Universities crack down on employee social media posts celebrating, defending Kirk’s death

University professor Other university employees across the country are facing opposition from controversial social media posts to deal with the assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Kirk, Founder of the Turning Point The United States was shot deadly while speaking on September 10 in his speech at the organization at Utah Valley University. His wife Erika and their two young children survived.

Since his death, several higher education employees have shared posts to celebrate or justify his killings. Screenshots of the posts are widely circulated on social media and are condemned by Republican lawmakers and conservative groups demanding accountability.

At the University of Mississippi, an executive was fired after a message said Kirk was a “YT supremacist and reimagined Klan member.”

Public school teachers face rebound in social media posts, mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination

according to Mississippi Free PressLauren Stokes, former executive assistant of the vice-chancellor, republished the message. The post also rejected sympathy for Kirk, who said he “incited and applauded the black and brown bodies.”

Miss Ole Prime Minister Glenn F. Boyce later announced that he had terminated an employee.

“These comments are totally contrary to our institutional values ​​of civilization, fairness and respect for the dignity of everyone,” Boyce wrote in a statement released. Go to Facebook. “We condemn these actions, and the staff is no longer employed by the university.”

University and Stokes didn’t come back Fox News NumbersRequest for comment.

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After the screenshot showed him posting, a respiratory therapist at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center also reviewed his article: “He deserves to be everywhere. Maybe waste of oxygen is worth it for the vulture.”

The university’s medical center said it was reviewing the matter but did not disclose whether any disciplinary action was taken.

“The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center strongly condemns all forms of violence and is committed to providing world-class care to everyone every time,” it said in a statement to Fox News Digital Digitization. Employee Stephen Byrom did not respond to a request for comment.

At the University of South Dakota, Michael Hook, a professor at the School of Fine Arts, posted a blasphemy news that Kirk was a “hateful Nazi.” nation Board of Directors Announced Its intention was to fire him on the grounds of non-professional conduct. Since then, his teacher page has been deleted.

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The move comes after calls from South Dakota House Speaker Jon Hansen and Gov. Larry Rhoden, both sharing screenshots of the post. Hook did not return a request for comment.

In Tennessee, Dean Laura Sosh-Lightsy, a Tennessee State University release assistant at Tennessee State University, said: “It looks like Ol’Charlie talks about his fate.

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The University of Tennessee also confirmed that it had begun the termination process of assistant professor of anthropology Tamar R. Shirinian, who shared a profane post in response to Kirk’s death.

“The world would be better without him,” she wrote. “Even those who call themselves wives and kids feel sad…like, his kids live in a world without a disgusting psychopath like he and his wife, well, she’s sick – because I’m married to him, so I don’t care how she feels.”

Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Rep. Tim Burchett, R-tenn. Shirinian did not respond to a request for comment.

Professor of climate at the University of Pennsylvania Michael E. Mann After facing criticism, several posts that mocked Kirk were deleted.

In the initial post, Mann mocked Kirk’s murder as “white violence” and retweeted the post criticizing those who praised Kirk after the murder. A reiterated Kirk as “the head of Trump’s Hitler youth.”

Mann later said he opposed political violence and admitted that language in certain posts was inappropriate.

“I don’t agree with the inappropriate and inflammatory language used to describe Kirk (I overlooked). Deleted.” Written on X.

He added in another post: “Whatever it is, political violence is totally unacceptable. I hope we can all agree with that.”

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Upenn did not return a request for comment.

Other institutions, including Austin Pie State University In Tennessee and Clemson University In South Carolina, there were also announcements of the firing of the outpost where faculty and staff were insensitive to Kirk’s murder or celebrated.

Several public school teachers have also faced suspension or termination in recent days.

Amid wider concerns, political violence is increasingly normalized, with Rep. Melissa Hortman, a Democratic Minnesota, killed in a targeted attack in June after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered last December.

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Cameron Arcand of Fox News contributed to the report.