Fox News’ Tucker Carlson regularly invites liberals on his show to debate about controversial topics. While on air, he does his best to give them enough rope to hang themselves with. Sometimes, they actually do.

For example, Lisa Durden, the racist black woman who went on Tucker Carlson’s show to defend a “blacks only” party, was recently suspended from a teaching position she held. Although the school administration didn’t say so in writing, Durden claims that they cited her appearance on his show as one of the reasons for removing her indefinitely when they spoke in-person.

According to reports, shortly after a racist tirade live on air, Lisa Durden, a teacher at Essex County College, in Newark, New Jersey, was informed by the school’s administration that she was being indefinitely suspended from teaching, effective immediately. Initially, she had shown up to the school that day to teach a speech class. But when she arrived, she was instructed to cancel her class, which she claimed she would only do if “she had died,” and report to the Human Resources (HR) department.

Confused, Durden reluctantly complied. When she got to the HR department, she was given a letter notifying her of the suspension and told in-person that because someone had complained about her appearance on the show, she was officially suspended “until further notice.” Much like a police officer being ordered to turn in their badge and gun, she was then told to hand over her grade book.

Unsurprisingly, Durden was outraged by the administration’s decision. “They did this to humiliate me,” she complained to reporters. “Essex County College publicly lynched me in front of my students,” she added as if her suspension at a Predominantly Black Institution (PBI) was somehow equivalent to the brutal executions experienced by countless people in the past. It’s obviously not, and her calling the experience a “public lynching” is a complete disservice to those who were literally hung from trees because it trivializes their suffering.

In addition to Durden, Leslie Farber, a lawyer she hired to challenge the school’s suspension, noted, “there’s got to be some other agenda. It seems to me they’re going to make up some reason. We’ve got to figure out what that is and why.” She suggested they might have fired Durden because she is “too outspoken.”

But clearly, this is completely absurd. There’s absolutely no evidence that the school did anything wrong by suspending her. Jeffrey Lee, the Vice President for Academic Affairs, told reporters they made sure their decision was consistent with the law. “The college promotes a community of unity that is inclusive of all,” stated Lee. “The general counsel has handled this matter in a way that complies with New Jersey state law,” he continued, noting, “I am not at liberty to provide further details.”

There’s also no evidence to support the idea that she was removed from teaching for being “too outspoken.” Teachers are allowed to have controversial ideas and be outspoken but they’re expected to convey them in a professional manner, which was not what happened when Durden went on Carlson’s show. Throughout the show, she was completely rude and disrespectful.

For example, when asked how she could support a “blacks only” Memorial Day party hosted a New York Chapter of Black Lives Matter (BLM), before answering, she decided to mock people on the basis of their skin color. Specifically, she shouted, “Boo hoo hoo! You white people are angry because you couldn’t use your ‘White Privilege’ card to get invited to the Black Lives Matters all black memorial day celebration,” adding, “white folks crack me up… all of the sudden when ‘we’ want one day for black folks to focus on ourselves [people complain] – but you’ve been having White Day forever.”

Despite her inappropriate behavior live on air, some believe she shouldn’t be suspended, and as a result, they’ve started an online petition. Although it’s currently 20 signatures short of its 1,000 signature goal, meeting the goal doesn’t necessarily mean Durden will be reinstated.

The university did the right thing by suspending Durden. Students need to be taught by people who are actually reasonable. Hopefully, she learns from this mistake.