Two Months After Vague Allegation of 'Sexual Harassment,' No Evidence or Accuser in Sight at East Georgia College

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-10-08 06:05

Article here. Excerpt:

'It now has been two full months since Professor Thomas Thibeault was fired by East Georgia College's president under what seems like a completely bogus charge of "sexual harassment," just two days after he pointed out—at a sexual harassment training seminar—that the school's sexual harassment policy contained no protection for the falsely accused. The full documentation is here, but you will search in vain for any actual evidence, or even an accuser.

That's right, two months after being fired for an alleged "long history of sexual harassment," Thibeault still has been offered not a single allegation of anything he allegedly said or did. There does not even seem to be an accuser, just a highly embarrassed vice president (Mary Smith, who ran the seminar) and a miffed president (John Black, who earlier in the same week had denied an otherwise unrelated grievance that Thibeault had filed). Black can't even get his story straight about whether he really fired, suspended, or initiated dismissal proceedings against Thibeault.
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Any reasonable person would put the facts together and see nothing but retaliation. It seems that East Georgia College really has no case at all. The honorable thing for Georgia's Board of Regents to do would be to cut its losses, admit to Black's mistake and extremely likely abuse of power, immediately reinstate Thibeault, and make sure that Black renews Thibeault's annual, tenure-track contract without engaging in any other retaliation. We urge the Regents to do so, and you can, too.

Tell EGC to restore the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and the Georgia Board of Regents. Write a letter to EGC and the Board of Regents here.'

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really made me feel better.

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Submitted by daveinga on Fri, 2009-10-09 02:36

In a sense, this is worse than Kafka. The guy knows the 'crime' he's charged with, but there's no accuser. Unless Kafka said the accuser is the state or something. One day I really will have to read his book.

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Submitted by axolotl on Fri, 2009-10-09 08:48

manonthestreet

Just on a general point axolotl. It is one of my pet beliefs that literature does in fact contain within it the truth of what the future would be like. Though this might not be explicitly expressed. Let me give an example. The ancient Greeks in the story of Icarus foresaw that man would be able to fly. They did not foresee the jet engine or Boeing but they understood an essential truth that people would fly through the sky. So what I am trying to say is that the predictions are there and will come true but not in the literal way that where first described.

So where ever we are going I think has already been predicted. Sadly I am neither knowledgeable enough or insightful enough to know where to look, but I am sure it is out there. May be in some obscure or even ridiculous places.

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Submitted by trotter on Fri, 2009-10-09 15:16

" the predictions are there and will come true but not in the literal way that where first described. "

George Orwell - 1984. My suspicion is that he was probably not literally saying people would be sitting in rooms with rat cages attached to their faces. Then again, they do forcibly put pressure cuffs on guys' penises these days. I think if George were around today he might have some interesting observations ...

-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Sat, 2009-10-10 06:39