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| Subject: Drexel professor put on leave after Las Vegas tweets Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:00 pm | |
| A Drexel University professor whose tweets suggested a link between white supremacy and the shooting massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival has been has been put on leave.
Associate professor George Ciccariello-Maher writes in an op-ed piece published Tuesday by The Washington Post the Philadelphia university placed him on leave after a series of tweets about the shooting prompted death threats.
Last week, the political science and global studies professor posted a tweet reading, “It’s the white supremacist patriarchy, stupid.” That tweet was followed by a series of similar statements. The professor writes in the op-ed threats came in after conservative media outlets highlighted his tweets.
Drexel says the decision was necessary to ensure campus safety.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/drexel-professor-put-on-leave-after-las-vegas-tweets/2017/10/10/1ac51d4a-ae0d-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html?utm_term=.3d20d0f9a3c8
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