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Texas State professor fired: Allegedly advocated political violence at a socialism conference
FOX 7 Austin ^ | September 11, 2025 | Steven Ardary

Posted on 09/12/2025 9:07:13 PM PDT by Windcatcher

SAN MARCOS, Texas - A Texas State University history professor has been fired after being accused of calling for political violence after a video of him speaking at a socialism conference was posted on social media.

In a video posted on YouTube by Decode the Left, Thomas Alter criticizes the Democratic Party, the Democratic Socialists of America and other groups for the way they are organized during the Revolutionary Socialism Conference.

Alter then goes on to praise some anarchists, specifically those who protested Georgia’s "cop city," for going beyond "symbolic protests that do not disrupt the normal functioning of government and business." Alter then questions "what purpose do they serve" as he mentions their resistance to organizing into a larger group.

"Without organization, how can anyone expect to overthrow the most bloodthirsty, profit-driven, mad organization in the history of the world?" Alter said. "That of the United States."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: academia; charliekirk; domesticterrorism; domesticterrorists; dsa; education; fired; professor; revolutionaries; texas; time2cleanhouse; violence
Calling for the overthrow of the United States is a Federal offense. Perhaps this joker needs to be referred to FBI.
1 posted on 09/12/2025 9:07:13 PM PDT by Windcatcher
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To: Windcatcher

Rosenberg the filth.


2 posted on 09/12/2025 9:12:42 PM PDT by InsidiousMongo
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To: Windcatcher

“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun”.

——Mao Zedong.

He first wrote this in 1927 during the Chinese Civil War and repeated it in his 1938 essay, Problems of War and Strategy.

Then was quoted by the Black Panthers and the college students who carried the Mao “Little Red Book” in the 1960s.


3 posted on 09/12/2025 9:16:17 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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ironically, they say that killing those that express hatred is justifiable


4 posted on 09/12/2025 9:20:56 PM PDT by Gene Eric
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To: Windcatcher; Fedora

The assassin Tyler evidently acted as mc or a speaker at a DSA event this year. There is video of him with a mike addressing a crowd from the steps of some building in Utah...

https://www.threads.com
Tyler Robinson speaking at the democratic socialist convention in ...
7 hours ago — 194 Views. 1 Like. @wilcox.bradley quoted @kota_staytrippy: This is Tyler Robinson speaking at the democratic socialist event in Salt Lake ...

Not sure if the date is accurate where it says the address was at an event just a week or so before he shot Kirk...
it may have been earlier in the year. Bernie and AOC are DSA and they did several events as part of their “Fight Oligarchy” tour out west together in the spring [April?] including in Utah to rally the comnunists. I would not be surprised if this guy is a Bernie Bot like The guy who tried to kill Steve Scalia’s and others at the baseball diamond a few years back. The Salt Lake Utah DSA chapter is EXTREMELY pro Palestine.


5 posted on 09/12/2025 9:29:22 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: Windcatcher

WINNING!!


6 posted on 09/12/2025 9:41:14 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Windcatcher

If you believe people deserve to be shot for their opinions, don’t cry when you get fired for yours.


7 posted on 09/12/2025 10:01:53 PM PDT by Phineas1962 (Courage!)
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To: Phineas1962

Well said.


8 posted on 09/12/2025 10:10:57 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Windcatcher

He DEFINITELY needs to be!


9 posted on 09/12/2025 10:14:23 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Windcatcher

Arrest Thomas Alter!


10 posted on 09/12/2025 10:33:11 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Russia? China? Democrats and RINOs are the biggest threat to the survival of America.)
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To: Windcatcher

The Left has gone one step too far.


11 posted on 09/13/2025 2:29:22 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Windcatcher

Which is worse:
Attending a socialism conference?
Advocating political violence?

In each case one thing leads to another.

The period of time it takes each to foment into drastic action might possibly be equivalent.


12 posted on 09/13/2025 3:41:58 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't taking no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
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To: popdonnelly

THE LEFT HAS GONE MANY, MANY STEPS TOO FAR


13 posted on 09/13/2025 7:28:11 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Windcatcher
The Communist Control Act of 1954
(68 Stat. 775, 50 U.S.C. §§ 841–844) is an American law signed by President Dwight Eisenhower on August 24, 1954, that outlawed the Communist Party USA and criminalized membership in or support for the party or "Communist-action organizations", on the basis that communists vowed to overthrow the government of the United States. The act also defines evidence to be considered by a jury in determining participation in the activities, planning, actions, objectives, or purposes of such organizations...

14 posted on 09/13/2025 8:32:04 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (RIP, Charlie. Say hi to Andrew Breitbart. God protect your family. Justice for Charlie Kirk!)
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