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Police not convinced that post-election ‘Suck it up’ note was hate crime, as college claimed
The College Fix ^ | 12-2-167 | Christian Montoya

Posted on 12/02/2016 9:45:38 AM PST by bigbob

A Catholic college reported a crude Post-it note to city police as a hate crime because it told students to “suck it up” in response to Donald Trump’s election.

First Amendment experts say that while Wisconsin’s Edgewood College can punish students for even constitutionally protected speech, it cannot seek to use police to punish such speech as a crime.

And the police agreed. A spokesman for the Madison Police Department told The College Fix Thursday that a parole officer and detective already looked into the report and found “no immediate threat.”

Hence, there’s no further case activity and “it’s not an open investigation,” the spokesman said.

Contact these five campus offices with more information

The controversy started after an Edgewood student encouraged others to write their feelings about the election on notes and place them on a public table, Campus Reform reported, citing a letter to the community from Vice President for Student Development Tony Chambers.

One such note mocked students who were upset about Trump’s victory. It read “Suck it up pussies!” and was placed on a window inside the Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion, rather than on the public table.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: collegesnowflakes; edgewood; madison; suckitup
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To: bigbob

“Trump won, suck it up and get over it!”

Great idea for post-it notes on gasoline pumps.


21 posted on 12/02/2016 10:29:50 AM PST by Rebelbase (Please consider donating to the emotional-support porcupine program for college safe spaces.)
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To: bigbob

Hate crime? More like thought crime, according to the so-called ‘tolerant’ leftists.


22 posted on 12/02/2016 11:00:14 AM PST by bigredkitty1 (March 5, 2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: bigbob

The same people scream if you challenge flag burning.


23 posted on 12/02/2016 11:19:14 AM PST by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: bigbob

I wonder if the college folks wet their panties when turned down....


24 posted on 12/02/2016 11:29:23 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: bigbob
It read “Suck it up pussies!” and was placed on a window inside the Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion, rather than on the public table.


25 posted on 12/02/2016 11:41:24 AM PST by Trillian
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To: Mercat

Sounds a lot like the 1860s.

Barring a miracle, we’re headed down that road again.


26 posted on 12/02/2016 11:50:43 AM PST by tomkat (alt right)
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To: Rebelbase

Thanks for the idea.


27 posted on 12/02/2016 12:20:56 PM PST by bigredkitty1 (March 5, 2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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28 posted on 12/02/2016 4:58:03 PM PST by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
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