{"id":37786,"date":"2025-09-11T19:14:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=37786"},"modified":"2025-09-11T19:14:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:14:47","slug":"mtsu-assistant-dean-of-students-fired-immediately-over-vile-remarks-celebrating-charlie-kirks-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=37786","title":{"rendered":"MTSU Assistant Dean Of Students Fired Immediately Over Vile Remarks Celebrating Charlie Kirk\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you love your job and desperately want to keep it to pay your bills, then do not post anything derogatory about Charlie Kirk on social media.<\/p>\n<p>An assistant dean at Middle Tennessee State University is learning the hard way why people should keep bad things to themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The dean was fired after posting \u201cinappropriate and callous comments\u201d about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/general\/charlie-kirk-has-tragically-died-after-shooting-on-campus\/\">murder of Charlie Kirk<\/a>, the school\u2019s president said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>The move, \u201cconcerning the horrific and tragic murder of Charlie Kirk,\u201d Middle Tennessee State University\u2019s President Sidney McPhee said in a statement, came after Kirk was shot in the neck on Wednesday as he answered questions about transgender individuals and mass shootings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-no-content-width has-xs-padding-bottom\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-1\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The dean said she has \u201czero sympathy\u201d for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/general\/horrifying-details-come-out-about-charlie-kirk-wife-kids-following-shooting\/\">Charlie Kirk, whose wife and kids were present during his shooting death.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now she has no employment.<\/p>\n<p>The school fired Laura Sosh-Lightsy, who \u201cjoined the MTSU family in June 2004. 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