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A tenured professor who was briefly fired by Austin Peay State University in Tennessee in September for what the school’s president said was an insensitive social media post about the killing of Charlie Kirk will get a $500,000 settlement and his job back....
Reason cited for his dismissal? He had the audacity to reference a correctly sourced article that quoted Charlie Kirk:
Weighing in on Mr. Kirk’s assassination in a Facebook post on Sept. 12, Professor Michael shared a Newsweek article from 2023 that included a quote from Mr. Kirk about the importance of upholding the right to bear arms.
The article was published about a week after a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville left six people dead, including three children. The headline read: “Charlie Kirk Says Gun Deaths ‘Unfortunately’ Worth It to Keep 2nd Amendment.” --NYT
This isn't the first, won't be the last come fired educators. When conservative cancel culture "woke-ism" goes bad.