this creep’s suspension.
38 posted on 09/05/2013 12:10:36 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Navy Patriot

Another cigar store Indian?


39 posted on 09/05/2013 12:11:16 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

I’m guessing that the ONLY reason this guy got suspended is because someone whose contribution checks have a lot of zeros called the university president and complained. Otherwise, MSU would have rode out the storm claiming that this is an issue of academic freedom.


40 posted on 09/05/2013 12:17:32 PM PDT by CommerceComet (Obama vs. Romney - clear evidence that our nation has been judged by God and found wanting.)
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