Fired Professor Speaks Out! 4/4

I've just received the answer to my question from part one. Nicholas Winset was NOT tenured. As such, the only recourse he has is sour grapes. It sucks, but without tenure he's like the kid in the mailroom of a big company: by saying things the management does not agree with, he risks being fired. Or better yet: as non-tenured faculty, he's like a grad student with a PhD - vulnerable and dependent on the whim of his superiors.

free speech, for born free people.
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I support your right to say whatever you want to say. Its down right anti american to fire you because you wanted to share an outside diverse viewpoint. Also, I feel you are a decent guy. Please don't let this put a chink in your armor.

I have attended Emmanuel College for three semesters and I am becoming increasingly infuriated by its censorship and "we know best" attitude. I wish I had been at the school when this all went down because I would have protested. Ridiculous.

y'know the old west you could carry a gun with no permit at all and if people did that today I think as soon as the guy walked in and started shooting he would have been filled with holes before he even killed anyone

Hope this guy gets his job back, and excuse and a salary. He should be credited for speaking truthfully rather than normative.

I like this guy.

Rather than asking questions Emmanuel College appears to have behaved in a manner closer to a lazy sophomore cribbing a paper off the web than an academic institution pursuing knowledge. And while Winset may not have chosen the most sensitive manner to demonstrate his point, it certainly sets a dangerous precedent to fire him. In the long run, imagine what will be lost if professors are forced to muzzle their ideas because of the politics, ideology or even feelings of the administration.

hi - 1st, sorry for the multiple posts but I had a lot to say. second, could you send me the college's statement that says that the professor was fired because of his pro gun ownership? because everything I've read from EC has said the professor was fired because: the school prohibits "any behavior or action which makes light of or mimics the terrible tragedy at VT." if you have some other information I'd love to see it.

No my dear friend, I just know the difference between right and wrong. It's wrong to call the murder of kids "insignificant," in any context. Anyone who can't figure that out is truly ignorant.