Frog-like Fresno prof may be in hotter water than usual

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The dendrobates azureus-looking Fresno professor who bragged she couldn't get fired because she has tenure, was wrong--she can be fired under the right circumstances.

But should she be fired for exercising her First Amendment rights?

As disgusting and contemptible as Randa Jarrar is for attacking Barbara Bush and her family, hours after the former First Lady's death, the porcine Palestine-loving prof is perfectly permitted to peevishly pontificate publicly as long as she isn't representing Fresno State when she does.

Calling for her to be fired for being an anti-Semitic pinhead is her Constitutional right to spew her claptrap. And it also stifles the free speech of anyone who says something that those in power don't want said.

As detestable as Jarrar is, she has the right to be detestable. But Fresno students have the right to avoid taking her classes and the school has the right to fire her if they believe she has gone against school policy. And donors have the right to close their checkbooks.

But if you call for her firing, they can call for ours.

She swallowed a fly

At a press conference to address Jarrar's schadenfreude tweets, Fresno CAO Dr. Lynette Zelezny agreed that tenured employees aren't exempt from firing.

"The technical question you are asking me is, 'Does tenure mean that you technically cannot be fired?' she said. "The answer to that is no."

"You can be fired," she continued. "There are certain processes that we have to follow but there are certainly situations where a tenured faculty person can be fired."

The hate-filled Jarrar tweeted that she is "currently on leave from Fresno State."

Jarrar's "future interactions with students may be in question" the Washington Post reported. Zelezny didn't mention any disciplinary actions but said that officials are going to meet with "all represented parties."

Zelezny said that Jarrar has been on leave for the entire semester and isn't teaching classes at this time.

Thankfully.


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