{"id":208389,"date":"2017-07-28T19:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T23:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/popular-ucla-prof-who-taught-free-speech-says-he-was-fired-fox-news-insider\/"},"modified":"2017-07-28T19:00:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T23:00:36","slug":"popular-ucla-prof-who-taught-free-speech-says-he-was-fired-fox-news-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/free-speech\/popular-ucla-prof-who-taught-free-speech-says-he-was-fired-fox-news-insider\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular UCLA Prof Who Taught Free Speech Says He Was Fired &#8230; &#8211; Fox News Insider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>        That's 'Dumb Propaganda': Tucker Battles NY Dem on    Transgender Military Ban  <\/p>\n<p>    Former UCLA professorKeith Fink, who taught a class on    free speech opened up about his firing from the school, saying    there is \"no doubt\" he would still have a job if his views were    liberal.  <\/p>\n<p>    Fink, who filed a formal complaint with his unionpointed    to the new Chair of the Department of Communication Studies,    Kerri Johnson, whom he says has \"great disdain for conservative    views\"as the driving force behind his ousting.  <\/p>\n<p>    It was \"preordained from the day she came in that the school    was intent on getting rid of me,\" he told \"Fox & Friends\"    on Friday.  <\/p>\n<p>    \"Mr. Keith Fink's teaching does not meet that standard of    excellence,\" the school said in a statement, which Fink called    a \"french farce.\"  <\/p>\n<p>    After the school slashed his class enrollment, students    protested Fink's treatment saying they were prevented from    enrolling in his classes.  <\/p>\n<p>    Fink, who is also an attorney was known at UCLA for defending    students if the school tried to \"steamroll\" their rights. In    the last couple of years he acted as an advisor in cases    involving Title lX for students who had done \"absolutely    nothing\" but whose futures were threatened by school    disciplinary action.  <\/p>\n<p>    Fink added that he is the most vocal conservative there, and    could count the outwardly conservative professors on one hand.  <\/p>\n<p>    The professor concluded saying that he is saddest because he    loves teaching.  <\/p>\n<p>    \"There's no amount of money that equals the joy I get out of    steering someone in the right direction or teaching them a new    thought or exposing them to a Bob Dylan song.\"  <\/p>\n<p>        Long Island Sheriff Cites Gang Eradication Progress    Under Trump  <\/p>\n<p>        Hannity: GOP - The 'Party of Zero Identity' - Is    Failing the American People  <\/p>\n<p>        That's 'Dumb Propaganda': Tucker Battles NY Dem on    Transgender Military Ban  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Excerpt from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/insider.foxnews.com\/2017\/07\/28\/ucla-professor-fired-conservatism\" title=\"Popular UCLA Prof Who Taught Free Speech Says He Was Fired ... - Fox News Insider\">Popular UCLA Prof Who Taught Free Speech Says He Was Fired ... - Fox News Insider<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> That's 'Dumb Propaganda': Tucker Battles NY Dem on Transgender Military Ban Former UCLA professorKeith Fink, who taught a class on free speech opened up about his firing from the school, saying there is \"no doubt\" he would still have a job if his views were liberal.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/free-speech\/popular-ucla-prof-who-taught-free-speech-says-he-was-fired-fox-news-insider\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162384],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-speech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}