"There's an entire cottage industry for reporting on controversial things that faculty members say,” said Ari Cohn of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, “which then riles up Internet outrage mobs, who then start to tweet at schools, or post on Facebook, and try to get schools to get rid of people who they disagree with.” Among those riling up those mobs is a right-wing activist that Trump praised on Twitter: One of the websites, called Professor Watchlist, was started by Charlie Kirk. Trinity President Joanne Berger-Sweeney shut down the campus for a day and has launched an investigation into whether Williams violated college policies, while Williams and his family are in hiding far away from Connecticut to protect their safety. Violence has broken out surrounding protests staged when controversial speakers, including far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos and white nationalist Richard Spencer, have spoken -- or announced plans to speak -- at universities. In letter to Trinity College Faculty Dean Tim Cresswell, who will be reviewing Williams' case, Cazenave wrote that organizations such as Campus Reform and Turning Point have launched a highly organized effort "to remove critical voices from college campuses. More than a dozen people have been detained in France after authorities conducted scores of raids in response to the beheading of a teacher. "This is where the next generation's perspectives and ideas will be decided," says 24-year-old Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, an advocacy group for young conservatives. Joe Biden's lead among Catholics in swing states is within the margin of error after President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. He said Williams is the fourth "progressive faculty of color to be attacked by such groups within the last month or so." Her storied... Sign and send the petition: The Senate must wait until after Inauguration Day to confirm a new Supreme Court justice. 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When it comes to the harassment and death threats that professors face, Kirk says it's not his website but the professors themselves who bear responsibility for the consequences of their words. What's giong on with Nathan Jun pic.twitter.com/YejzKzC8bH. Academic leaders say the Watchlist is part of a playbook employed by conservative groups and publications that threatens academic freedom if it causes professors to self-censor their remarks to avoid threats or possible job loss. Earlier this year, Trump supporter Tayler Ragg tried to get his undocumented classmate expelled after posting her photo with the caption, "everyone go report this illegal at my school.” The young woman fought back by publicizing and reporting the hate she received from the online mob Ragg organized: The girl he harassed, Paola Garcia, has made a video describing what she went through. Fueled by websites such as Professor Watchlist, Campus Reform, and College Fix, campaigns of threats and harassment are directed against … Conflict over free speech on college campuses has intensified visibly during the last year. That's why you're seeing the protests. "I get death threats ... they called me a coward. Sterling Beard, the editor-in-chief of Campus Reform, said the the goal of the online publication is to "operate as a higher education watchdog and expose liberal bias and abuse in America's colleges.". Williams has said he did not defend or support the article but shared it as a "teaching tool" for readers. Professors who thought that their classrooms and social media forums are safe places to discuss controversial ideas are learning they have a much wider and more vindictive audience than they imagined. Cazenave said he doesn't think "European-Americans understand how racially tense the situation in the U.S. is for people who perceive that they are under constant attack by their president and by his followers. In the last year, more than 100 incidents of targeted harassment against professors have been reported on college campuses. Police departments often lack the resources and technological competence to investigate, she said, and many departments believe online speech doesn't lead to real-world action. The threats haven't stopped since June, he said. Because if you want a system to decay, you want it to decay from the inside. On this quiz, questions were sourced to the Qur’an, the hadiths, and the sira (biography) of Mohammed, and other reputable source material.” And indeed, the three questions reflect basic facts that are readily established by reference to Islamic texts and teachings and numerous statements of terrorists themselves. 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"We're not saying these professors should be silenced. 9. Instead, we're pointing out what has become a systemic problem in our universities, where professors are able to say things that are completely outrageous.". Further and perhaps worse, I believe the school has effectively encouraged and permitted these threats to be made against me when the school could have immediately put a stop to them, which is tantamount to allowing mob threats against me.”. 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In general, law enforcement does not take complaints of online harassment and threats seriously, Franks said. Because of the threats, the police got involved and Trinity College shut down its campus for a half-day in June. Incidentally: there has been no official complaint, no due process for me, just a mad scramble by the school to appease Islam.”, Damask’s introduction to the new Leftist academic world in which identity trumps truth has been bitter. -- A California professor at Orange Coast College who was captured on video in the classroom criticizing President Donald Trump got death threats, according to The Washington Post. Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges worked to inject a bit of levity into a very serious announcement. "There's an entire cottage industry for reporting on controversial things that faculty members say, which then riles up Internet outrage mobs, who then start to tweet at schools, or post on Facebook, and try to get schools to get rid of people who they disagree with," Cohn says. While that is unclear, the Professor Watchlist was established soon after the election on Nov. 16. President Trump spent one of the last days before the election criticizing the administration’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Scottsdale Community College officials, Damask said, “stepped in to assert on a new Instagram post that the student was correct and that I was wrong – with no due process and actually no complaint even being filed – and that he would receive full credit for all the quiz questions related to Islam and terrorism.”, On May 1, Damask had a conference call with Kathleen Iudicello, Scottsdale Community College’s Dean of Instruction, and Eric Sells, the College’s Public Relations Marketing Manager. The way to deal with fascism is to stop it before it starts. Professor Albert Ponce received death threats after giving a talk on white supremacy in the United States.