A University of Tampa Sociology professor is now unemployed after he tweeted that people in Houston deserve the “instant karma” from hurricane Harvey.
After professor Ken Storey sent his hateful tweet, he was challenged with a reply asking “I guess since we’re a Red state [Florida] we deserve some bad karma too, right?” To which Storey replied “Yep, those who voted for him here deserve it as well.”
Aaaaand you’re fired
Via Mediaite:
Storey went on to apologize for his insensitive remarks and deleted the controversial tweet. However, his apology-tweet was not taken well, as it has over 2000 replies and less than 100 likes — reaching “The Ratio” level of poor Twitter form.
I deeply regret a statement I posted yesterday. I never meant to wish ill will upon any group. I hope all affected by Harvey recover quickly
— Ken Storey (@klstorey) August 28, 2017
This apology did not prove to be enough to save Storey from his bad-take, as the University of Tampa posted a press release today stating: “We condemn the comments and the sentiment behind them, and understand the pain this irresponsible act has caused. Storey has been relieved of his duties at UT, and his classes will be covered by other sociology faculty.”
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Mmm Yeaaah, not sure you should get fired for that. I mean it was poor form, but he is allowed his speech, is he not? It’s also almost a religious thought too…
Very insensitive for sure though.
Yeah, seems a little extreme. Maybe he’s just a twat and they were looking for a reason to get rid of him?
Fuck that Cuck. Reap what you sow bitch.
lol, the great irony is the flooded area is Democrat majority, excepting the Alvin, Pearland etc. south of town. What a hateful person. Liberals are unfortunately not short of those.
I would have called Satan to sodomize him in pain , just as a distraction show for the victim of the Houston hell
Fuck him he should be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail, Texas-style.
Sorry but no, he can and should be fired for that. Yes you are allowed to say what you want, but to expect there will be no repercussions is wrong especially if you are in a quasi public job that receives government support.
Same with the idiot NFL players who protest the anthem. Feel free to say whatever you want, but realize you are an entertainer and if the public looses interest or even if it looks like a percentage of people no longer want to see you play, then the owner of the team may feel compelled to act to protect their investment. For every player that protests, the owners are all weighing the pros against the cons and you better hope you come up positive.
Err…. I disagree I think. Assuming it was his personal Twitter. What if he had only called a friend and said that? What if he went to the corner and started saying it to passersby? How about if he made a sign and hung it over the freeway? Should he deserve a satanic ass rape for these offenses too?
NFL is maybe a little different since they are at work and putting on a show… Idk
There’s certainly a lot of people getting fired these days for saying the wrong thing. I hear that Google guy is gonna probably win his lawsuit though.
Fired, eh? Hmm. Karma. Bitch.
Heckler – that’s the point though. He didn’t say it in private or to a friend. He thought he could be cool and signal publicly on a public twitter account hey look I can shit on the conservatives too. That’s the same as standing up in the center of campus on a podium and yelling it which of course he would likely be fired for if the students didn’t beat the shit out of him first. If someone is too stupid to realize that, well they get what they deserve.
You may want to believe things should be ideal, but ideal does not exist in the world. Ideally yes, your personal opinions should have no bearing on your job, but you should realize that your job is a courtesy to you and you are owed nothing. The moment you are more of a liability than an asset, you are no longer valuable and should be replaced. Everything you do is a reflection of yourself and is like being a company of one. Just like any company, if it pisses off a large percentage of it’s customers, that company will fail.
How do you know it’s public I don’t get it? He tweeted in his own capacity didn’t he? That was a university account? I’m confused. He’s got tons of followers?
Whatever – just glad I’ve never posted anything I regret. Can’t afford that shit these days anyways
If you’re sharing with anyone outside of your immediate family, it’s public. Don’t put in writing what you don’t want everyone in the world to see.
He’s a representative of the school and he’s an at will employee. Not being discriminated against. They can fire him for the way he combs his hair. That’s not a protected group.
If he would have tweeted, “I’m a professor at the University of Tampa and I like to fuck goats on the weekends when I’m not giving my dog a hand job” he would have been fired just the same.
He represents the school and they wanted no part of him after he opened his pie hole.
What if? He didn’t do those things. And if he had, and someone had their phone capturing the video and it went viral, it could have had the same result.
I have told my boys over and over, don’t put anything online that you don’t want made public for the world to see. The Internet never forgets.
I don’t know if I would have fired this guy but it certainly does seem like bad judgement, and frankly if I had done the same thing, I’m almost 100% sure I would have also been fired. My employer would not want to taint their public image defending my degeneracy.
TWITTER IS PUBLIC.
He pulled a Kathy Griffin. Thought it would be a cool virtue signal opp, went way too far cheering on horrible tragedy.
Would you be defending him if he said some neo Nazi bullshit on Twitter and got fired for it? I think not.
Its truly amazing to watch idiots like Heckler who are only too overjoyed when their political opponents are lynched like this now turn around and say “oh hey maybe we should slow down.”
Sucks when the shoe is on the other foot, eh retard? It’s almost like the climate of violence and repercussions over political disagreements cuts both ways right?
Sounds like the Professor reaped what he sowed.
Trump is personally donating $1,000,000 to the relief effort. Have yet to see anything about the Clinton Foundation making any donation. Kind of blows the whole idea he was promoting — that the GOP didn’t care about the people of Texas.