The Tallahassee Democrat reports that Florida State University College of Business senior lecturer Deborah O’Connor has resigned after she attacked a Facebook post using a gay slur and profane language.
Colin Lively, a New York City-based consultant to the beauty industry, wrote positively about Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to have the U.S. Justice Department investigate the police shooting death of a black 12-year-old boy carrying a toy gun.
O’Connor called Lively a gay slur and used profane language: “Take your Northern (gay slur) elitism and shove it up your (expletive).”
The newspaper pointed out that the FSU does not have a policy regarding faculty and staff’s use of social media. However, O’Conner agreed that she went too far with her reactions and submitted her resignation.
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