Fired Univ. Of Tampa Professor: Harvey Is ‘Instant Karma’ For Texas Voting GOP

Floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey flow in the Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston, Texas, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey flow in the Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston, Texas, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The University of Tampa has fired a visiting assistant professor who suggested in a tweet that Hurricane Harvey’s destruction is “instant karma” for Texas because it voted Republican.

Sociology professor Kenneth L. Storey posted the tweet and two responses on Sunday before removing the entire thread and his profile photo.

University spokesman Eric Cardenas said in a statement Tuesday that Storey was fired after the school weathered an outpouring of online outrage over the comments.

The Tampa Bay Times reports Storey issued an apology on Monday, writing that he “never meant to wish ill will upon any group.”

In a Facebook post on Monday evening, the university said it “stands in solidarity with the people impacted by Hurricane Harvey.”

Officials said another sociology professor will take over Storey’s classes.

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  1. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    Fuck you, Sociology professor Kenneth L. Storey, you stupid motherfucker. You’re as bad as the right wing assholes that claim god’s wrath against LGBTs. So, again, fuck off!

  2. Not so much karma as, be careful who you vote for, you may be the next area hit by natural disaster that needs federal aid.

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