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A conservative history professor at a California community college claims he's been suspended for running afoul of woke dogmas on campus.
David Richardson has been a history professor with the State Center Community College District for 26 years. Beforehand, he racked up another six years of experience in the district working as an instructor.
Despite his investment of time inside the district, Madera Community College decided not to cut Richardson slack over some sweet, reality-affirming humor.
Already in hot water with the SCCCD over his choice of provocative pronouns at an LGBT re-education seminar hosted by a transvestite, Richardson got his hands on a case of Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing's parodic "SheHer" and "HeHim" chocolate bars.
The female-designated chocolate bars were all chocolate whereas the male-designated chocolates contained nuts.
TheBlaze previously reported that Boreing advertised his gender-specific chocolates after Hershey's Canada featured transvestite Fae Johnstone as the face of its International Women's Day campaign called #HERforShe.
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Richardson told Just the News that he wasn't sure what to do with the parodic "goodies," so he brought them to share at a campus open house on April 29, where he evidently broke thin skin.
A staff member allegedly tried to engage Richardson in a confrontation over the binary chocolates, but he elected not to "make a scene."
Despite the dispute resolving without further incident, on Monday, a uniformed school police officer surprised Richardson with a knock on the door.
According to Just the News, the gay history professor was informed he had been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into allegations of creating a "hostile work environment" and discriminating against colleagues on the basis of gender.
Accordingly, Richardson was barred from "non-public" areas of the district, prohibited from using his Madera email, and cautioned against taking "any action which could be construed as retaliation against anyone."
While Richardson enjoyed decades of camaraderie and good will in the district, he indicated that his resistance to the trans agenda has changed everything.
"I feel as if they've been sort of looking for a reason to get rid of me because I don't share the current opinion on neo pronouns and that kind of stuff," he told Fox News Digital. "Everything we do now is geared towards this ideology and diversity of viewpoint is being eliminated."
Richardson underscored that there is a chilling effect on free speech and that while others may agree with him, they are too cowardly to stick their necks out.
"People are afraid. Well, especially when they see what happens to people like me. They're afraid to just speak up," said the history professor. "We're basically being forced to take loyalty oaths. It was sort of like the second 'Red Scare' back in the late ‘40s, early ’50s, that if we cannot demonstrate our full commitment to the ideology, we will be purged. And I think I may find myself in that situation sooner rather than later, investigated for, 'creating a hostile work environment based on gender.'"
Unlike his colleagues, Richardson has clearly not been cowed.
Richardson reportedly signaled his noncompliance during a mandatory LGBT re-education seminar on "pronoun etiquette" in October 2021, which was helmed by transvestic chemistry professor Jamie MacArthur.
Those enrolled in the seminar were to indicate their name and so-called gender identity in a "small thumbnail."
According to Richardson's lawsuit against the district, he had indicated his pronouns were "Do, Re, Mi" in protest — to show that mandating an "irrational perception of reality ... would frustrate communication for ideological reasons."
The suit notes that "Richardson philosophically and intellectually disputes that any person can change empirical, ontological, or objective reality by a process of 'identification.' For example, he believes that a person will not grow an inch by identifying himself as 'taller.'"
MacArthur did not approve of Richardson's preferred pronouns or intellectual clarity, calling it "extremely offensive" to transvestites.
The history prof. was reprimanded, ordered to stop using pronouns mockingly, and reportedly compelled to complete six-hours of DEI re-education before writing a letter detailing how he might "create a more inclusive environment that does not center on homophobia or transphobia."
Following this incident, Richardson sued the district. He has indicated that his lawyer will file an amended complaint on his behalf that incorporates the chocolate bar-related investigation.
Richardson told Fox News Digital, "I never dreamed that expressing a different opinion could bring me to this point in my career."
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!One person has been found alive in the rubble of an explosion at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania that left at least two dead and five missing, WTFX reported.
"The discovery of life overnight, of the overnight recovery efforts, provides hope that others still may be found," West Reading's police chief, Wayne Holben said in a Saturday morning press conference.
"The rescue workers are continuing their efforts to search the area thoroughly, utilizing specialized equipment and techniques to locate signs of life," Chief Holben also said, adding that canines and imaging equipment are being used in the search and recovery effort.
West Reading Mayor Samantha Kaag declared a state of emergency about 1:00 a.m. Saturday morning. She noted that the declaration was strictly to "access more resources for emergency responders on scene."
Holben noted the the investigation into the Berks County blast is ongoing, and that tents had been erected in the area to help keep the scene dry as weather forecasts indicated thick cloud cover and rain.
Among the victims taken to Reading Hospital, two people are in fair condition, one was transferred to another facility, and five others were discharged, according to a statement from a Tower Health Spokesperson acquired by WTFX.
Though the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency reported that five people were killed in the explosion, local officials including Kaag and Holben say that figure is inaccurate. According to Kaag and Holben, the correct death toll figure currently stands at two and the number of missing stands at five.
"We are getting a lot of help from outside agencies, which we appreciate," said Holben. Among the agencies Holben mentioned were the Pennsylvania State Police, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the sheriff's office, and other local organizations.
In addition to the factory being "pretty leveled," as Kaag described it, there was also damage to a nearby apartment building and a church, WPSG reported.
"The building in the front, with the church and the apartments, the explosion was so big that it moved that building four feet forward," Kaag also said.
WTFX's weather camera positioned at the Candlewood Suites hotel across the street caught the blast on video as it occurred. Chunks of debris can be seen flying in multiple directions as clouds of smoke quickly obscure most of the viewable field.
R.M. Palmer Company, headquartered in West Reading, employs more than 850 people, according to their LinkedIn page and website.
During the Saturday morning press conference with local officials, Chief Holben indicated that R.M. Palmer Co. would be making their own official statement "shortly." As of Saturday around 12:30 p.m., the company had not yet posted a statement on their website nor their other social media channels.
R.M. Palmer did not respond to a request for comment from TheBlaze in time for publication.
Watch WTFX's coverage, including aerial footage of the deadly blast below.
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Jeremy Boreing, co-founder of the Daily Wire, responded to a controversial Hershey's Canada ad featuring a transgender activist by launching an unapologetically gender-specific rival to the chocolate giant's bars.
"We have two kinds: SheHer and HeHim," said Boreing, in the 48-second ad. "One of them has nuts. If you need me to tell you which one it is, keep giving your money to Hershey's."
Boreing encouraged consumers to stop "giving your money to woke corporations that hate you" in the brief ad released Friday.
Daily Wire personalities Michael Knowles and Brett Cooper flank Boreing as he walks onto the set to display the new product.
Daily Wire reported they had officially sold more than 200,000 bars in a Saturday afternoon tweet.
\u201cWe've officially sold more than 200,000 Jeremy's Chocolate bars and it's still climbing. Let's keep it going.\n\nhttps://t.co/pf5NnLcosp\u201d— Daily Wire (@Daily Wire) 1677952285
"I'm in," actor Rob Schneider tweeted Saturday.
\u201cI\u2019m in!\u201d— Rob Schneider (@Rob Schneider) 1677939053
"Nothing is sweeter than truth," account @JeremysRazors tweeted in response. Jeremy's Razors, an alternative to Harry's Razors, is another company born of Boreing's capitalism-driven approach to directly challenging woke companies via old fashioned competition. His approach is simple: offer consumers an alternative to turning over heaps of cash to corporations that mock them and actively work against their most cherished values.
The websites for Hershey's and the Harry's alternatives are strategically easy to remember: ihateharrys.com and ihatehersheys.com.
\u201c@JeremyDBoreing Nothing is sweeter than truth.\u201d— Jeremy Boreing (@Jeremy Boreing) 1677850604
"Does Hershey's even know what a woman is?" Brett Cooper asked in an Instagram post Friday.
The Hershey's Canada ad that sparked the unusual offering involved Fae Johnstone and four women whom the company chose to represent the face of its International Women's Day campaign called #HERforShe.
International Women's Day is March 8.
On its website, Hershey's Canada describes Johnstone, a biological man, as "a leading voice in the conversation around Canada's 2SLGBTQIA+ issues, advocating for transgender rights and banning conversion practices."
2sLGBTQIA+ is an acronym for two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual, and unspecified other categories.
The five, limited edition specialty bars with "Her for She" wrappers feature the names and artistically rendered faces of the people chosen for to represent the campaign.
Hershey's Canada shared the longer spot with the chosen five in an unlisted video on its YouTube channel. The video featuring Johnstone alone is also unlisted. The company links to both on its website.
"We can create a world where everyone is able to live in public space as their honest and authentic selves," Johnstone says in the individual spot.
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