OK, so do we all know and understand the indoctrination of youth doesn’t stop once a child leaves traditional K-12 schooling? And do we understand that youth have been severely skewed by drastically leftist philosophy in college? And are we all TIRED OF IT? YES! But in this university one professor was handed his walking papers for crossing the line on this serious offense.
A professor who insinuated that several mass shootings — including the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre — were a hoax to push through gun control is reportedly out of a job.
The New York Times reported that Florida Atlantic University terminated James F. Tracy. The professor gained attention for not only calling in to radio stations to question the validity of the Charleston church shooting and San Bernardino shooting, but writing about how these mass shootings were possibly carried out by “crisis actors” employed by the Obama administration.
He made a few enemies thanks to an incident in which the parents of Noah Pozner, the youngest Sandy Hook victim, wrote in a local column about how the associate professor of communications harassed him. The parents reportedly asked Tracy to remove a photo of Pozner from his blog. In return, Tracy demanded a birth certificate proving that the child ever lived.
“The Pozners, alas, are as phony as the drill itself, and profiting handsomely from the fake death of their son,” Tracy wrote on a Sandy Hook hoax Facebook page.
While a good portion of FAU employees expressed disgust in Tracy’s actions, he was fired not due to the nature of his comments but because for three years he hadn’t reported outside jobs or activities that he carried out beyond his work at the university. The “Report of Outside Employment or Professional Activity Form,” which the school claims they asked him repeatedly to fill out, would require him to disclose his blog posts and radio appearances.
“… To our horror, we have found that there are some in this society who lack empathy for the suffering of others. Among them are the conspiracy theorists that deny our tragedy was real. They seek us out and accuse us of being government agents who are faking our grief and lying about our loss,” the Pozners wrote in a Sun Sentinel piece where they also outlined ongoing harassment from Tracy.
According to the Washington Post, Florida Atlantic University released a statement on his termination:
Florida Atlantic University today issued James Tracy with a Notice of Termination. This follows the Notice of Proposed Discipline issued to James Tracy Dec. 16.
The effective date of the termination is Jan. 8, 2016.
James Tracy was scheduled to teach three classes during the upcoming Spring semester. Alternative instructors will be assigned to teach those classes.
Though he has been given the boot, the Sun Sentinel reported he could appeal the decision. They also report that he is being represented by the university union — though it is unclear why they believe he was unjustly fired.