Shortell Drops Bid for Department Chair!
Example of a Retard
A couple weeks ago, I wrote an article about Timothy Shortell. For those who don't know, he gained recent popularity after he became the chairman-elect of Brooklyn College's sociology department. Well, perhaps it was the fact that he also said that Christians will "just as soon kill you." When I wrote the article, I noted that Brooklyn College was tiptoeing around the issue.
Surprisingly, Shortell was pressured to drop his bid for the chair. According to the New York Sun, he "sent a bitter e-mail on Monday to several departmental heads saying he had decided to step down as chairman-elect and claiming he was a victim of a political attack."
The New York Sun article continued:
"If he's dropping his bid, it would be the first recent wise move on his part," a member of CUNY's board of trustees, Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, said. "While he's entitled to his voice, the school is certainly better off served by a different chair."
Brooklyn College deserves some positive recognition for this. Despite my assumptions, the administration surprisingly took action and did what should have been done.
If you're interested in reading the piece that some of his most offending quotes came from, check it out. It is titled "Religion & Morality: A Contradiction Explained."
. . . and Padraig, don't bother posting any comments here. Your intentionally inflammatory comments and self-image of intellectual superiority aren't required here.
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