MAGA’s terrorist propagandists created a deep-fake that resulted in the professor being fired. After it was revealed that the video was fake, the university has only provisionally reinstated him. What a vile time to be alive.
this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2025
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The editor's note at the bottom of the article stated that they made a decision to fire him after his provisional reinstatement. So now he is in for his protracted fight.
So they fired him TWICE without having any due cause once?
Unfortunately, that appears to be the case. The only choice to giving in to fascism is tonight it over every stupid thing. Including stuff like this.
Oh thank you kind sir. I thought I was really going to snap and just lose all hope for a second.
Where are you getting the "deep-fake" from? The article doesn't mention that. All the footage is real, it was just cut to take his words out of context.
I knew it was just a matter of time before AI would start getting used like this, it's just gonna keep getting worse with time
No AI was involved here, did you read the article? The video was just edited to reorder what he said, changing the context.
Good. Now they can leave Texas. Take that brain somewhere else.
Then he will just be replaced with a professor that teaches things like "How God makes every molecule unique" and "Why God made the universe seem to be billions of years old."
In Texas, yes. This is fine. Texas can do Texas.