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College Fires Pro-Choice Professor Who Threatened Reporter with Machete [Video]
Knowledge Nuggets:
- Hunter College professor Shellyne Rodriguez has been fired after she allegedly attacked pro-life students and destroyed their display, followed by reportedly threatening a reporter with a machete.
- The incident began when Rodriguez confronted students over their pro-life stance, arguing it was “violent” and “triggering” her students, and then purportedly vandalized their materials.
- The dismissal came after Rodriguez allegedly threatened a New York Post reporter with a machete when asked about the incident.
In a recent incident that shook the grounds of Hunter College, professor Shellyne Rodriguez, aged 46, was discharged from her duties.
This decision followed a series of troubling actions on her part, including an aggressive confrontation with pro-life students and allegedly threatening a reporter.
Rodriguez’s encounter with the pro-life students, which was captured on video, showed her vehemently arguing against their beliefs and hurling expletives at them.
She labeled their views as “violent” and accused them of triggering her students. The situation escalated when she purportedly vandalized their promotional materials.
However, the sequence of events that led to her dismissal took a more severe turn when she was questioned by a New York Post reporter about the incident.
According to the Daily Mail, she reportedly responded by drawing a machete and threatening to harm the reporter. This act of intimidation led Hunter College to take decisive action and relieve Rodriguez of her duties.
Vince Dimiceli, a spokesperson for the school, announced her dismissal, asserting the college’s strong condemnation of Rodriguez’s actions.
Meanwhile, Rodriguez continues to be embroiled in legal battles, including a lawsuit against the New York City Police Department relating to her arrest during the George Floyd protests.
Clear Thoughts:
In the wake of the incident at Hunter College, we see a deeply concerning trend in academia that goes beyond this isolated incident.
The apparent bullying of students expressing their pro-life stance and the subsequent threat to a journalist represent an alarming assault on freedom of speech and the free press.
Professor Shellyne Rodriguez’s dismissal, however, serves as a rare instance of accountability.
Her aggressive confrontation with the pro-life students, in which she disrespected and vandalized their materials, is a display of intolerance that should have no place in an institution committed to intellectual diversity and the free exchange of ideas.
Equally troubling is the alleged threat to a reporter who was merely doing his job. We must defend a free press vigorously. The right to question, to hold our institutions accountable, is one of the pillars of a free society.
This incident also raises a question about the state of our educational institutions. Are we teaching our students to engage in productive discourse and respect different viewpoints, or are we encouraging them to silence and intimidate those they disagree with?
As a society, we must strive for environments that promote open dialogue and mutual respect. We need to hold accountable those who use intimidation as a tool, whether they are in academia or any other sphere of influence.
We must protect our constitutional rights, including freedom of speech and the press, and never let incidents like this pass without scrutiny.
Charles R Thomas
May 27, 2023 at 6:53 pm
She should be charged with in court !
gypsy
May 29, 2023 at 8:53 am
I agree she should be in jail
Lynda Gold
May 27, 2023 at 6:57 pm
HOPEFULLY, SHE WILL ALSO GET SOME JAIL TIME WITHOUT BAIL!!! MAYBE SHE AND OTHERS WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CRIMES, FOR A WELOME CHANGE!! I FEEL THAT THESE THINGS HAPPEN BECAUSE OF OUR SOFT ON CRIME PROSECUTORS NOT HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR!!! OUR COUNTRY SEEMS TO BE GOING TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET FOR REASONS JUST MENTIONED ABOVE. THANK GOODNESS AT THE VERY LEAST SHE WAS FIRED.
The Rebel
May 27, 2023 at 7:51 pm
sets her race back 200 years!!!!!!!
Ruff
May 27, 2023 at 9:43 pm
Her race is so far behind civilized people, another 200 years won’t be noticed. Typical 13%er; big mouth & small brain.
1PatriotForever
May 27, 2023 at 9:42 pm
The skank deserves to be fired twice which should mean no unemployment ^5
Shes a vial and violent person who thinks shes a queen and can assault people with a weapon or her hands?
Praise GOD that dumped the trash
ROLAND
May 27, 2023 at 9:50 pm
Thank you Jesus! Miracles still happening. Maybe a one way ticket to Africa.
Lance
May 27, 2023 at 10:17 pm
This is so typical of the liberal/Woke/Dem brigade. Not just the intolerance, abuse and outright violence which identifies them, but the complete inversion of language so that, for example, SHE identifies THEM as “violent”!
James H
May 27, 2023 at 11:06 pm
Rodriguez will be promoted in her new “position.
Patty
May 28, 2023 at 1:41 am
She should be in jail! SHE is the violent one! Glad she got fired, she should NOT be a teacher!
Elvie
May 28, 2023 at 1:42 am
Rodriguez sounded like a man. Glad it was fired.
Rebecca O'Shea
May 28, 2023 at 1:55 am
I think she needs to be put in jail for that machete thing. That’s crazy!
Jeremy
May 28, 2023 at 7:12 am
Those few progressive liberals who are capable of rational thought know that there is no rational argument to support their ideology. That is why they teach others to attack anyone who puts forward an opposing view. They want to shut it down before any of their students can be influenced by reason or logic.
Ted
May 28, 2023 at 7:34 am
LOCK HER ASS UP, ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, HELL SHE HELD IT TO HIS THROAT. SHE NEEDS TO GO STRAIGHT TO JAIL.
Tom Owens
May 28, 2023 at 7:49 am
The Democrat Party is the world’s most successful hate group. It attracts poor people who hate rich people, black people who hate white & Asian people, gay people who hate straight people, feminists who hate men, transgender people who hate women, environmentalists who hate the internal combustion engine, and a lot of bratty college kids who hate their parents. However, the real secret of the party’s success is that it attracts the support of journalists and the Main Stream Media who hate Republicans, and who therefore work tirelessly to convince the rest of us that we should vote for Democrats. All the while, these journalists create “Well Crafted Deceptions” to promote the Democrat’s narrative, which is always negative toward Republicans.
Hcatguy
May 28, 2023 at 7:59 am
You can bet there are thousands just like her in colleges across the U.S.
Sasha Royale
May 29, 2023 at 8:55 am
Being a jerk, on college campus is easy. Serving time for “assault with a deadly weapon” is less easy. I hope against leniency, so she can be reformed. Violence can get you killed. Please save her life.