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"Nearly 2,000 people called for the termination of a New York City professor after she reportedly fell asleep during an anti-racist meeting held on Zoom." https://www.newsweek.com/petition-fire-nyc-professor-accused-sleeping-during-anti-racist-meeting-gathers-2000-signatures-1518056">https://www.newsweek.com/petition-...
"I was not asleep as is implied at any point during the meeting," she told Campus Reform, a higher education website. She added, "The photo used was taken without permission when I was looking down or briefly resting my Zoom-weary eyes.
So 2,000 people want a professor fired for briefly looking downwards during a Zoom call? Alright.
The reason I always took this stuff seriously and didn& #39;t laugh it off is that a good number of people who signed this petition will soon be running major corporations, media, and probably even have roles in the government. They& #39;re elites.
It& #39;s possible they will mature, but maturity doesn& #39;t come naturally with age it is imposed by social institutions, and right now people who think like this are told their thinking is healthy and productive.
Whenever I share something about one of these panics someone chimes in saying why are you focused on this. Which is funny, because that& #39;s what I think when I read stories about people doing things like this. Why are they focused on harassing a professor out of a job?
