Stories from behind the Iron Curtain certainly suggest that those in repressive societies struggled with it on a psychological level, and Orwells description of doublethink from 1984 is in many ways similar. A full vindication of Adams social media record would be impossible to attempt in this short format. Randle appeared to be running away at the time he was shot, an autopsy report revealed he was shot in the back of the neck. Mr. Trump, Its Time to Step Aside, Gary Bauer Determining what happened to Sicknick on January 6 has been a focus of the Capitol riot investigation for months. Mike Adams was a man who said what he believed, not caring what his university or anyone else might think. Ive rarely been so happy to be so wrong. I think there are good colleges and universities out there, but unfortunately, the vast majority of the rest are bastions of woke thought police professors and weak-kneed administrators who go along with them because they, too, fear cancellation if they dare to think independently from the herd. Mike was only days away from the end of his career at UNCW and, given the cartel-like behavior of colleges and universities, likely the end of his academic career altogether, having been forced into negotiating for early retirement in the wake of a tweet some found offensive about North Carolina Governor Roy Coopers COVID-19 restrictions. Since 2012, Adams had been promoting and selling his own unique merchandise, t-shirts sporting the phrase, I Hate Mike Adams. Concerning his entrepreneurial endeavor, Adams remarked comically, The I Hate Mike Adams t-shirt will replace the need for anonymous hate speech on RateMyProfessors.com. It is also bound to exacerbate any already existing mental health problems, from which Mike, like so many other Americans, may have silently suffered. His third book, Letters to a Young Progressive, came out in April 2013. For that same resilience and dogged determination, Adams has made no small number of enemies on the other side of the aisle. Because I said the world is better off for Mike Adams not being in it. Photo of Mike S. Adams on UNCWs sociology and criminology page as of 2020. FIREs 2022 College Free Speech Rankings are based on the voices of more than 44,000 currently enrolled students at 208 colleges and are designed to help parents and prospective students choose the right school. The guilt began to wrap its way around my chest. John K. Wilson, 'How suspensions violate academic freedom' FAN 329.5, Special issue: Academic speech Protected or perilous? The CDC said a review of available information in these cases showed no evidence the vaccine contributed to these deaths (here). I almost felt like a free man who was not living in the slave state of North Carolina. Mike Adams was a man who said what he believed, not caring what his university or anyone else might think. It doesnt matter. Columbia Law School EXPOSED, William Federer We know this because this describes all of us, and all of our friends, and we have no obligation to be defensive about it. Philadelphia, PA 19106. The UNCW professor was exhausted by the vile hatred and vengeance of the Left. The man was found dead today and this is what a fellow professor has to say about it#ncpol #nced https://t.co/kPyP6awFxC, Sister Toldjah (@sistertoldjah) July 23, 2020. For those of us in our humble shop who corresponded with Mike over the years, we also know that his blood is on the hands of the leftist bullies, including those in the UNCW administration, whose cruel hatred knows no bounds. Former UNC Wilmington professor Mike S. Adams sudden July 23 death has been ruled as a suicide, according to the New Hanover County Sheriffs Office in a press He refused to back down in the face of pressure from his administration and, through his seven-year lawsuit, alerted the nation to just how much discrimination conservatives can face from universities. Those of us who dare challenge the Left know how vengeful the radicals can be. If you face retaliation over protected speech, reach out to FIRE to learn more about how we can protect your rights. He was 55. WILMINGTON According to the New Hanover County Sheriffs Office, Mike Adams was found dead at his residence today. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months". CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. Adams, who was a staunch defender of free speech, taught sociology and criminology at UNCW. Partially because of his role as a provocateur at UNCW, I had lots of reasons to stay in touch with Mike over the years. The lawsuit cost UNCW hundreds of thousands of dollars. Whats more, he stood up for himself, not bowing to UNCWs maltreatment but taking them to court and suing them for violating his constitutional rights. It's been more than five months since former University of North Carolina Wilmington professor Mike Adams killed himself after being pushed into early retirement for offensive tweets. Mike Adams was 55. Former UNC Wilmington professor Mike S. Adams sudden July 23 death has been ruled as a suicide, according to the New Hanover County Sheriffs Office in a press release this afternoon. No. If all the cancel culture mobs since social media was invented have, together, actually convinced 200 of their targets that they were wrong (rather than that they must say they were wrong), Id be shocked. My friend was a tenured professor in the UNC system, the Wilmington campus. It's been more than five months since former University of North Carolina Wilmington professor Mike Adams killed himself after being pushed into early retirement The profile says that a few years later, Adams abandoned his atheism and also became a Republican.. Adams v. University of North Carolina-Wilmington was the first federal appellate case to actually hold that the First Amendment interest in academic freedom overrides that general rule. Mike Adams, an outspoken conservative professor at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, was found dead in his home on Thursday. Police have yet to announce a cause of death. FIREs award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed. Previously an atheist liberal, Adams converted to Christianity and later to conservatism. According to Adams Twitter profile, he was also a columnist at The Daily Wire and Town Hall. Fill out the form below to receive personalized communications or close this window to continue. Adams death was confirmed by the New Hanover County Sheriffs Office, via WECT News. For those who are vulnerable, they can quite literally be a matter of life and death. But if theres one thing you dont do in Marxist-dominated academia, its challenge the Rainbow Mafia. Young Americas for Freedom offered their condolences to Adams family in a tweet on Thursday evening. It is with saddened hearts that we report longtime Townhall columnist Mike Adams was found dead at his North Carolina home on Thursday in an apparent suicide, according to local media. Can you argue that someone who expresses views with which you disagree should lose his or her livelihood, education, career, etc. First, though the initial reports already suggested that Mike had taken his own life, an actual determination was not made until this week. Deputies with the New Hanover County Sheriffs Office responded to a home in the Bayshore community Thursday afternoon. Joe Biden will be 81 years old when he runs for re-election. If Trinity University thinks a speaker has any history of or potential for protests or disturbance, its Event Review Guidelines allow it to place extra requirements on groups, like taking out insurance. Mikes situation was a textbook cancellation: It was focused, intense, and demanded immediate termination. Actress Sophia Bush tweeted about Adams words saying, Ummm. As for Mike, its my hope that he has finally come to the place where death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.. (Sartarelli, for example, defended the decision to pay Mike an early retirement payout of around $505,000 on the basis that UNCWs last, losing crusade against him had cost the university even more money. UNC-Wilmington professor Mike Adams discusses his free-speech fight against the school, which denied him a promotion because of his conservative political views. Even after news broke that Adams had committed suicide, the bullies at NBC headlined, Professor who announced retirement after racist and sexist tweets died by suicide. NBCs hack journalist David Li offered no evidence for those charges, other than linking to UNCWs vacuous statement earlier this summer. His point of view and his style couldn't be farther from my own. For his opposition to abortion, he was called a misogynist. UNCW Professor Mike Adams (Photo courtesy Facebook) WILMINGTON According to the New Hanover County Sheriffs Office, Mike Adams was But despite this stunning victory, we still often had to hop on the phone to talk about the latest threat to his or his friends careers. Mike and I spoke on the phone many times as his case progressed. Choose our full-length Digest or our quick-reading Snapshot for a summary of important news. There was at least one other suicide where I believe the exhaustion of the culture war played a role. This time, he didnt fight the predictable outrage; he negotiated his exit from UNCW on August 1. Adams, having all the appropriate credentials, suspected the administration was denying his promotion on account of his political views, so he took the university to court. The Patriot Post does not support Internet Explorer. https://t.co/03g9SqMaFG. FIRE has written many thousands of words over the years about the value of free speech in a free society. Professor Mike Adams, an outspoken activist for conservative causes including free speech protections and opposition to abortion, was found dead at his North Carolina home on Thursday. We recommend installing the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome. Check out our library of resources to get started on your First Amendment journey! Whats more, he stood up for himself, not bowing to UNCWs maltreatment but taking them to court and suing them for violating his constitutional rights. Please do mourn Mike Adamss death, but dont sugarcoat his rhetoric as merely controversial or racially charged. He was blatantly racist, homophobic, and sexist, and his own words left no room for interpretation on any of that, Randolph Jr. wrote. Updated The investigation into his death is ongoing, Brewer said. It wasnt everyones cup of tea, but it was a style that was recognized, understood, and even respected. Everyone can come out of the closet at once and start contributing to my early retirement. Hollywood celebrities with ties to the city also helped organize a boycott of the school in hopes it would force their hand with Adams, who the university had unsuccessfully tried to deny tenure to in 2006 over his conservative views. Mike asked me if he had any legal recourse against the university. He related how nastily he was being treated. Since 2012, Adams had been promoting and selling his own unique merchandise, t-shirts sporting the phrase, I Hate Mike Adams. Concerning his entrepreneurial endeavor, Adams, comically, The I Hate Mike Adams t-shirt will replace the need for anonymous hate speech on RateMyProfessors.com. Mike Adams, criminology professor at UNC-Wilmington, speaks Dec. 6, 2019, at the John Locke Foundation. Natural News has also been banned from Facebook (here). Youll find many videos where he talked about the importance of the First Amendment and conservatives standing up for themselves even at systemically anti-conservative higher ed institutions like UNCW that are known for forcing out conservatives for WrongThink. Other Leftmedia stories including one in 2016 by the LGBT activist division NBC OUT derided Adams for such things as calling transgenderism a mental illness, rejecting same-sex marriage, and calling out a homosexual Muslim student for embracing a religion that demands her own execution. Its a nasty paranoid lonely little universe, and back in 2007, I felt like I was alone there. Adams, a former professor of criminology at UNCW, and author of Feminists Say the Darndest Things: A Politically Incorrect Professor Confronts Womyn on Campus, was set to retire August 1, Chancellor Jose V. Sartarelli said in a statement posted on the universitys website. He was 83. / Michael Reagan If your son or daughter ends up getting accused of some campus offense and actually has the right to hire an attorney or other advisor to stand with him or her at the hearing (a right that was vanishingly rare before 2013), Mike Adams deserves a share of the credit. Offensive and prejudiced remarks. Ron Johnson: We Have Evidence Blinken Lied to Congress About Hunter Biden, HA! University of North Carolina Wilmington professor Mike Adams' death was discovered after a friend who hadn't seen or heard from him "in a couple of days" called The man was a criminologist remember. The aggressors are the social justice warriors who want to fundamentally transform America. Adams had been awaiting trial at the 4th Avenue Jail in Phoenix after being charged with the murder of Al-Amin before he was discovered Professor Adams was a beloved freedom fighter and YAF speaker. The caller noted that Adams Adams was officially scheduled to retire on August 1. Details of the 911 call and initial investigation were released the next day on July 24, indicating that Adams had suffered a gunshot wound and a handgun was taken as evidence but did not confirm the cause of death at the time. Perhaps living a life so thoroughly governed by irrational hatred finally hollowed him out to such a degree that he realized he actually had nothing meaningful and positive to live for. And once you transgress, you can be unpersoned into a caricature of societal evil, an object of scorn no longer a real person, but an evil abstraction, sometimes a laughable cautionary tale.