This guy, Andrew Shirvell, is a Michigan Assistant General. He hasn’t been fired, but has taken a “leave of absence.”

His vicious blog has been placed beyond a log in, but you can view how vile it is by checking out the Google cache here.

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Update: More from today’s New York Times.

Mr. Shirvell, will face a disciplinary hearing when he returns to work, a spokesman for the attorney general said Friday. Mr. Armstrong, 21, has filed for a personal protection order against Mr. Shirvell.

University officials and students have come together to support Mr. Armstrong. The university has banned Mr. Shirvell from campus, and its president, Mary Sue Coleman, called his behavior reprehensible. “As a community, we must not and will not accept displays of intolerance,” Ms. Coleman said in a statement.

And here is Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox defending Shirvell.