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Wow I never heard blazinbham and the others who are so worked up about parcak talk about the white nationalists on campus.. wonder why..

(02-18-2021 09:31 PM)GreenMississippi Wrote:  

(02-18-2021 06:39 PM)uabblazer2012 Wrote:  Student Newspaper has weighed in: http://uabblazermedia.com/2021/02/wattss...a7CXi2uVS0

So that's at least 2 other people that probably deserve similar treatment from Watts, but have avoided it thus far. Doesn't excuse Parcak (whether or not the target of her disgust deserves it), but there needs to be consistency.

Yep, that’s my thought. Either say “we believe in free speech” to both instances, or condemn/fire both (which is what I’m on board with).

I do not know all the details regarding UAB employees membership in white nationalist groups. If their personal affiliations are causing harm to UAB's reputation, then by all means they should be fired along with Dr. Parcak.

If I'm your employer, your freedom of speech rights end where they start to negatively affect my business. Dr. Parcak is a major public face of the university, the most widely followed UAB-related account on social media. Remember all the small local communities that supported UAB football during the fight to Return? Those are the people that will hear about Dr. Parcak's comments and they will not care if Dr. Watts has been equitable in his condemnations. Undo all or part of that goodwill and for what? So a foul mouthed probably Mt. Brook living white lady can showboat to her social media following.
She has a schtick and outside this state it might enhance her academic standing and marketability as a speaker. But we are where we are and that act will bring nothing positive for the school.

She is a very public embarrassment for UAB and she needs to go.

My oldest daughter died from lung cancer in 2012 23 days before her 50th birthday. I would never wish such a death on anyone regardless of their opinions on current issues. Rush had his say on issues and Dr Parcak has hers, and their jobs should not be endangered by stating their opinions. I believe there is value to knowing what your social group truly thinks so that you know who "has your back" and who doesn't. As a wit once said, "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer".

(02-19-2021 03:44 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  My oldest daughter died from lung cancer in 2012 23 days before her 50th birthday. I would never wish such a death on anyone regardless of their opinions on current issues. Rush had his say on issues and Dr Parcak has hers, and their jobs should not be endangered by stating their opinions. I believe there is value to knowing what your social group truly thinks so that you know who "has your back" and who doesn't. As a wit once said, "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer".

I agree. Free speech lets us know where one stands.

(02-19-2021 03:44 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  My oldest daughter died from lung cancer in 2012 23 days before her 50th birthday. I would never wish such a death on anyone regardless of their opinions on current issues. Rush had his say on issues and Dr Parcak has hers, and their jobs should not be endangered by stating their opinions. I believe there is value to knowing what your social group truly thinks so that you know who "has your back" and who doesn't. As a wit once said, "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer".

Like Parcak, Rush had a schtick and milked it for all it was worth after Clinton was elected. Rush was one of the original talk radio shock jocks, but it was his JOB to be controversial. Dr. Parcak is not a political pundit or talk radio host. She is supposed to be an educator that represents a top flight research university. There should be a level of professionalism that is expected from all UAB employees, particularly those that are part of the school's public face.

If UAB professors want to be politically partisan, that is their right. It should not be their right to espouse those views in a way that damages in the image of their employer. Dr. Parcak could express her political views in ways that don't insult a large majority of central Alabama.

If a large part of central Alabama is insulted by speaking out against someone who degraded AIDS patients, LGBTQ people, minorities, etc, etc etc, then who cares about their opinion? I would be plenty happy if people like blazinbham were no longer "fans" of our school..

I do find it very interesting that Parcak has drawn so much ire, but the issue with the white nationalists on campus has been swept completely under the rug. Where's your outrage for that?

(02-20-2021 12:22 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  If a large part of central Alabama is insulted by speaking out against someone who degraded AIDS patients, LGBTQ people, minorities, etc, etc etc, then who cares about their opinion? I would be plenty happy if people like blazinbham were no longer "fans" of our school..

I do find it very interesting that Parcak has drawn so much ire, but the issue with the white nationalists on campus has been swept completely under the rug. Where's your outrage for that?

"Who cares about their opinion?". THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WE ARE COUNTING ON TO HELP FILL OUR STADIUM!! Do you really want to bank on UAB alums and students? If we did that in fund-raising, we would be in the Missouri Valley Conference right now without football. How can you be so obtuse about the ramifications of UAB getting the "hard left" tag in this state? The vast majority of wealthy (and unwealthy) people in Alabama ARE NOT DEMOCRATS. Seriously, how many members of the UAB Football Foundation do you think pulled the lever for Biden? This a matter of letting the inmates run the asylum. The little cloister of progressive professors and students down at UAB are a tiny blue dot, who the vast majority of don't even support UAB athletics in any way. If you want to keep UAB's attendance forever in the 20's of thousands, allowing UA-Berkely to happen is a sure ticket.

We have to attract the Birmingham area sports fan and on average that person will not be left-leaning. We can't let Parcak cut of our nose to spite our face. Pubic relations matter and she is a PR disaster.

I’m not obtuse. And you ignored my question. Why such outrage for a professor talking trash about a bad person who died, but no outrage for the white nationalists on campus?

I believe that there are normal, conservative, republican people who are very decent and kind people. And then there are people like blazinbham who believe in outrageous racist conspiracy theories. I am talking about the latter. I would rather uab be mired in anonymity then be associated with people like that. I’ve lived in Alabama the bulk of my life and most of the people are decent and good, and of course most of them are conservative. But I don’t think most of the folks we rely on for support are the crazy, conspiracy theory type like blazinbham..

(02-20-2021 05:32 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  I’m not obtuse. And you ignored my question. Why such outrage for a professor talking trash about a bad person who died, but no outrage for the white nationalists on campus?

I believe that there are normal, conservative, republican people who are very decent and kind people. And then there are people like blazinbham who believe in outrageous racist conspiracy theories. I am talking about the latter. I would rather uab be mired in anonymity then be associated with people like that. I’ve lived in Alabama the bulk of my life and most of the people are decent and good, and of course most of them are conservative. But I don’t think most of the folks we rely on for support are the crazy, conspiracy theory type like blazinbham..

If UAB employees want to involve themselves in destructive race-based movements like white nationalism or black lives matter on their own time then that is their right. It becomes a problem for me when that involvement starts hurting UAB. That's where their rights end and UAB's right to defend its reputation begins.

The person who texted me about Parcak's tweet the night it went out is an elementary school teacher that overall leans conservative but voted for Walt Maddox. Those decent and good people you refer to are precisely the ones Dr. Parcak is alienating. Good and decent people in Alabama don't wish suffering on the sick or speak ill of the recently deceased, doesn't matter if they were a good or bad person in life. If you lived here most of your life you should know that and know that Parcak's vitriol is antithetical to our culture. She needs to go before her brand of tacky and classless public behavior is indelibly linked to UAB by the good and decent people of Alabama.

Everyone's rage should be equal when it involves white nationalists or far-left people. I don't see that being displayed here..

I agree that if anyone lumps their far-reaching political statements with UAB, that's crossing the line - just make sure the rage is the same going both ways, which it isn't here..

I've never bought the argument that just because someone is dead that absolves them of all the bad they did in their life. Limbaugh was a sh!tty person, and why anyone sheds a tear for him is beyond me. You can't literally spend your whole career denigrating AIDs patients, LGBTQ people, minorities, and anyone "different," for financial gain and expect an outpouring of public tears and sympathy when you die..

(02-21-2021 10:03 AM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  Everyone's rage should be equal when it involves white nationalists or far-left people. I don't see that being displayed here..

I agree that if anyone lumps their far-reaching political statements with UAB, that's crossing the line - just make sure the rage is the same going both ways, which it isn't here..

I've never bought the argument that just because someone is dead that absolves them of all the bad they did in their life. Limbaugh was a sh!tty person, and why anyone sheds a tear for him is beyond me. You can't literally spend your whole career denigrating AIDs patients, LGBTQ people, minorities, and anyone "different," for financial gain and expect an outpouring of public tears and sympathy when you die..

The outrage is different because of the different levels of publicity. Are the white nationalists on UAB's staff widely followed on social media? Do they make public statements reinforcing their views that are widely disseminated? Remember, they and Dr. Parcak have the right to their own beliefs and associations but not the right to damage the school. Parcak can be a card-carrying Antifa Communist for all I care. Wear the Chairman Mao get up to class if she's feeling particularly Stalinist. The white nationalists can white-nationalize or whatever they do. As long as it is in private, on their own time, and they continue to perform their jobs as expected.

I'll point out this wasn't the first time but the third* in less than 12 months that Parcak has brought media-covered negative attention to UAB. She has more than double the Twitter followers (70k) of the next most followed UAB employee or UAB-related account I can find, Bill Clark (32k). So this foul mouthed, unprofessional, wine-swilling Egyptologist (at UAB?) is basically the loudest voice at the university. That's not good for UAB and not good for the Blazers. She needs to get off social media or get out of UAB.

*Also for the third time in 12 months, the University of Alabama official twitter account thought it important enough to point out that Dr. Parcak is NOT affiliated with their campus. Those people down there may be corrupt but they aren't stupid. She's toxic for pr in this state.

The Atlantic: Death Is Nothing to Celebrate

A very relevant article. Dr. Parcak's behavior is not representative of the UAB ethos and she should not be a leading voice of the university.

I think that one side believes the first amendment only applies to them because the media is one big echo chamber of college grads for them that they can say anything they want and label any contradictions as hate speech or racist.

There is no Hate speech according to the first amendment. You should probably be able to say anything you want as long as it isnt threatening someone with physical harm or lie on someone’s name without evidence and be protected. Just depends on which side of the aisle you sit on in todays society(that determines whether one gets punished), but that’s not what the first amendment says.

Pretty soon there will probably be a cross country coach fired for being a racist c*nt, as he/she should. Already a petition up for their head. Not one person will ask for evidence, and nobody on a certain side will defend he/she against said allegations. Parcak will get defended and remain employed because she’s in the circle of indoctrination even if there’s evidence publicly that shes despicable and wishes harm on folks with countering opinions.

https://www.al.com/news/2021/02/legal-ex...utType=amp

Translation: She’s a white liberal. The first amendment especially protects her.

(02-23-2021 07:26 PM)uabblazer2012 Wrote:  https://www.al.com/news/2021/02/legal-ex...utType=amp

The key passage: "“The thought of wishing a painful death on any person is counter to the values by which the UAB community lives,” Rohan said.

Exactly. Dr. Parcak is morally incompatible with this community and university. She is a blight and needs to be encouraged to leave by all means available to the school. Cut her resources, class assignments, school-funded travel etc. Make her employment here as unpleasant as possible.

(02-24-2021 07:23 AM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  

(02-23-2021 07:26 PM)uabblazer2012 Wrote:  https://www.al.com/news/2021/02/legal-ex...utType=amp

The key passage: "“The thought of wishing a painful death on any person is counter to the values by which the UAB community lives,” Rohan said.

Exactly. Dr. Parcak is morally incompatible with this community and university. She is a blight and needs to be encouraged to leave by all means available to the school. Cut her resources, class assignments, school-funded travel etc. Make her employment here as unpleasant as possible.

In order to do those things, UAB administration would have to commit itself to a pattern of attack that would require some kind of "paper trail" that could be brought to court if carried out. That would do far more harm to UAB's reputation than to any teacher on staff.