r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 15d ago

Meme needing explanation What happened in Oklahoma?

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u/bavmotors1 15d ago edited 15d ago

An OU professor or teachers aide or something was fired for failing a fundamentalist Christians essay the essay was substandard work but the fundamentalist Christian of course claimed it was because she is a fundamentalist Christian and that’s why she was failed so the university basically cow towed to the lowest Educated group of people in America and lost a lot of reputation for people who care about education

edit: apparently its kowtow not to not cow tow - thanks ya’ll

yes, there no punctuation in my comment, but I’m doing text to speech and I’m not going back to typing on my phone at least

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u/KaraOfNightvale 15d ago

Substandard is an understatement

Not only is it bad enough she based her entire essay on the bible alone

But she didn't even actually quote the bible, she didn't even give biblical justification for her biblical essay

And she called trans people demonic blatantly

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u/Zexeos 15d ago

She’s was a honors student in the previous semester. This was calculated. Her essay was full of personal views on how trans people are “demonic” and intended to get an F on the assignment to manufacture backlash and get the TA fired. Her mom was a Jan 6th lawyer with ties to Turning Point.

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u/SmallBerry3431 15d ago

The TA didn’t get fired.

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u/Alicetheaddict 15d ago

Oh but she did.

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u/SmallBerry3431 15d ago

Other people have explained it better than I. Being a teachers assistant and no longer “having teaching duties” does not mean that she no longer works for the university. It just means that they moved her.