Posted on 10/20/2017 6:53:24 PM PDT by markomalley
A socialist student group at Iowa State University has repeatedly made threatening comments about conservatives on social media, but the school says the comments are protected speech.
In one recent tweet, the school’s Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) chapter called for the hanging and extermination of all “capitalists.”
“The left has done a good job radicalizing juggalos, weebs, furries, but I will not rest until ‘hXc’ stands for hang+Xterminate capitalists,” the group wrote in an October 4 tweet that has since been deleted.
After students brought the tweet to attention of the university, it replied via twitter by stating “this falls under free speech” and then offering available “resources” to student if they “feel threatened or harassed.”
Nor is this the first time that YDSA has posted threatening tweets, such as a September 30 tweet in which the club endorsed “shooting” President Trump.
“COMRADES: stay away from needle drugs! The only dope worth shooting is in the oval office rn [right now],” the group tweeted, though it subsequently deleted that post, as well.
Notably, YDSA is an officially registered student organization at the university, making it one that is “consistent with the mission and culture of the university,” according to the expectations for registered student groups.
While the university did not respond to Campus Reform’s request for comment, one student asserted that YDSA has a long-established pattern of making vitriolic remarks about conservatives.
“Overall, the club has had many hateful tweets against capitalism and capitalists, with the occasional directly-threatening tweet as shown above,” student Michael Fredrickson told Campus Reform.
“If this was a conservative group, all hell would break loose. It wouldn’t be allowed. Making them delete tweets isn’t going to do anything,” a recent graduate of the university commented on Twitter. “Why isn’t the school doing something? This sounds like a threat to students on campus and in the Ames area. How is this allowed?”
Ah, so the university would make the same determination after a call to exterminate all Moslems or BLMers or progressives, right? ....Right?
Young violent Democrats!!
More material for Trumps campaign commercials.
This group thinks they’re trying to save the world from capitalism? The real thing the world needs to be saved from is ignorance and hatred such as theirs.
[This group thinks they’re trying to save the world from capitalism?]
Guess they can seek employment in RUSSIA and RED CHINA when they graduate.
These are not good people. Good people do not sit and around and plan for exterminating other people. Evil.
This is the youth arm of the Democratic Socialists of America, which has a Congressional caucus that includes Bernie Sanders and Keith Ellison. Sanders and Ellison need to be called upon to disavow this call for violence or step down.
Communists have traditionally killed or put into gulags the business owners, farmers, scientists and pretty much all capable people because they are enemies of the state.Then everyone starves.
Civil war????
They are eating their pets in the socialist paradise of Venezuela.
Let’s send our socialists to Venezuela!
So they can eat them.
If the Socialists exterminate the Capitalists, who’s going to provide the money to support the Socialists’ lives?
THE BIG LIE is a must-read book. Exposes the leftist origins of fascism.
I had posted on another board that 100 million people were killed by their own government in the 20th century alone. Some site had 245 million as the number.
This story illustrates the type of thinking. Murder those who disagree with the socialist plan.
If someone ever tells you they’re a socialist, ask them if they’re an International Socialist or a National Socialist.
The divide becomes sharper,
the drums louder,
war
it comes.
Their side has already killed about 150 million of their own citizens who disagree. They may be volunteering for the score to be evened.
Excellent. I feel the very same way about then.
So, can we start this little shindig right now?
I’m ready.
L
Has their side ever faced people who were shooting back at them?
So, making a threat to kill the “dope”, Donald Trump, is protected “free speech”.
Then, how about if somebody out there makes a threat to kill every staff member in Iowa State University? Would the university staffers take that as “only free speech”?
What if somebody else made threats to eliminate all socialists in the country? Free speech?
Free speech stops the moment it takes the form of threats. Threatening to take the life of any one is not protected “free speech”.
No, Their government always disarmed them first before the genocide. Notice the progressive demRATs push to disarm us.
And it's galling that these “students” would cite “free speech” as their rallying cry without knowing where the concept even comes from.
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