Posted on 09/17/2025 10:46:21 AM PDT by Red Badger
Key Takeaways
Two Ball State University employees are under investigation for controversial social media posts regarding the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The university administration has stated that the posts do not represent the campus culture, and they are reviewing the situation to determine appropriate disciplinary action under First Amendment rights.
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Two Ball State University employees are under investigation for their online social media posts regarding the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
“The administration at Ball State is aware of social media posts by two university employees. Both posts were on the employees’ personal accounts, and the posts do not reflect the culture of our campus nor the enduring values of the university,” the university said in a statement on the controversy.
“The administration is gathering additional information about the posts in order to determine what discipline, if any, is appropriate and permissible under the First Amendment to the Constitution,” according to the statement, posted on X Sept. 12.
According to the Muncie Star Press, the two employees under investigation are Suzanne Swierc, Ball State’s director of health promotion and advocacy, and Felicia Gray, assistant lecturer of elementary education.
The two did not immediately respond to The College Fix’s request for comment Monday.
Screenshots of Swierc’s post show it stated:
Let me be clear: if you think Charlie Kirk was a wonderful person, we can’t be friends.
His death is a tragedy, and I can and do feel for his wife and children.
I believe in the Resurrection, and while it’s difficult, I can and do pray for his soul.
Charlie Kirk’s death is a reflection of the violence, fear, and hatred he sowed. It does not excuse his death, AND it’s a sad truth.
The shooting is a tragedy, and I can and do feel for a college campus experiencing an active shooter situation.
The deaths of Melissa and Mark Hortman, the children shot and killed in Minneapolis last month, and the children shot in Colorado today are all tragedies that also deserve your attention.
Charlie Kirk excused the deaths of children in the name of the second amendment.
As for Gray’s comments, the Muncie Star Press reports that in “response to another person’s posting, Gray said Kirk’s killing ‘feels like karma paid a visit.'”
“I mean he condoned killing immigrants and trans people,” she wrote. “He was quoted as saying mass shootings are the process you pay for the second amendment and it was worth it. Don’t go clutching your pearls… what the hell do you people expect?”
Felicia Gray Assistant Lecturer of Elementary Education
It’s important for everyone to remember that, though we have a first amendment, organizations still have the right to fire you for saying things that could harm their organization or its reputation.👍😁😎
Someone should eat more salads.
Elephants, Rhinoceroses, Hippotamuses are all vegetarians............
Elephants, Rhinoceroses, Hippotamuses are all vegetarians............
Another question...how did Jabba the Hutt get a job as Director of Health Promotion and Advocacy? Typical leftist socialist behavior and appointments.
Fire them all.
White liberal women voting will be the death of this country.
Where is the picture of Sydney? Must have eye bleach.
She literally committed libel against him.
Libel is a form of defamation that involves making false statements in writing that damage a person’s reputation. It can include statements made in print, writing, pictures, or any physical form of communication that harms someone’s character or exposes them to public ridicule.
Libel laws allow victims to pursue claims for compensation if they can prove that a false statement was made about them that caused reputational harm. Unlike slander, which refers to spoken defamation, libel specifically pertains to written or published
They’re AWFL... affluent white female Liberals
I have a vegetarian niece. I believe she weighs over 400 lbs.
Um....no he didn't.
That much eh? Mobility issues?
I couldn’t agree more!
The kind who should be forced to live under sharia law in the Middle East for the rest of their lives.
“...White liberal women voting will be the death of this country....”
Their track record says AWFUL: Affluent White Female Urban Leftist (lunatic, for short. They have done more harm to the USA than any foreign enemy..
That’s a lot of humus.
Well what these “gals” said did not rise to my threshold of joining the rest of the FAFO miscreants. They are morons, but you don’t get fired for being just dumb. If that were the case most government and law offices would be empty.
Her diet must consist of two boxes of Krispy Kreme every day. I followed the Joel Fuhrman Eat to Live diet when I was first diagnosed with Type 2 about 15 years ago. I have never eaten more in my life, and dropped over 30 pounds. Of course, no donuts lol.
What a weird name for a university.
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