Progressive response to death of Barbara Bush

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http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article209197719.html

 

A Fresno State professor called former first lady Barbara Bush an “amazing racist” who raised a “war criminal,” and expressed no concern that she could be fired or reprimanded for her outspokenness on social media.

Randa Jarrar, a professor in Fresno State’s Department of English, expressed her displeasure with the Bush family within an hour after the official announcement that Mrs. Bush died Tuesday at the age of 92.

“Barbara Bush was a generous and smart and amazing racist who, along with her husband, raised a war criminal,” Jarrar wrote on Twitter. “F--- outta here with your nice words.”

 

Jarrar’s tweet generated more than 2,000 replies back to her, with many upset at her and tagging Fresno State and University President Joseph Castro in their comments.

Jarrar, who in her Twitter messages describes herself as an Arab-American and a Muslim-American woman, goes on to maintain that she is a tenured professor and makes $100,000 a year.

“I will never be fired,” Jarrar tweeted.

 

In a separate tweet, she wrote: “If you'd like to know what it's like to be an Arab American Muslim American woman with some clout online expressing an opinion, look at the racists going crazy in my mentions right now.”

Jarrar even encouraged those of Twitter to reach out to Fresno State and to Castro, offering up their Twitter handles.

 

 

[Dashinka 24,766]

Saw this, kind of sick, but not surprising.

 

Thanks for posting this as a separate thread.  I was never a big Bush fan, but I do know how to show my respect.

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Do not recollect anything negative about Barbara, just positives.

[smilesammich 10,727]

wait, i thought being vocal with unpopular, politically incorrect opinions were all the rage now a days? 

 

and nice title, lead me to believe i'd be reading the official progressive response to her death - not the response of one professor on twitter.

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Thought you might approve.

[smilesammich 10,727]

10 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Thought you might approve.

thanks for thinking of me when you post, just please remember your bible as well 

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29 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

wait, i thought being vocal with unpopular, politically incorrect opinions were all the rage now a days? 

 

and nice title, lead me to believe i'd be reading the official progressive response to her death - not the response of one professor on twitter.

 

  Many people support the first amendment fervently, even zealously ...  until someone says something they don't agree with.

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Yup no attempt to exploit the death of a Presidential family member by painting  everyone to the left of Barry Goldwater with a cheap corner case of a college professor tweeting outrageous things here. 

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2 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  Many people support the first amendment fervently, even zealously ...  until someone says something they don't agree with.

I don't think anyone here is saying that they don't think the woman has a right to say what she thinks. No one here (I'm assuming but I'm fairly confident) thinks the government should silence her.

 

The First Amendment doesn't say anything about other people liking what you say. We, as fellow citizens, are allowed to express our displeasure with the inconsiderate, crude, and disrespectful way she is talking about someone who just passed away and, politics aside, was a major figure in the US.

 

So she's allowed to say what she wants, but I'm also allowed to call her an ...the hole at the bottom of your tush.

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1 minute ago, bcking said:

I don't think anyone here is saying that they don't think the woman has a right to say what she thinks. No one here (I'm assuming but I'm fairly confident) thinks the government should silence her.

 

The First Amendment doesn't say anything about other people liking what you say. We, as fellow citizens, are allowed to express our displeasure with the inconsiderate, crude, and disrespectful way she is talking about someone who just passed away and, politics aside, was a major figure in the US.

 

So she's allowed to say what she wants, but I'm also allowed to call her an ...the hole at the bottom of your tush.

no, the government shouldn't silence her..just progressives. this is their response after all.

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1 minute ago, smilesammich said:

no, the government shouldn't silence her..just progressives. this is their response after all.

You think she should be no platformed?

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3 minutes ago, Boiler said:

You think she should be no platformed?

i don't know what that means. 

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1 minute ago, smilesammich said:

i don't know what that means. 

Hmmm

 

I thought it was a common term.

 

Where you do not allow people you do not like to speak, fairly common in Progressive Universities.

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Just now, Boiler said:

Hmmm

 

I thought it was a common term.

 

Where you do not allow people you do not like to speak, fairly common in Progressive Universities.

progressives should be no platformed. how dare they not fall in line via this professor's twitter.

 

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