Thoughtcrime at OU

[JimG]

Brian McCall was investigated by the university, and found never to have discriminated against or harassed women in his position as an administrator. But he is guilty of thoughtcrime.”

Apparently the prof wrote a book advocating some conservative Catholic positions—a Catholic Rad-Trad. Well, he was found to be faultless in his professional academic life, and diversity is a university value—but not this much diversity.

Catholic Thoughtcriminal Forced Out At OU Law

Law school administrator Brian McCall believes old-fashioned things about modesty. He was tarred as an anti-Semite and sexist on campus

www.theamericanconservative.com

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Eh, he was only forced to step down from his administrative position. He’s still a member of the faculty and can practice academic freedom all he wants from there.

I would imagine the University has significant leeway to hire and fire administrators and would prefer to have administrators who do not take way-out positions that might create legal risks for the school.

 

[Victoria33]

Right now, I can’t get the link at the American Conservative, but I read an article on him the other day. He’s blind as well.

Traditional Catholic prof forced to resign as dean in wake of conservative witch-hunt - LifeSite

Brian McCall, Oklahoma Law School's Assistant Dean, was forced out due to his traditional Catholic beliefs

www.lifesitenews.com

One article reports he said "women should not wear pants and that it is a sin.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article219500490.html

I will have to study up on all of this more.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

I find it interesting that most of the articles on this are focusing on what he said about women wearing pants.

I am a lot more concerned about the fact that he said women should not work outside the home or vote. Yet, he held a position where he not only was employing/ supervising women but also preparing them for legal careers where they will be both working outside the home and likely in some cases to be making laws (by working in legislation, setting court precedents through legal arguments, etc). If he truly thinks these things are sinful, then why is he encouraging women to sin or helping them to sin, through his work?

 

[pnewton]

“Crime” is rather melodramatic. Any site that would use such language is not worth reading. There has been no accusation of crime. He is not being accused of being a criminal, or treated as such. He is not even “out.” Neither was he “forced.” He resigned. If he was pressured to resign by those who do not think he was right for the job, that still was his choice. I would think it was probably the best decision.

 

[JimG]

Yet according to the article, the OU Equal Opportunity Office found no fault with him, and the article quotes a student who views him favorably even though she does not share his views. One has to wonder: If a female administrator of the Muslim faith wrote a book with similar ideas about modesty as Brian McCall, would she also have felt pressure to resign?

 

[Victoria33]

“Thought Crime” is a common phrase, like people use the word say, “Politically Correct” or something. It seems to fit the story. It is shorthand talk for what happened.

I’m not going to render judgement on whether he needed to step down as Dean or not. But I find no problem with the terminology and we are basically reading an “editorial” rather than an official “news report.”

If editorials are accepted here as material to read, I see no point out of denigrating a specific article, it be this one or from the Huffington Post or whatever. Now, that I am able to read the editorial, it is interesting, that it links to that “Catholic Family News”, again, no judgement from me on the matter. Some traditional matters of our faith is great. Even if I find the opinions not to my liking, I would not see any need to belittle an article unless, there was something seriously wrong. I don’t really agree with a lot of articles at the American Conservative website and I think they are rather harsh in a number of their articles.

 

[pnewton]

“Thought Crime” is a common phrase, like people use the word say, “Politically Correct” or something. It seems to fit the story.

If it fits, it is only because people are illiterate. The idea behind thoughtcrime was just that, at thought that was a crime. What happened here was an action that was imprudent, in the opinion of the school.

I wonder if the author of the article has actually read 1984.

 

[Victoria33]

Well, that shows, you’re more learned than me on this and maybe other members. Thanks for the explanation.

 

[anon10271182]

Of course not. Because she’s both Muslim, and female, she could say just about anything she wanted.

 

[poche]

Whatever happened to freedom of religion?

 

[poche]

A fire chief in Atlanta wrote a book on religion in which he criticized gay marriage. Now the city has to pay him a huge sum for its act of religious discrimination.

Former Atlanta Fire chief will receive $1.2M settlement over firing

The City of Atlanta has agreed to a $1.2 million settlement with an ex-Atlanta Fire chief over his firing after he wrote a book that compared homosexuality to bestiality.

www.ajc.com