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| Samantha Fulnecky reads her Bible |
Folks, another day, another episode in the ongoing war on Christianity in America's so-called "higher education" system. This time, it's the University of Oklahoma, where a graduate teaching assistant got the boot after slapping a big fat zero on a student's paper, just because the student quoted Scripture while pushing back on the radical gender nonsense being shoved down everyone's throats.
Samantha Fulnecky, a junior at OU, got hammered with a zero out of 25 on an assignment about gender norms. The young lady had the audacity to reference the Bible in her response to some scholarly article on how kids get bullied for not conforming to the latest leftist gender theories. So the result of her essay came full circle and she got bullied by the Teacher's ASSistant.
The TA in question, William "Mel" Curth, who goes by she/they pronouns, couldn't handle it. Curth doled out the failing grade, complete with a lecture on how science supposedly proves there are more than two genders.
"Please note that I am not deducting points because you have certain beliefs, but instead I am deducting point [sic] for you posting a reaction paper that does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive," Curth's explanation for the grade said.
Curth said the concept of only two sexes is not backed by science, which anyone with even a brain knows is balderdash.
"You may personally disagree with this, but that doesn't change the fact that every major psychological, medical, pediatric, and psychiatric association in the United States acknowledges that, biologically and psychologically, sex and gender is neither binary nor fixed," Curth bloviated. The graduate teaching assistant also called the student's essay "highly offensive."
Fulnecky wasn't buying the excuse and saw right through it.
"I definitely think that I was being punished for what I believe because I very clearly stated in my essay in my response to the article, I very clearly stated my beliefs and stated what, not just my beliefs, but what the Bible and what God says about gender and about those roles," Fulnecky told Fox News Digital amid the uproar.
In her essay, Fulnecky laid it out plain and simple, celebrating God's design for men and women instead of apologizing for it.
"Gender roles and tendencies should not be considered 'stereotypes,'" she wrote in her essay. "Women naturally want to do womanly things because God created us with those womanly desires in our hearts. The same goes for men. God created men in the image of His courage and strength, and He created women in the image of His beauty. He intentionally created women differently than men and we should live our lives with that in mind." She even called the push for nonbinary insanity what it is: "demonic." [I would call it nihilistic.]
After the story blew up, thanks to conservative outrage and viral posts, the university investigated. Curth got put on leave, and now, finally, OU has shown her the door.
"Based on an examination of the graduate teaching assistant's prior grading standards and patterns, as well as the graduate teaching assistant's own statements related to this matter, it was determined that the graduate teaching assistant was arbitrary in the grading of this specific paper," the state's flagship school said in a Monday evening statement. "The graduate teaching assistant will no longer have instructional duties at the University."
"You may personally disagree with this, but that doesn't change the fact that every major psychological, medical, pediatric, and psychiatric association in the United States acknowledges that, biologically and psychologically, sex and gender is neither binary nor fixed," Curth bloviated. The graduate teaching assistant also called the student's essay "highly offensive."
Fulnecky wasn't buying the excuse and saw right through it.
"I definitely think that I was being punished for what I believe because I very clearly stated in my essay in my response to the article, I very clearly stated my beliefs and stated what, not just my beliefs, but what the Bible and what God says about gender and about those roles," Fulnecky told Fox News Digital amid the uproar.
In her essay, Fulnecky laid it out plain and simple, celebrating God's design for men and women instead of apologizing for it.
"Gender roles and tendencies should not be considered 'stereotypes,'" she wrote in her essay. "Women naturally want to do womanly things because God created us with those womanly desires in our hearts. The same goes for men. God created men in the image of His courage and strength, and He created women in the image of His beauty. He intentionally created women differently than men and we should live our lives with that in mind." She even called the push for nonbinary insanity what it is: "demonic." [I would call it nihilistic.]
After the story blew up, thanks to conservative outrage and viral posts, the university investigated. Curth got put on leave, and now, finally, OU has shown her the door.
"Based on an examination of the graduate teaching assistant's prior grading standards and patterns, as well as the graduate teaching assistant's own statements related to this matter, it was determined that the graduate teaching assistant was arbitrary in the grading of this specific paper," the state's flagship school said in a Monday evening statement. "The graduate teaching assistant will no longer have instructional duties at the University."
They are gone, she is.
They even restored Fulnecky's grade [not to be confused with the 'they' whose pronouns actually do confuse normal people] and made sure the assignment didn't tank her GPA.
They even restored Fulnecky's grade [not to be confused with the 'they' whose pronouns actually do confuse normal people] and made sure the assignment didn't tank her GPA.
The university patted itself on the back in the end: "The University of Oklahoma believes strongly in both its faculty's rights to teach with academic freedom and integrity and its students' right to receive an education that is free from a lecturer's impermissible evaluative standards. We are committed to teaching students how to think, not what to think. The University will continue to review best practices to ensure that its instructors have the comprehensive training necessary to objectively assess their students' work without limiting their ability to teach, inspire, and elevate our next generation."
Look, this is a win for religious liberty and free speech on campus, a rare one these days. But it shouldn't have taken a massive public backlash for OU to do the right thing. How many more Christian students are getting targeted by activist TAs pushing this gender cult agenda without anyone noticing?
Kudos to Samantha Fulnecky for standing firm. In a sea of woke indoctrination, she's a reminder that not everyone's buying the lies.
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Look, this is a win for religious liberty and free speech on campus, a rare one these days. But it shouldn't have taken a massive public backlash for OU to do the right thing. How many more Christian students are getting targeted by activist TAs pushing this gender cult agenda without anyone noticing?
Kudos to Samantha Fulnecky for standing firm. In a sea of woke indoctrination, she's a reminder that not everyone's buying the lies.
If you like Brain Flushings and want to Buy Me a Coffee, I would appreciate it, as it supports my work and my coffee drinking habit. Obviously, there is no pressure but I certainly wouldn't stop you from doing me that solid. Imagine, you could be the first on your block to do that and your friends will thank you . . . for some reason. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY CHRISTIAN READERS, AND HAPPY CHANUKAH TO MY JEWISH READERS, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
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