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Initech

(100,042 posts)
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 10:32 PM Dec 2016

Trump Effect: OC Professor Gets Death Threats After Calling Trump's Election "Terrorism"

COSTA MESA – An Orange Coast College teacher who told her students that Donald Trump’s election was an “act of terrorism” has received threats and has temporarily left the state.

News of the threats against Olga Perez Stable Cox came to light Monday, as hundreds of people turned out at the college to demonstrate in support of her and against her.

The professor, the union that represents her and the college have received more than 1,000 emails, calls and Facebook comments – most of them critical of Cox, who a week after the election was recorded on video telling students in her human sexuality class that “we’re really back to being (in) a civil war.”

“Someone emailed her a picture of her house, with her address,” said Rob Schneiderman, president of the Coast Federation of Educators/American Federation of Teachers Local 1911. The email called Cox a “libtard, Marxist, hatemonger, nutcase” and said “her home address is now going to be sent everywhere,” he added.

Others threatened her livelihood, some her life.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/cox-738156-students-class.html


Yeah death threats! So much classier than rioting they tell us!

Although anyone who uses the phrase "libtard" in a college setting should be kicked out of school.
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Trump Effect: OC Professor Gets Death Threats After Calling Trump's Election "Terrorism" (Original Post) Initech Dec 2016 OP
No safe spaces in Fuhrer Trump's Amerika workinclasszero Dec 2016 #1
Truly deplorable that she was threatened! Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #2

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,852 posts)
2. Truly deplorable that she was threatened!
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 09:55 PM
Dec 2016

I hope this part isn't true:

A student said the teacher asked all Trump supporters to stand up so she could, "Show the class who to watch out for."


Assuming that happened (and it wouldn't surprise me if it's a lie), I wouldn't like my professors/teachers to do such a thing even if I agreed with them.

There's no excuse for the vile retribution against her, however.
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