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发帖数: 29846 | 1 'Gee, I wonder if the instructor would dare do this with the name of
Muhammed'
Published: 16 hours ago
Deandre Poole
A Florida college professor causing national outrage for requiring students
to write “Jesus” on a piece of paper, then put it on the floor and stomp
on it, turns out also to be a top official in the local Democratic Party –
the latest in a string of acute leadership embarrassments.
Although one student who refused to participate claims he was punished by
being suspended from the class, Florida Atlantic University is defending the
controversial assignment.
The dissenting student, Ryan Rotela, told the local CBS TV affiliate WPEC
that his instructor, associate professor Deandre Poole, told everyone in the
class to write the word “Jesus” on a piece of paper in bold letters, then
put it on the floor and stomp on it.
Rotela, a junior from Coral Springs, said some of his classmates complied,
but he refused.
“Anytime you stomp on something it shows that you believe that something
has no value. So if you were to stomp on the word Jesus, it says that the
word has no value,” he told WPEC.
A religious Mormon who attends church every Sunday, Rotela complained to
school officials but said they responded by suspending him from the class.
According to Florida Atlantic University, Poole was conducting an exercise
from the textbook “Intercultural Communication: A Contextual Approach, 5th
Edition.”
A synopsis of the lesson plan in question, obtained by Fox News, goes like
this:
“Have the students write the name JESUS in big letters on a piece of
paper Ask the students to stand up and put the paper on the floor in front
of them with the name facing up. Ask the students to think about it for a
moment. After a brief period of silence instruct them to step on the paper.
Most will hesitate. Ask why they can’t step on the paper. Discuss the
importance of symbols in culture.”
Grove City College professor Paul Kengor, author of “The Communist: Frank
Marshall Davis: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mentor,” told Fox he
wasn’t surprised by the “lesson.”
“These are the new secular disciples of ‘diversity’ and ‘tolerance’ –
empty buzzwords that make liberals and progressives feel good while they
often refuse to tolerate and sometimes even assault traditional Christian
and conservative beliefs,” Kengor told Fox, saying classes like the one at
FAU reflect “the rising confidence and aggression of the new secularists
and atheists, especially at our sick and surreal modern universities.”
Kengor added: “Gee, I wonder if the instructor would dare do this with the
name of Muhammed.”
It turns out, the “stomp-on-Jesus” professor, Poole, also has a prominent
position in local politics. As Bizpacreview reports, Poole is vice-chairman
of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party.
Moreover, this isn’t the local party’s first brush with negative publicity.
The former chairman of the county Democratic Party was forced to resign in
September after comments he made at the Democratic National Convention last
year in Charlotte, N.C.
As WND reported, Mark Siegel reportedly told an interviewer Christians who
support Israel want to see Jews “slaughtered.”
Siegel was quoted as saying, “Oh no, the Christians just want us to be
there so we can all be slaughtered and converted and bring on the second
coming of Jesus Christ.”
And two months earlier, a Democratic Executive Committee member from Palm
Beach County also slammed Israel. Evelyn Garcia sent an email accusing the
Jewish state of atrocities, writing, “By supporting Israeli occupation with
U.S. foreign aid, we are all complicit and guilty of their crimes against
humanity.”
“And, I deeply resent U.S. taxpayer funds being used to continue Israeli
aggression (yes, confiscating other peoples’ land and building illegal
settlements is aggression), not to mention ‘incursions’ that kill PEOPLE,
destroy civilian homes and infrastructure all over, mass concentration
prison camps, etc,etc,etc,” she added.
Garcia quit her post after a public outcry.
In the meantime, still no word from Florida Atlantic University on whether
it will discipline the professor who urged students to stomp on “Jesus”
and whether Ryan will have his suspension from class lifted.
FAU did, however, email this press statement: “Faculty and students at
academic institutions pursue knowledge and engage in open discourse. While
at times the topics discussed may be sensitive, a university environment is
a venue for such dialogue and debate.” | a**e
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: 'Gee, I wonder if the instructor would dare do this with the name of
: Muhammed'
: Published: 16 hours ago
: Deandre Poole
: A Florida college professor causing national outrage for requiring students
: to write “Jesus” on a piece of paper, then put it on the floor and stomp
: on it, turns out also to be a top official in the local Democratic Party –
: the latest in a string of acute leadership embarrassments.
: Although one student who refused to participate claims he was punished by
: being suspended from the class, Florida Atlantic University is defending the
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