For the academics - here's how you get to go on leave. Covid, the Moon, Minorities.

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Ferris State University announced on Monday that Thomas E. Brennan, an assistant professor of physical science, had been placed on administrative leave after he posted racist, anti-Semitic, and homophobic remarks on Twitter and disrupted a staff meeting by calling Covid-19 a “leftist stunt,” claiming death rates in the United States had been exaggerated.

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Here's the professor's letter explaining what he tweeted: http://www.quantumthom.com/LetterToFerrisCommunity.pdf

It takes all kinds.

PS - started to get ads for giant farm tractors. Now how did I get on that list?

In his letter, the professor also states he believes the atom bomb and moon landings were faked.

At first I thought the good Professor was maybe Jeremy Corbin, but the second half of this sentence made me feel better about his anti-semitism.
“I do not believe that middle-class Jews are involved in an international conspiracy, only that a small number of their elites are.”

Further evidence that an advanced degree doesn’t mean that one’s mind works well.

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Originally Posted by Totem Polar

Further evidence that an advanced degree doesn’t mean that one’s mind works well.

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This is by and far one of the truest statements I've read all day.

Covid is producing some fascinating results without infecting people.

It's been 10+ years since I saw someone actively and openly deny the Holocaust. But just yesterday on IG, I saw not one, but three Holocaust deniers in the comments section of someone I follow. Seems like covid is an excuse for the weirdos to crawl out of hiding.

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Originally Posted by RevolverRob

Seems like covid social media is an excuse for the weirdos to crawl out of hiding.

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FIFY ;-)

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Originally Posted by RevolverRob

It's been 10+ years since I saw someone actively and openly deny the Holocaust.

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Not that I'd recommend it, but apparently you don't watch CSPAN.
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J/K, she doesn't deny the Holocaust -- she just isn't clear on her position regarding it.

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Not that I'd recommend it, but apparently you don't watch CSPAN.
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J/K, she doesn't deny the Holocaust -- she just isn't clear on her position regarding it.

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Deny, hell, she’d sign up for round 2 if she could.

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I always wondered about that. One of my friends referred to that as being educated beyond one's intelligence. Of course I wouldn't know. ;)