Stuck at the end of the last thread …

re: #188 freetoken

Butthurt over an academic conflict:

The Public Pulse: Possible UNL censure

The whataboutism is clear; Ms. Bartek has been trained by right-wing media (radio? Hannity?) to hate academia.

I looked for a story that described what exactly went on, but the Lincoln newspaper is behind a paywall. I did find this from the Omaha paper:

National group may censure UNL over handling of conflict involving conservative student

The AAUP takes a pretty strong stand on how faculty ought to be treated, and thus not giving the TA a hearing is what the fuss apparently is about.

About Ms. Bartek’s assertion about censure records: The censures by the AAUP are not many but are public: aaup.org

UNL may be added to that list on the 16th.

The whine from Ms. Bartek misses the point censure - the censure is just about how disputes ought to be treated, not the ideological basis for why the student went off crying, or why the TA believes what they do.

Censuring conservative speakers in Nebraska? She’s gotta be kidding.

The Public Pulse is the Omaha World-Herald’s public comment line, normally limited to one hundred words. I have had a few letters appear there, though not recently.

As for the Journal-Star, it isn’t paywalled per se, but it does have a very aggressive ad block detector. They won’t let you past if you’re running anything like NoScript.

journalstar.com