Hey, Twitchy faithful! Remember George Ciccariello-Maher? No? He is — was — the Drexel University associate professor who found himself struggling not to vomit at the sight of a uniformed U.S. soldier on his flight:
https://twitter.com/ciccmaher/status/846019558515359745
Oh yeah, he’s also the wit who tweeted, “All I want for Christmas is White Genocide.” He didn’t lose his teaching gig over that tweet, but now Drexel University is losing him.
https://twitter.com/ciccmaher/status/946435825755148288
Oh no! Why? In a lengthy statement, he explains that he’s suffered “nearly a year of harassment by right-wing, white supremacist media outlets and internet mobs.” He also makes it sound as though he personally were the last support beam holding up the entire American university system.
In the past year, the forces of resurgent white supremacy have tasted blood and are howling for more. Given the pressure they will continue to apply, universities must form a common front against the most reprehensible forces in society and refuse to bow to their pressure, intimidation, and threats. Only then will universities stand any chance of survival.
In the face of aggression from the racist Right and impending global catastrophe, we must defend our universities, our students, and ourselves by defending the most vulnerable among us and by making our campuses unsafe spaces for white supremacists.
Defending the most vulnerable among us? For a minute we thought he was going to start protesting Planned Parenthood.
I'm thinking you're just a big ol' drama queen like the white supremacists are.
Bye, Felicia. https://t.co/ZM9vRNEDUD
— RBe (@RBPundit) December 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/GuitarAnthony/status/946477543200382976
Adios, douchebag. https://t.co/N31QlBLSlB
— Ricky Caught Somewhere In Time (@metalizer1995) December 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/DietrichPoole/status/946446026277249024
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/946488190214594560
Dreaming of white genocide dude says wut? https://t.co/uECQ9m8oYz
— Agam Tapaktuan (@Agam_T) December 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/dangainor/status/946511164544110596
This is the Drexel professor that said "All I want for Christmas is White Genocide" he also blamed the Vegas shooting on Trump supporters…now he is playing the victim…typical Liberal. Own your mistakes. #LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder https://t.co/iMCVw6U7Hb
— CeCe ???(K)? (@Ohio_Buckeye_US) December 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/TheUnsafeSpace/status/946478310481154049
https://twitter.com/michaelbayer1/status/946490300050149376
https://twitter.com/LagunaTina/status/946453996511813632
https://twitter.com/Regressipedia/status/946464205024169989
https://twitter.com/occam_rulze/status/946503738595860480
???????
translation:"i made a fool off my self and faced heavy backlash for my stupidity, now i write a letter with big words to prove im better than those pesky natzees and run to hide"
??????#Karma is a bit*h https://t.co/dERNEI9W3r— you can read.. (@_det_var_trist_) December 28, 2017
What a painfully un-self-aware resignation note. #Drexel #GoodRiddance https://t.co/5Lt4XVdkRe
— Sgt. Deckard (@sgtdeckard) December 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/handrapist/status/946497790120681472
https://twitter.com/SmorglesBord/status/946470329597210624
This raises the question of what marketable skills Mr Ciccariello possesses outside of academia. https://t.co/vp4Eeh782R
— Arthur Boreman Once Held His Breath for 30 Seconds (@ArthurBoreman) December 28, 2017
Just move to a Venezuelan university. There are hundreds of positions available. You helped to create those vacancies anyway.
Mudate a una universidad Venezolana. Hay cientos de puestos libres. Igual tú ayudaste a crearlos. https://t.co/XmhiMXJ5Jz
— Cristhian De Castro (@odcastro) December 28, 2017
Lesson for the kids: don’t tweet dumb shit and you’ll be fine https://t.co/D2TDPlA4N7
— Chris Gerben (@cgerben) December 28, 2017
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