Posted on 10/20/2017 12:18:42 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A Democratic Socialist student group at an Iowa college appeared to make death threats on Twitter against capitalists and President Trump -- the latter message drawing the attention of the Secret Service.
“COMRADES: stay away from needle drugs! They only dope worth shooting is in the oval office [right now],” Iowa State University's Young Democratic Socialists of America chapter tweeted in September.
The Secret Service told Fox News it was “aware” of the comment.
This month, YDSA tweeted to encourage the hanging and extermination of all “capitalists." After the message drew complaints, Iowa State defended the group on Twitter, saying the tweet was protected speech, according to screen shots of the tweets taken by Campus Reform.
“The left has done a good job radicalizing juggalos, weebs, furries, but I will not rest until ‘hXc’ stands for hang+Xterminate capitalists,” the club wrote Oct. 4 in a since-deleted tweet.
“Juggalos,” “weebs,” and “furries” are slang for different types of fan groups, while “hXc” is a slang term that typically means “hardcore.”
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“Just one knucklehead. As far as universities go, ISU leans pretty right. Lot of ag students, lot of small town people. If you want to stay away from lefties on a campus, you could certainly do a lot worse.”
I hope so. I have a grandaughter freshman there.
“Amazing lately how many yoots are throwing away their future security clearances.”
No problem if...god forbid...a democrat ever gets back into power.
Freedom of speech protects one from government regulating the opinion they express. There is no natural right to conspire to commit violence. Expressing an opinion that violence should be committed against a particular individual is peotected only if it is not part of actually conspiring with others to do so. But that is not always a clear distiction to make. The words of these a-holes are probably not part of an actual plan to act...but they certainly ought to be scrutinized to see if there is more than just these words.
Besides, it’s a science and technology school. No room for snivelers and social justice warrior types. They go to Iowa U.
What a bunch of little crybaby liberals...calling for the shooting of Trump. Isn’t that against the law?
Losers that need someone to tell their followers not to use needle drugs.
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