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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 18 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

As outrageous as that sounds, I know a lot of professors/PhD's, and many of them are that clueless. They have a lot of very specific knowledge in their field, but may not have much practical knowledge about the rest of the world.

Still, this is the type of instance where revoking his visa may still be justified, even if he ended up having most of his other consequences suspended.

It sucks to be on the side of history that still tries to be reasonable, even while the other side goes full throttle and wouldn't give the same rational thinking any thought.

[–] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I wouldn't even say clueless, he's from Brasil. Name some Candomblé holidays and how they attend. Most tourists don't know the religious holidays or the practices of the places they're visiting. The synagogue isn't saying it was based in bigotry.

That said, a visiting law professor breaking car windows with a BB gun raises enough eyebrows on its own.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, I think it's the combination of things. Breaking personal property is pretty much universally frowned upon, and if he's breaking car windows he was just as likely to hit a person.

Not sure if that's enough to be deported, but it wouldn't be an outrageous outcome even in the past.