Posted on 09/12/2025 3:08:44 PM PDT by TigerClaws
A Clemson University professor appears to have wiped his social media accounts after posting and sharing messages that mocked the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Melvin Earl Villaver Jr., an assistant professor of audio technology and global black studies in Clemson’s Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, appears to have reposted and commented on multiple X posts ridiculing Kirk after his murder at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10.
Screenshots shared by Clemson College Republicans show an account apparently belonging to Villaver, “Melvin Earl, Ph.D.,” reposting a message that read, “no one mourns the wicked.” Another repost mocked Kirk’s views on empathy, saying, “keep the jokes coming. it’s what he would’ve wanted.”
The account also posted original comments, writing, “Twitter After Death” and “Can’t speak in public no more. Think about the ramifications.”
Other reposts from his account included a message saying Kirk was “worried about DEI and DIED instead,” and, “Charlie Kirk recently said to a Palestinian that there’s no such thing as Palestinians. Well now look… there’s no longer such a thing called Charlie Kirk.”
By Sept. 12, Villaver’s X profile appeared to have been deactivated or restricted, with prior posts no longer accessible to the public.
Additionally, Instagram and Facebook accounts apparently belonging to Villaver were also taken down or made private.
Villaver has taught at Clemson since 2023. According to an archived version of his now-deleted faculty biography, he integrates “Blues Epistemology” and decades of music production experience into his teaching and research. He is described as combining “artistry and expertise to provide a historical and cultural lens into today’s music scene,” drawing on his upbringing in Los Angeles.
Clemson called Villaver a “Game-changer” shortly after he joined the university.
Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed while speaking with students in Orem, Utah. His murder has triggered national outrage, with elected officials and advocacy groups condemning political violence and calling for accountability on campus.
Campus Reform has reached out to Clemson University about Villaver’s online activity. This article will be updated accordingly.
> Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
i.e. hodgepodge of academic noise
Clemson refuses to fire him:
https://x.com/ClemsonUniv/status/1966566274038681750
Free Speech?
Seems to only go one way - they say what they want and Trump supporters get fired.
What child could feel safe around a man the celebrated the murder about someone with whom he disagreed politically?
Not a safe place for children to attend - and this is MY university. :-(
“””Clemson refuses to fire him:”””
I’m surprised they haven’t made him president of the college already.
Boycott Clemson football. 🐾 🏈
I would think Clemson is one of the more conservative universities in the country. Every university has their moonbats.
Can we use free speech to tell the indoc center what we think of this professor? Can I have the dean’s phone number please?
Wow. Really? Subjects I mastered by 7th grade. They actually PAY people for this?
Strip them of whatever funding they’re getting. Free speech does not mean free of consequences.
All day long, all he can do is to profess whatever the hell he wants to.
does the professor believe that he should suffer similar consequences for whatever he articulates that others find offensive?
Is there any college major that ends in the word “studies” that is worth anything? When I read of a major ending in the word “studies”, I just think “watered down”.
Not with $129,000,000 in federal tax funds - directly and indirectly (DOD contracts).
That, he cannot do.
Needs light shone on this nationally and he needs to be fired and forced to change his name to get a job mopping up floors.
I should’ve said that it’s all he does because it’s all he’s capable of doing.
“My prayer is that when I die, all of hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.” C.S. Lewis
We are seeing this played out live online.
WORDS from Melvin Earl Villaver Jr.
Another one??? It is starting to look like alot of these embedded cretins have one peculiar trait.
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