An English professor at Wayne State University has been suspended and referred to the police after suggesting on social media that Stanford students who protested a conservative judge’s appearance should have killed him instead of just heckling him.
BREAKING REPORT: Wayne State University Professor Steven Shaviro SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY after making a Facebook post that encouraged people to KILL THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENTS instead of merely protest them..
MEDIA SILENT…
— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) March 28, 2023
The English professor in question is Steven Shaviro, a self-proclaimed philosopher and English instructor at the university. He wrote that the students at Stanford would have been justified in killing the conservative judge who faced protests during his visit to the campus.
University President Roy Wilson announced the suspension of Shaviro Monday morning as the post was discovered. Wilson also noted however, Shaviro would be suspended without pay.
Hi @waynestate is this one of your professors publicly calling for murder ON CAMPUS of any speaker who has an opinion he disagrees with?
“I think it is far more admirable to kill” pic.twitter.com/5TjDACUuGl— Prof. DR TheFamousArtistBirdyRose (@TheFamousArtBR) March 25, 2023
The exact wording of the professors post stated: “Although I do not advocate violating federal and state criminal codes, I think it is far more admirable to kill a racist, homophobic or transphobic speaker than it is to shout them down.”
What a surprise, a J advocating the killing of people?
– He praises one of his heroes, Sholem Schwarzbard, a J, who is a Marxist (like Shaviro), & an anarchist who assassinated someone. (1/3) https://t.co/ZWpmFdX9FX
— Jüce (@juce_001) March 26, 2023
Earlier this month, a group of Stanford Law School students heckled and shouted down Fifth Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan, a Trump nominee, during his visit to the Federalist Society.
In addition, the students objected to the judge’s decision to deny a transgender individual the request to change their name from Norman Keith Varner to Kathrine Nicole Jett on court records.
Stanford Law students shouted down Fifth Circuit appellate judge Kyle Duncan while he was trying to speak.
When he asked for an administrator to control the situation, Stanford’s “associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion” got up and lectured him for nearly 10 minutes pic.twitter.com/tjlUPOIMmQ
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) March 11, 2023
Upon his arrival at the school, the judge was met with around 100 students shouting obscenities at him, including a protester who yelled “We hope your daughters get raped”
The judge wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that he saw signs on campus that accused him of committing “crimes against women, gays, blacks and ‘trans people’,” and others that said “you should be ASHAMED.”
"Young people like the Stanford students who heckled Kyle Duncan should be unemployable." Courtesy of WSJ
— Nika Green (@Surya8h) March 28, 2023
According to Duncan, Stanford Law School’s website emphasizes its “collegial culture,” which promotes collaboration and open exchange of ideas. However, he observed that this culture was absent during the incident.
Another falsehood was that Before arriving at the school, he was notified that there could be protesters, but the school assured him they had it under control and would handle any disruptions. This was not the case as all he got were criticisms and threats.
@StanfordLaw your DEI Dean is a clown and his more proof that Stanford doesn’t produce quality attorneys but more left-wing morons that have no respect for anybody else. We would like a list of all students that attended the shit show from Judge Kyle Duncan, and make sure and not
— Rick Corbett Jr. (@RickCorbettJr1) March 28, 2023
The incident is believed by some to be a reflection of the increasing intolerance towards conservative beliefs among the country’s leading universities.
"I think it is far more admirable to kill a racist, homophobic, or transphobic speaker than it is to shout them down."
– Wayne State professor Steven Shaviro this week pic.twitter.com/ODbOTXjHM2
— Justin Edwards (@WolvesWin2022) March 28, 2023
@shaviro in Detroit Michigan.
Professor's like #StevenShaviro at Wayne State University in Detroit are how violence is formented against Conservatives.
Brainwashing the students. https://t.co/dmL6gd3DmL pic.twitter.com/2gWvMf5WmN— Chief Medical Officer: #Starfleet (@patricia_kooy) March 28, 2023
His name is Steven Shaviro. He said Stanford students should have murdered a conservative judge instead of heckling him. I do not know how this guy could not be charged criminally
— Tiredofdemocrats (@Tiredofdemocra1) March 28, 2023
And while you're at it, let it be known that Steven Shaviro is a hardcore Marxist. He is neither a Democrat or Democratic. He's an Authoritarian lover like yourselves. Thought he gave you quite the cherry, huh? @waynestate pic.twitter.com/Y4pxLr0ZE5
— Cyber Avenger (@MsClaritea) March 28, 2023
Hanoi @Janefonda and Dr. Steven Shaviro demanded this. Jane's been an Anti-American communist who's called for the death of those she disagrees with her entire adult life.
— KidPaveloi (@KidPaveloi) March 28, 2023
