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State Flag Support Group Wants Assistant Professor Fired for FB Comments
By Alyssa Schnugg
News Editor
alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com
University of Mississippi sociology assistant professor J.T. Thomas is under fire after suggesting people interrupt senators’ meals and take their appetizers away.
On Oct. 6, Thomas posted a comment on his FB page in response to the Brett Kavanaugh Senate Judiciary Committee hearing and his disappointment in the Senators.
A Facebook group, Our State Flag Foundation, started calling for Thomas to be fired “over this outrageous illegal call for harassment.”
On Monday, Chancellor Jeff Vitter apparently responded to the Facebook war with his own post, claiming that a “recent social media post by a UM faculty member did not reflect the values articulated by the university, such as respect for the dignity of each individual and civility and fairness.”
Vitter said that while he supports free speech, he condemns statements that encourage acts of aggression.
“I urge all members of the Ole Miss community to demonstrate civility and respect for others and to honor the ideal of diversity of thought that is a foundational element of the academy.”
Thomas told Hottytoddy.com Monday that he too supports the Chancellor’s right to free speech.
“And to express himself through social media,” Thomas said. “The free exchange of ideas is a hallmark of higher education.”
No statement has been made by the university as to whether Thomas will be facing any disciplinary actions by the university.
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Lawrence
October 15, 2018 at 8:14 pm
Vitter is a gutless embarrassment.
Wave goodby to some more donors.
Waite Ligon
October 16, 2018 at 8:42 pm
Mr. Thomas is another embarrassing example of the results produced by Chancellor Vitter’s liberal leaning administration. The IHL has to consider either reining in the Chancellor or replacing him. If Mr. Thomas is an example of the leadership at our University, he, the professor, must definitely be disciplined or removed. One might expect actions of this type at U Cal Berkeley where comparable outrageous bursts are commonplace, but what are his students learning about personal behavior, standards and values from this man? What have we come to…
Ric
October 17, 2018 at 10:10 am
Not only a lack of integrity by Vitter
But a poor business decision. With enrollment and donations declining,
driving more strident and donors away does not seem like a good business model.
He and Bjork are jokes.
bubble shooter
December 6, 2019 at 2:04 am
By the end of the secondary school year, he hopes to have a set of guilt flies as well as examine specific electrical connections in the fly’s brain and similar tools ready for testing on mice.