Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Rick Coupland, St. Lawrence College Prof, Investigated Over Homophobic Post

A business professor at St. Lawrence College's campus in Kingston, Ont. is the subject of a probe after he posted on Facebook that gay people should be hanged.
Rick Coupland is being investigated after sharing a link to a story about the city of St. Petersburg, Fla. raising a rainbow flag for a Pride festival, The Kingston Whig-Standard reported.


UPDATE: July 21 -- Coupland is "no longer an employee" at St. Lawrence College, Global News reporter Mark McAllister tweeted Tuesday.
To the post he added the words, "It's the queers they should be hanging, not the flag ...."
An ex-student saved the post in a screenshot and made a formal complaint to the school, Metro News reported.
Coupland later posted that he had been summoned to work, and to bring a representative.
"Please pray for me and my job," he wrote. His account no longer appears online.
Kelly Wiley, SLC's director of marketing and communications, confirmed that the school is investigating but would not comment on the specific complaint, the Whig-Standard reported.
"We have several policies that apply to the conduct of our employees," she told the newspaper.
"This includes the fact that we adhere to the Ontario Human Rights Code, we also have harassment policies, a policy around outside activities of college employees, and our collective agreement."
Coupland was expected to meet with the college on Monday and Tuesday. He said it was "too early" to comment when reached by Metro on Thursday.
His comments sparked a strong backlash on social media.
Coupland was still an SLC employee as of Sunday, the Whig-Standard said.
Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.ca/
Author: Jesse Ferreras
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