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[–]WickedWitchOfTheWest 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

A longtime faculty member at Taylor University no longer has a job at the Christian school, reportedly after posting a video of a song he’d written titled “Little Hitler” on YouTube.

Spiegel told Taylor’s student newspaper, The Echo, that he was fired after he posted and declined to remove a YouTube video two weeks ago in which he performed an original song titled “Little Hitler." The professor claimed the school had received a harassment complaint about the video. He also said he previously had performed the song at chapel and at a faculty retreat, according to The Echo.

The song includes the lyrics: “We’re appalled at injustice and oppression and every atrocity that makes the nightly news, but just give it a thought: If you knew you’d never get caught, you’d be thieving and raping and murdering, too.”

Spiegel had posted the video on a YouTube channel called "Picking Your Brain." Other songs on the site, including "Mr. Government Man" and "Let's Start Our Own Country," feature the professor singing songs under the stage name "Philonous" that appear to be political commentary.

"COVID-19 is everywhere, so wear your masks and maintain proper social distancing," he sings in another song. "Crowds can gather to riot in the street, but people can't meet in a church to sing."
Spiegel did not immediately return requests for comment by RNS.

[–]the_nybbler 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Once it was "national security", now "harassment" is the root password which allows you to quash anything and anyone you want.