UC Davis professor threatens Jewish journalists, families

[Sympthsical]

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Good thing she's at a university. It's "the place for making mistakes"

Otherwise there could've been a problem. People who want her fired just have no sense of intellectual curiosity.



https://www.mediaite.com/online/uc-davis-professor-under-fire-over-posts-threatening-zionist-journalists-and-their-families/

Edit: Eesh, another one. What is going on in academia?

https://13wham.com/news/nation-world/chicago-art-professor-under-fire-for-calling-israelis-irredeemable-excrement-in-wake-of-hamas-invasion-school-institute-mika-tosca-israel-palestine-terrorism-terrorist-middle-east-conflict-chicago-illinois

[jcmaine72]

1. Who is this "us" she's referring to?

Don't you hate it when people talk out of their asses when expressing their own opinions but readily assume they're speaking for everyone?

[ripcord]

2. Universities seem to be hot beds of anti-semitism

[getagrip_already]

3. Seriously? Is uc Davis defending her?

This is not free speach nor academic thought.

[madaboutharry]

4. She is a good candidate for unemployment.

One would think threats like those she posted would be where the line is drawn. What is wrong with U.C. Davis and why does this person still work there?

[spooky3]

5. This seems like a matter for FBI and police. Nt

[progressoid]

6. Soon to be an ex-professor I would wager.

Her profile on the UC Davis website appears to have been scrubbed. Before it was taken down, her bio read: “I am an Assistant Professor in American Studies. I focus on the interplay between sound, race, gender, and embodiment.”

[usonian]

7. Watch out for fakes. Not saying this is or isn't, but

it's so easy to do. And nobody waits for confirmation of anything.

Seen any lately?

[Hekate]

9. Ooops. My wrath comes to a screeching halt. Is Mediaite a reliable source?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

11. I don't see anything that looks unreliable on Mediaite

Usually Mediaite is used for reposting video clips - or at least that's what I remember it for.
The other places this is being reported look to be far-right, however.
That said, the professor has locked down her Twitter and her school page, so I can't look at posts to see how incriminating it is.

[Sympthsical]

13. Mediaite is a left-leaning source

And fairly reliable as these things go. I've pulled other stories from there in the past. Caught this story because it's on their front page next to a look back on "Sydney Powell's Nuttiest Election Claims" and Matt Gaetz getting lit up by Republicans, so pretty safe to say they're not wingers.

[Hekate]

17. Thanks

[spooky3]

10. Her university info pages no longer are accessible. Sounds

As if this is real and actions are already being taken.

Assistant professors don’t have tenure so she has very limited employment protection.

But I agree we should wait for confirmation from a mainstream source.

[Hekate]

8. This is completely unacceptable. If she were white & threatening Black journalists' kids...

…there would be no hesitation to get rid of her. The words and the emojis were a direct threat of violence and even death.

What shit.

[Marcus IM]

33. It is. Somehow when republicans threaten Dems, journalists, and even other republicans, it's a "both sides do it" line of BS. n/t

[Big Blue Marble]

12. Frightening disgusting.

Words fail. Why hasn't she been fired.

[usonian]

16. UC Davis is a state school. There are procedures, and as I noted, we don't know until we know.

Speculation would have had Israel thrown out of the U.N. overnight.

I post about once a day about AI, fakery and the falsehoods perpetrated on social media.

Ask me about the weak passwords that academics use. I ran a department network.

[TheProle]

14. Parts of academia are really struggling to keep their bigotry in check

Anti-Semitic thuggery on the streets is bad enough, but the form cloaked in "intellectualism" is the truly insidious version.

[tritsofme]

15. When people say they are "anti-Zionist" not anti-Semitic, this is what they mean.

[spooky3]

18. Sacramento Bee reports that DeCristo is under investigation

https://amp.sacbee.com/news/local/article280775760.html

[Sympthsical]

20. I enjoy this kind of phrase:

"Officials have launched an investigation into whether the educator violated the school’s code of conduct."

Well one would hope it's against their code of conduct.

I know they have to do a formal investigation and all that, but it's always funny to read a line like that following what is obviously shitty behavior.

[spooky3]

29. I understand your point but Al Franken's case is a good example of

why it’s better to have an investigation.

[roamer65]

19. If true, she needs to be reprimanded for it.

I’m sure the FBI is probably going to pay a visit as well.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

22. I would say

if true she needs to be fired.

[roamer65]

24. That probably depends on if she has tenure.

I’m sure the university will make the right decision.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

28. It shouldn't matter n/t

[AkFemDem]

32. F*ck reprimand

She needs to be fired and blacklisted so she never shows up on any other campus.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

21. My neighbor

Is up in arms about some school teacher in NYC that supposedly has tweets supporting Hamas. Haven’t had a chance to look and see if it’s true or not

[LexVegas]

23. "Zionist" is an antisemitic dog whistle. nt

[Cha]

25. Kick

[paleotn]

26. That needs to be prosecuted.

Sounds like a viable threat to me.

[JohnSJ]

27. She is a Russian troll, notice the Russian symbol next to her name

sickle and a hammer

If she is unhappy here she might consider joining Tara Reade and Ed Snowden in the Russian Utopia

[DemocratSinceBirth]

30. It's a violation of 18 usc 1875

I hope someone called the FBI

[AkFemDem]

31. Disgusting- and one of the most sour notes

Here imo, is that my right wing in laws turn out to be correct about some of these pieces of excrement who are working on our university campuses and influencing our kids.