He was ordered to begin class on March 8 with a public apology and then “listen in silence as the professor and/or any student who wishes to speak shares how he or she felt during Lake’s disrespectful and disruptive outbursts on 2-28.”
Ingle asserts that the professor’s actions are unconstitutional and a violation of his First Amendment rights to free speech.
“My professor is violating my First Amendment rights because of the fact that my views and ideology is different from hers,” he told Fox News. “So she took it on [upon] herself to silence and embarrass me — bully me — for speaking up in class.”
“You can’t say that anecdotal evidence is fact,” he added. “My professor pretty much just tried to shut me up because she was just letting women speak. I brought up the fact that biologists don’t agree that there’s more than two genders and I said the wage gap she’s referring to — 77 cents on the dollar — that even the New York Times debunked that.”
Still, the school is sticking by its guns. The AIB has a ruling date for Ingle and Downie set for March 19. If the senior loses his case, he will not be able to graduate in May, as the class is required for degree completion.
Despite the adversity, Ingle has stood firm in his beliefs and holds that one day he will become a professor himself, as a means of fighting the injustice he’s now facing.
“When you see that kind of misuse of intellectual power, you want to be the person that comes back and does it responsibly and with morals,” said Ingle. “Instead of being the purveyor of your ideology, you can be an educator.”
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