Marquette Suspends Professor For Criticizing Instructor's Opposition To 'Homophobic Comments'

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Marquette Suspends Professor For Criticizing Instructor's Opposition To 'Homophobic Comments'

by Brendan O'Brien
Reuters, 12/17/2014

MILWAUKEE, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A professor at Marquette University in Milwaukee has been suspended after he publicly chastised a teaching assistant on his blog for discouraging a discussion in her classroom regarding gay rights, the school said on Wednesday.

Political science professor John McAdams was suspended with pay from his faculty and teaching duties at the Catholic university and barred from being on campus during the school's investigation, according to university spokesman Brian Dorrington.

The controversy began on Nov. 9 when McAdams criticized philosophy class instructor Cheryl Abbate on his blog.

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"Opinions with which (liberals) disagree are not merely wrong, and are not to be argued against on their merits, but are deemed 'offensive' and need to be shut up," he wrote.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/18/marquette-professor-homophobic-comments_n_6344300.html

Why does this guy matter? John McAdams is a leading debunker who has impersonated journalists and others in order to demean those investigating the assassination of President Kennedy. I don't know him, personally, but I saw him at the Duquesne conference in 2013 I attended and reported on via DU. One of the presenters, Lisa Pease, recognized him from the podium and said, while she disagrees with his conclusions, she reported he was a gentleman, kind in his exchanges with her.

For some reason, Prof. McAdams has archived a DU post of mine from 2004 on one of his websites (actually an excellent resource for those interested in learning more about the assassination of President Kennedy):

Know your BFEE: A Crimeline of Treason