Clemson U. Settles With Prof Who Was Fired Over Charlie Kirk Post
“was fired on Sept. 26, 2025, after reposting a Facebook post commenting on Kirk’s murder”
It’s easy to forget just how many people lost their jobs for something like this.
FOX News reports:
Clemson University reaches settlement with professor fired over Charlie Kirk post
A Clemson University professor who was fired over a social media post about slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has reached a settlement with the university.
Dr. Joshua Bregy, an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the South Carolina college, was fired on Sept. 26, 2025, after reposting a Facebook post commenting on Kirk’s murder.
According to a press release by the ACLU of South Carolina, the post condemned the violence but said that Kirk faced “karma” for his “cold-hearted” rhetoric.
“I’ll never advocate for violence in any form, but it sounds to me like karma is sometimes swift and ironic,” the post said. “As Kirk said, ‘Play certain games, win certain prizes.'”
The post added that “no one should be gunned down” but Kirk was a “flawed human being whose rhetoric caused notable damage.”
Under the agreement reached last week but made public on Thursday, Bregy agreed to dismiss his lawsuit against Clemson University and its officials.
Clemson agreed to rescind Bregy’s termination, and Bregy will resign by May 15, 2026. He will remain on payroll with benefits until that date but will have no teaching or student interaction during that time.
The agreement allows Bregy to continue listing Clemson University as his institutional affiliation for any pending grants through his resignation date. It also provides that Clemson Provost Robert H. Jones will provide positive letters of recommendation to future employers.
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He ended up with way less than I would have thought from the headline.
This is not really a “settlement”….this is actually pretty typical for “fired” restricted (fixed term, renewable) faculty positions on campuses.
They officially are not fired, they are just not renewed on contract.
Also, he agreed to dismiss the lawsuit because he wouldn’t have had grounds once they agreed to pay him for the rest of his contract’s term.
His only option would have been to refuse to take the pay for not teaching, but then he wouldn’t have a legal right to sue for discriminatory termination.
This is really his only option and he FAFO’d big time. I’ve definitely seen this happen before several times in situations that are well known by everyone on campus but don’t make national news.
Kirk faced “karma” for his “cold-hearted” rhetoric.
In other words, he melted a few snowflakes, who were too mentally weak to deal with having their delusions contradicted.
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