San Diego State Univ Dean's tweets draw threats of violence

[Demovictory9]

Casper, dean of the College of Arts and Letters at San Diego State University, went on Twitter in December and made statements about conservatives that were anything but nuanced, leading to an angry backlash that included threats of violence against the campus.

She said: “Just so we’re clear on the Right’s agenda: racism good, abortion bad, money good, women bad, capitalism good, sustainability bad, stupidity good, science bad, power good, equality bad, white people good, nonwhite people bad. Stench, indeed.”

Casper also said on Twitter that Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal in the fatal shooting of two people in Wisconsin was an act of white supremacy.


https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/A-dean-s-divisive-tweet-casts-SDSU-into-16838035.php

The school’s president, Adela de la Torre, recently took to Twitter to uphold Casper’s right to free speech. But in a rare move, she also chided her dean, saying, " I do not support actions that seek to divide us or undermine civic discourse for any reason.”

[Skittles]

1. What did she say that was wrong

?

[Demovictory9]

3. the truth

[royable]

2. Sounds very much like civic discourse to me.

Clear, articulate, succinct and to the point. The speech isn’t dividing us, rather, it’s pointing out how the right has divided us.

[SergeStorms]

4. And not a single....

"tourist" attacking government police and destroying public property while exercising his right to political discourse.

Novel idea.

[royable]

5. Awwww, thank you, heart-giver! n/t

[left-of-center2012]

6. Where are the threats of violence mentioned in the OP title?

[Native]

11. They're mentioned in the article.

[sarchasm]

8. Please proceed

Discourse? … ✅
Political? … ✅
Legitimate? … ✅

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. If the truth is divisive, that's too bad. The truth has to be out there. The RepubliCons are divisiv

It's been as good as "official" policy since before 2000 for the RepubliCons to be divisive and polarizing. Karl Rove said that being divisive and polarizing the electorate to get the base out for a 51% win is better than trying a less divisive approach in hopes of getting a higher percentage.

So of course that is what the right call Democrats, "divisive". They claim Obama divided the nation and tRump united it.

Don't fall for it, and push back.

[lostnfound]

10. Swarming, perhaps; and blaming the victim. Like, how were you dressed...

Women on social media. Get threats over nothing all the time.
This “independent, conservative” organization encourages a swarm against liberal profs.

[barbtries]

12. telling the truth

gets you a chiding from your boss and threats of violence.

i don't know if we're gonna make it. really don't.

[Owl]

13. I agree. Life's becoming surreal.

[Sympthsical]

14. "Acceptable speech" has become problematic

Academia should be the one place tolerant of varied, free speech, but that hasn't been the case in quite some time. I always find it weird when people pretend it's not.

Also strange the actual title of the article has been altered in the OP. That's not really what the article is about. (It also includes a note about a UC Berkeley professor saying a U.S. Senator should be struck).

If honest discussion isn't lead with honest presentation, not sure what the point is.

So what's the story here. A Dean shit posts on Twitter, gets shit posting right back.

So, like, everyday on Twitter. It isn't really news anymore and only highlighted verrrry selectively. Like here. I doubt I'll be running across any articles about threats because of Twitter moving in the other direction, which happens just as often. The internet is a vile pit of anonymous people saying things. Film at 11.

That said. Kind of fun to watch the people in the article aghast. "Professors can never be chastised for speech!" Hoo boy. Where has that sentiment been the past twenty years when it was about things they didn't agree with? I am absolutely in the corner of free speech. I'm not sure I'll ever feel bad, however, that people that live by the Twitter may see their careers die by the Twitter.

Always interesting when people who write the rules for everyone else see those rules come home and get applied to themselves. Spoiler: They usually don't like it!