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Bloodthirsty Campus Socialists

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Yes, the political faction warning us to be civil seems to want a civil war. “The Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) chapter at Iowa State University has repeatedly posted threatening tweets about conservatives, but the school maintains that the comments are a form of free speech,” Anthony Gockowski reported on Campus Reform on October 19, 2017. “In one tweet, the group said that ‘the only dope worth shooting’ is Donald Trump, and more recently it posted a message calling for the hanging and extermination of ‘capitalists.'”

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Malcolm A. Kline
Malcolm A. Kline is the Executive Director of Accuracy in Academia. If you would like to comment on this article, e-mail contact@academia.org.

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