George Ciccariello-Maher, a “radical political theorist, and currently Associate Professor of Politics and Global Studies at Drexel University,” tweeted that all he wanted for Christmas “is White Genocide.”
Naturally, now he’s claiming that it’s all a joke, though John Sexton at Hot Air has his doubts:
So the professor is claiming his tweet was intended to mock the alt-right. But if it was intended as mockery, why did he issue the follow-up tweet about the Haitian massacre? Clearly that wasn’t meant as a joke. It seems his first reaction was to defend the tweet as justifiable. Then a couple hours later he said it was satire. Which is it?
Given that Ciccariello-Maher has now made his Twitter feed private suggests that he realizes he’s really cocked it up.
Drexel University doesn’t seem to be taking it as a joke:
(1/6) Response to Professor George Ciccariello-Maher's Tweet: https://t.co/UfJ01xnk2D
— Drexel University (@DrexelUniv) December 26, 2016
(2/6) Drexel became aware today of Assoc. Prof. George Ciccariello-Maher's inflammatory tweet,
— Drexel University (@DrexelUniv) December 26, 2016
(3/6) which was posted on his personal Twitter account on Dec. 24, 2016. While the University recognizes the right of its faculty to…
— Drexel University (@DrexelUniv) December 26, 2016
(4/6) to freely express their thoughts and opinions in public debate, Prof. Ciccariello-Maher's comments are utterly reprehensible…
— Drexel University (@DrexelUniv) December 26, 2016
(5/6) deeply disturbing, and do not in any way reflect the values of the University. The University is taking this situation very seriously
— Drexel University (@DrexelUniv) December 26, 2016
(6/6) We contacted Prof. Ciccariello-Maher today to arrange a meeting to discuss this matter in detail. https://t.co/UfJ01xnk2D
— Drexel University (@DrexelUniv) December 26, 2016
Given that Ciccariello-Maher seems to be a big fan of communism, the political movement responsible for more genocide than any other in the 20th century, I too have my doubts about the sincerity of “satire” claim. But just imagine if a university professor had called for “black genocide,” then tried to pass it off as a joke. As Iowahawk noted:
I'm sure the Drexel prof's "white genocide" crack was just an ill-delivered joke, but I didn't set the ancient Twitter Outrage Mob rules
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) December 26, 2016
While this is America, and any lunatic can say incredibly stupid things without being thrown in jail, that doesn’t mean that Drexel University is required to keep him in their employ, especially when he’s violated university policy:
Does @DrexelUniv enforce the polices outlined at https://t.co/kMj0gW1THv that @ciccmaher violated? @Stevenwhirsch99 @jjauthor
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) December 26, 2016
If Ciccariello-Maher were a tenured professor, they’d probably blow it off and seep it under the rug. But since he’s a mere Associate Professor, Drexel may decide it’s less painful to cut ties with him…
Tags: Communism, Drexel University, education, genocide, George Ciccariello-Maher, Social Justice Warriors, Twitter