These groups target university professors, and unleash campaigns of hate against them. I had to call police, FBI, because I was getting death threats for weeks. 2/
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There are hundreds of professors on this watch-list, some of had it worse than me, with one
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These "campus reform" groups are exceedingly well funded and have Fox to amplify their message. Now,
@BretStephensNYT is doing the same. Putting a target on academics, many who are African-American, Latinx, women and LGBTQ people. 4/Show this thread -
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It's calls, emails at all hours talking about how we need to get rid of HIV-infected fag professors, about showing up on my doorstep, talking about their proficiency with a shotgun. 6/
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Targeting academics is one step in the road to fascism. I hope they aren't still giving you a hard time. Thank you for always speaking up for justice.
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And stop promoting a dude as the “great public intellectual” of our time who abets this panic saying stuff like this about multiple disciplines:pic.twitter.com/lZzpJJJH8f
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And makes veiled, concern trollish threats like this:pic.twitter.com/Ceivqygz0W
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My sons attended a private, Quaker boarding school.
@foxandfriends picked up a little story that grossly mischaracterized a humorous holiday dance performance there and ran several segments on it. 1/ -
2/ An utterly benign Dance teacher at an utterly benign school received a barrage of hate mail for staging an utterly benign piece. It's a private, faith-based school, which made the episode particularly ironic. They didn't even get the school's name or location correctly.
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