An anthropology professor has strong views about Ruther Bader Ginsburg.
And perhaps even stronger ones about you.
On Friday, Professor Sarah Parcak took to Twitter to praise the late Supreme Court justice:
“She hung on as long as she could. Icon. Genius. Loving wife, mother, grandmother. Beloved wearer of Egyptian menat collars adorning Pharoahs of old. Powerful arbiter of truth and justice, even when she was in the minority. In her honor, dig deep, fight like hell, VOTE #rbg.”
She hung on as long as she could. Icon. Genius. Loving wife, mother, grandmother. Beloved wearer of Egyptian menat collars adorning Pharaohs of old. Powerful arbiter of truth and justice, even when she was in the minority. In her honor, dig deep, fight like hell, VOTE #rbg
— Professor Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) September 18, 2020
Five minutes later — either in response to naysayers or preemptively — what began as a nice tribute took a tonal turn:
“Trolls, go f— yourselves straight to hell. You’re all getting blocked. Not tonight.”
Then things got really wild.
Following an attagirl over Ruth’s 60-second abs, Sarah brutally ripped supporters of Donald J. Trump:
“RBG planked for a minute for multiple sets at AGE 86 and did tons of pushups. She was stronger in her mid 80’s than any [MAGA] f—stick bootlicker could ever dream of.”
In contrast to her previous post, the professor appeared to assume only likeminded voters were reading:
“Take that energy with you tonight and always into the voting booth, the polls, and online to donate.”
RBG planked for a minute for multiple sets at AGE 86 and did tons of pushups. She was stronger in her mid 80’s than any M*GA f*ckstick bootlicker could ever dream of. Take that energy with you tonight and always into the voting booth, the polls, and online to donate.
— Professor Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) September 19, 2020
It’s a potent message to any Trump-supporting student: This is your teacher’s opinion of you.
And there are surely RedStaters in class — Sarah’s an instructor…at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
On Sunday, she tweeted a stab — presumably — at Brett Kavanaugh:
“You know what happens when the most brilliant ethical judges with huge hearts and love for this country get nominated+confirmed to the Supreme Court? When they die, our country weeps. Imagine a SCOTUS filled with qualified judges and not rapist drunken abusers.”
You know what happens when the most brilliant ethical judges with huge hearts and love for this country get nominated+confirmed to the Supreme Court? When they die, our country weeps.
Imagine an entire SCOTUS with RGBs.
— Professor Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) September 21, 2020
Given her locale, call her a black sheep. Maybe add “Lives Matter” to that.
As covered by RedState’s Nick Arama, at the end of May, the southern scholar offered a dadgum tutorial on how to tear down a monument:
PSA For ANYONE who might be interested in how to pull down an obelisk* safely from an Egyptologist who never ever in a million years thought this advice might come in handy
*might be masquerading as a racist monument I dunno
— Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) June 1, 2020
My Bona Fides: I’m an Egyptologist. I have worked in Egypt for 20 years and know a lot about ancient Egyptian architecture. Especially how they raised obelisks.
— Professor Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) June 1, 2020
The key to pulling one down is letting gravity work 4 you. Chances are good the obelisk extends into the ground a bit, so you want to get CHAINS NOT ROPE (it’s 2020 AD not BC let metal work for you) extended tightly around the top (below pointy bit) and 1/3 down forming circles
— Professor Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) June 1, 2020
For every 10 ft of monument, you’ll need 40+ people. So, say, a 20 ft tall monument, probably 60 people. You want strong rope attached to the chain—rope easier to hold onto versus chain. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE WEARING GLOVES FOR SAFETY (there is a lot of safety first)
— Professor Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) June 1, 2020
You probably want 150+ ft of rope x 2…you’ll want to be standing 30 feet away from obelisk so it won’t topple on you (your safety! first!). This gives enough slack for everyone to hold on to rope, alternating left right left right. Here’s the hard part…pulling in unison
— Professor Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) June 1, 2020
You have two groups, one on one side, one opposite, for the rope beneath the pointy bit and the rope 1/3 down. You will need to PULL TOGETHER BACK AND FORTH. You want to create a rocking motion back and forth to ease the obelisk from its back.
— Professor Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) June 1, 2020
She even recommended a soundtrack:
I recommend a rhythmic song. YOU WILL NEED SOMEONE WITH A LOUDSPEAKER DIRECTING. There can be only one person yelling. Everyone will be alternating on rope left right left right not everyone on the same side. No one else near the obelisk! Safety first!
— Professor Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) June 1, 2020
Continuing:
“WATCH THAT SUMBITCH TOPPLE GET THE %^&* OUT OF THE WAY IT WILL SMASH RUN AWAY FROM DIRECTION. Then celebrate. Because #BlackLivesMatter and good riddance to any obelisks pretending to be ancient Egyptian obelisks when they are in fact celebrating racism and white nationalism.”
The school, incidentally, is located in downtown Birmingham:
Here’s a rough schematic. I note this is experimental archaeology in action! Just my professional Hot Take and you may need more people, longer rope, etc. everything depends on monument size. pic.twitter.com/lzl55CSPNt
— Professor Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) June 1, 2020
There might be one just like this in downtown Birmingham! What a coincidence. Can someone please show this thread to the folks there.
— Professor Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) June 1, 2020
The world is an uncertain mystery, but I know this: When all the above takes place courtesy of a college teacher in Alabama — who remains a college teacher in Alabama — we’re in the midst of a national cultural revolution.
A left-wing one, to boot.
But not the licking kind.
-ALEX
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