A gaggle of professors have jumped to defend their embattled peer who tweeted after the Navy Yard shooting that left 13 people dead: “#NavyYardShooting The blood is on the hands of the #NRA. Next time, let it be YOUR sons and daughters. Shame on you. May God damn you.”
In a statement, the Anthropology Department at Kansas University on Friday criticized school officials for placing Professor David Guth on paid leave after he posted the controversial tweet, which prompted severe backlash from conservatives and calls for his resignation, the Lawrence Journal-World reports.
Chairwoman Jane Gibson and 14 more professors signed the statement that said: “Administrative leave imposed by the University of Kansas violates Dr. Guth’s rights and has a chilling effect on academic freedom.” The statement went on: “While we take no position on the content of what he said, David Guth spoke as a private person and exercised his right to free speech that is protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the Faculty Code of Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct.” … Guth said he wasn’t advocating violence, but trying to make gun-rights advocates see mass shootings from the point of view of the victims’ families.
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