- Faculty friends at @ufl.edu, in response to Rufo's attack on Ono, r/wingers say "but he closed the U-M DEI office, he's one of us!" It is important to know that he was 100% pro-DEI as long as it earned him 1.3M/year at U-M. He closed our DEI office AFTER Florida offered him 3M/year.
- Before there's an offer, it might have been auditioning. What's the point after?
- to make sure he gets confirmed by DeSantis and his crowd.
- Rufo's attack expose his vulnerability in this regard -- a long history of illegal wokery. He needed better credentials. Of course he had help from the Republican regents he hangs with (Weiser, Hubbard) and the Dem regents who for a while gave Hubbard all she wanted in exchange for crackdownsMay 7, 2025 00:20
- but of course, Ono is also a conservative in his own right, so it's just as likely that he played the liberal for us--he had the most lucrative contract in public higher ed at UM, a record now beaten spectacularly by his new package.
- When was Rufo's attack on Ono?
- when the news broke of his offer
- Just a few days ago? But then it's all after the fact (the offer, the closing of DEI)
- The offer isn't finalized. Fox just went after him and demanded that the offer be rescinded.
- He resigned w/o an offer?
- Steven Salaita sends love
