LOL, Texas A&M President steps down...

[HotMop]

Texas A&M University president ousted after viral video controversy

The Board of Regents made the announcement on Thursday, Sept. 18.

www.kbtx.com

Because of allowing liberal professors...

Texas A&M professor fired, leaders reassigned amid scrutiny over course curriculum

Texas A&M President Mark A. Welsh has fired English Professor Melissa McCoul after a video surfaced Monday showing a clash between a student and Professor McCoul over curriculum in a children’s literature course.

www.kbtx.com

 

[HotMop]

Texas A&M University president ousted after viral video controversy

The Board of Regents made the announcement on Thursday, Sept. 18.

www.kbtx.com

Because of allowing liberal professors...

Texas A&M professor fired, leaders reassigned amid scrutiny over course curriculum

Texas A&M President Mark A. Welsh has fired English Professor Melissa McCoul after a video surfaced Monday showing a clash between a student and Professor McCoul over curriculum in a children’s literature course.

www.kbtx.com

Yeah...fired.

 

[Anon1684630174]

former Obama appointee at A&M is like oil and water.

 

[HotMop]

former Obama appointee at A&M is like oil and water.

He lasted 2 years...

 

[John Deaux VII]

All of this over a clash about children's literature curriculum? Good lord.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

All of this over a clash about children's literature curriculum? Good lord.

Freedom of speech is over. You must conform to what the federal government wants you to say. Senators and even the president himself are explicitly saying this nowadays.

 

[TXDawg.sixpack]

Freedom of speech is over. You must conform to what the federal government wants you to say. Senators and even the president himself are explicitly saying this nowadays.

Yeah, Kimmel’s plummeting ratings had NOTHING to do with his show being cancelled.

It’s all a grand conspiracy to limit free speech.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Yeah, Kimmel’s plummeting ratings had NOTHING to do with his show being cancelled.

It’s all a grand conspiracy to limit free speech.

Why are you bothering to pretend when no one in the administration is bothering to pretend? Even Carlson and Cruz are saying that Kimmel's cancelation is federal overreach and a violation of the First Amendment. When you've lost those two....

 

[patdog]

Why are you bothering to pretend when no one in the administration is bothering to pretend? Even Carlson and Cruz are saying that Kimmel's cancelation is federal overreach and a violation of the First Amendment. When you've lost those two....

It’s not a violation of the 1st Amendment. I think it’s ridiculous and a bad thing gif our country. But your employer can absolutely fire you for a social media post you make that they don’t like.

 

[LocalBeachBum]

Yeah, Kimmel’s plummeting ratings had NOTHING to do with his show being cancelled.

It’s all a grand conspiracy to limit free speech.

It was line 248 in Project 2025: get Jimmy Kimmel fired

 

[QuaoarsKing]

It’s not a violation of the 1st Amendment. I think it’s ridiculous and a bad thing gif our country. But your employer can absolutely fire you for a social media post you make that they don’t like.

It is a First Amendment violation if the federal government pressures your employer to fire you over speech, which is what happened, according to Trump himself and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.

He literally says it here:

 

[QuaoarsKing]

And for the record, this is what Jimmy Kimmel said to get his First Amendment rights violated by the Trump Administration:


Not even close to hate speech. Maybe you could argue that it was tacky, but there's worse stuff on the airwaves on a daily basis.

And he was right - Republicans absolutely did a lot of politicizing of Kirk's death and placed a high emphasis on making sure people knew the shooter wasn't a #MAGA type, which I think most people assumed he wasn't all along anyway.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Senators Tillis, McCormick, and Cruz (!?) agree with me:

Ted Cruz rips FCC chair's Jimmy Kimmel threat as 'unbelievably dangerous'

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr warned that the FCC could take action against ABC and Disney over the late-night host's remarks about Charlie Kirk's death.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[HailStout]

intravit coram cincinno

 

[mcdawg22]

intravit coram cincinno

 

[JackShephard]

We gotta start locking these political threads before Quasartard gets into them.

 

[HotMop]

It is a First Amendment violation if the federal government pressures your employer to fire you over speech, which is what happened, according to Trump himself and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.

He literally says it here:

Well, they lost Nexstar at first, the FCC may have had nothing to do with it.

 

[dawgoneyall]

Freedom of speech is over. You must conform to what the federal government wants you to say. Senators and even the president himself are explicitly saying this nowadays.

BS

 

[QuaoarsKing]

We gotta start locking these political threads before Quasartard gets into them.

Kinda ironic that you would say call someone else that if you don't know the difference in Quaoar and a quasar, isn't it? Quaoar is an object in our solar system, probably a dwarf planet, while quasars are billions of light years away...

 

[JackShephard]

2 things can be true at once Q.
1. Trump and his FCC chair likely pressured the Kimmel firing and that's Government overreach. Kimmel should sue, he'll likely win.

2. Free speech is fine. The guardrails remain in place.

Here's a 3rd thing that's also true. Kimmel is a steaming pile of crap and got what he deserved.

 

[HotMop]

And for the record, this is what Jimmy Kimmel said to get his First Amendment rights violated by the Trump Administration:


Not even close to hate speech. Maybe you could argue that it was tacky, but there's worse stuff on the airwaves on a daily basis.

And he was right - Republicans absolutely did a lot of politicizing of Kirk's death and placed a high emphasis on making sure people knew the shooter wasn't a #MAGA type, which I think most people assumed he wasn't all along anyway.

How is this entertaining for a late night show?

 

[JackShephard]

Kinda ironic that you would say call someone else that if you don't know the difference in Quaoar and a quasar, isn't it?

Sorry I never cared enough to learn your name. I generally skip over your posts because I know they'll be asinine drivel.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

2 things can be true at once Q.
1. Trump and his FCC chair likely pressured the Kimmel firing and that's Government overreach. Kimmel should sue, he'll likely win.

2. Free speech is fine. The guardrails remain in place.

Here's a 3rd thing that's also true. Kimmel is a steaming pile of crap and got what he deserved.

How can #2 be true if you are conceding my point in #1? It would be one thing if Trump were firing Carr and promising an internal review to ensure it never happens again, but the opposite of that is happening.

Remember when Colbert got fired and people like me said that if the administration gets away with this one, they won't even bother with plausible deniability the next time they try this? Here we are. They're just openly saying they're doing it, and half of their fanboys (though not all, as a cited above) are pretending like they don't believe their own ears.

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

Apparently, ex-Air Force generals don't last very long on college campuses

 

[Pars]

The year is 2032 President AOC has just pulled the FCC license for Fox News and defunded all conservative colleges across America. Republicans have no idea how this could happen as she beheads Gutfield on live TV