A university professor suggested Harvey was karma for Texas Republicans. Then, he was fired.

[TexasTowelie]

The University of Tampa has fired a visiting professor who appeared to suggest on social media that Hurricane Harvey is karma for Texas for voting Republican.

Kenneth L. Storey, a sociology professor, was immediately slammed on social media after he tweeted this Sunday: “I dont believe in instant Karma but this kinda feels like it for Texas. Hopefully this will help them realize the GOP doesnt care about them.” Two days later, he was out of a job.

In a statement Tuesday, the university denounced Storey’s comments, saying they were made on his private Twitter account and do not reflect the school’s views.

“We condemn the comments and the sentiment behind them, and understand the pain this irresponsible act has caused,” the university said, adding that other faculty members will take over Storey’s classes. “As Floridians, we are well aware of the destruction and suffering associated with tropical weather. Our thoughts and prayers are with all impacted by Hurricane Harvey.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/08/29/university-fires-professor-who-suggested-harvey-was-karma-for-texas-republicans/

[SoCalDem]

1. Ari Fleischman & Donald Rumsfeld said it best

People "need to be very careful about what they say."


https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3670363

[stopbush]

2. Karma is bullshit. Any university professor who believes in such nonsense

is just as bad as the god botherers.

[sarisataka]

3. You may notice

this professor said "I dont believe in instant Karma"...
Or maybe not

[TexasBushwhacker]

8. He was instantly fired for his boneheaded remark

I bet he believes in instant karma now.

Someone might remind Professor Dumbfuck that Florida went for Trump too.

[radius777]

4. Give me a break, we have a Nazi in the WH

who called Mexicans rapists, called John McCain a loser, suggested a '2nd amendment solution' for Hillary, thinks David Duke/nazis/kkk are fine people, and on and on.

Yet some guy on twitter who points out the hypocrisy of GOP anti-gov't philosophy is somehow the devil and loses his job? Ridiculous.

Sure what he said may've been somewhat insensitive, maybe he should've received a 2 week suspension, but shouldn't be losing his job when we gave the highest job in the land to a Nazi.

[sarisataka]

5. How many professors

have been fired recently for something they said on social media? It seems these firings would/will dampen academic freedom and expression.

[Angry Dragon]

6. but religious leaders say this kind of shit all the time

if they are not struck down by their boss(god) does that mean there is no god??

[FuzzyRabbit]

7. What if he had written that Harvey was Houston's punishment for being a diverse liberal city?

I'm guessing he would not have been fired.

[Squinch]

9. I don't know about Karma, but these cascading disasters - the chemical plant explosion,

the biohazard lab in Galveston failing, the 800 alligators and venomous snakes that have been released into the streets/waters, the loss of water in Beaumont - these all come from electing Republicans and cheering on the lack of even the most basic sane regulations.

I wouldn't call it Karma but the result is the same. And it was predicted.