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Professor Reportedly Says It’s ‘Far More Admirable to Kill a Racist, Homophobic, or Transphobic Speaker Than It Is to Shout Them Down.’ Professor Now Suspended — With Pay.

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A professor from Wayne State University in Detroit wrote on social media that it’s “far more admirable to kill a racist, homophobic, or transphobic speaker than it is to shout them down,” WJBK-TV reported.

According to the school, the professor has been suspended — but with pay.

WJBK said the English professor — Steven Shaviro — penned a message this month on his personal Facebook page that addressed “right-wing” speakers being allowed on university campuses. The station said the message began with, “So here is what I think about free speech on campus.”

WJBK added that Shaviro also said, “Although I do not advocate violating federal and state criminal codes, I think it is far more admirable to kill a racist, homophobic, or transphobic speaker than it is to shout them down.”

Here’s a screenshot from WJBK’s video report showing a portion of the post:

[Image source: WJBK-TV video screenshot]

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Islamic Professor Taken into Custody for Rape Charges

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The prominent Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan, a professor of contemporary Islamic studies at the University of Oxford, has been taken into custody by French police following accusations of rape.

A judicial source confirmed to Reuters that Ramadan was taken into custody on Wednesday. A preliminary investigation was opened after two women filed police complaints against him late last year, accusing him of rape.

Ramadan, a senior research fellow of St Antony’s College, took a leave of absence from the university last November after the two women filed complaints. He has denied the allegations and filed a complaint for slander against the author Henda Ayari, one of his accusers.

In October, Ayari, 40, who heads the women’s organisation Les Libératrices, filed a complaint with prosecutors in Rouen, France, alleging rape, sexual violence, harassment and intimidation by Ramadan. She said she was assaulted by him in a Paris hotel room in 2012.

Ayari said she had described the rape in a chapter of her book, I Chose to be Free, published in France in November 2016, giving her attacker a made-up name. In the book, Ayari describes a sex attack by an intellectual in a Paris hotel room after a conference, saying she fought back but was insulted, slapped and treated violently. (Read more from “Islamic Professor Taken into Custody for Rape Charges” HERE)

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Criminal Justice Professor Who Called for Police Deaths Placed on Administrative Leave

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Mike Isaacson, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice who made numerous jokes about dead cops and openly supports Antifa, has been placed on administrative leave by the school.

The college contacted The Daily Caller Friday with a statement from college president Karol V. Mason to announce that the professor has been placed on administrative leave following TheDC reporting on Isaacson’s comments. The report prompted users on social media to participate in a popular #FireMike Twitter hashtag calling for the college to take action against him.

“Many of you may be aware of recent statements made by a John Jay College adjunct on social media, television and in the press,” he wrote, and proceeded to denounce Isaacson’s statements.

“I want to state clearly that I was shocked by these statements. They are abhorrent. This adjunct expressed personal views that are not consistent with our college’s well known and firm values and principles and my own personal standards and principles,” he continued. (Read more from “Criminal Justice Professor Who Called for Police Deaths Placed on Administrative Leave” HERE)

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Politically Incorrect Professor Gets Denied Grant Funding

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A professor who opposes political correctness and refuses to use gender-neutral pronouns was denied research grant funding.

Professor Jordan Peterson of the University of Toronto, who has recently sparked controversy for opposing social justice initiatives, was denied research grant funding, according to his Twitter account.

“This was the money that would have funded my research into the personality predictors of political correctness (and liberalism/conservatism),” noted Peterson in a subsequent Friday tweet.

The professor also tweeted that the reviewers for Social Science and Humanities Research Council grants are anonymous and that he had predicted he would be denied grant money in the fall of 2016.

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