A professor who called for all police officers to be killed via strangulation “with the intestines of the last capitalist” is now receiving death threats.
“I want the entire world to burn until the last cop is strangled with the intestines of the last capitalist, who is strangled in turn with the intestines of the last politician,” Midwestern State University philosophy professor Nathan Jun wrote in a September Facebook post.
Jun is now reportedly facing death threats and said that an initial media report from a local Texas outlet regarding his Facebook post lacked context and “helped gin up the latest in a long line of violent, hysterical attacks against [his] person and property.”
One person also shared what appears to be a message from Jun to friends that claimed his home was vandalized and that he’s received more than 300 death threats.
“As of this morning, I have received more than 300 death threats by phone, email, text, and private message. I also discovered that my home had been vandalized again … the fifth time since June,” Jun allegedly wrote.
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After his September Facebook post gained traction with the media and others, Midwestern State University defended Jun’s comments, saying they were protected by the First Amendment.
“As a public university, we recognize and protect individuals’ free speech rights under the First Amendment so that ideas and information may be freely exchanged and examined without the threat of censorship or retaliation,” a statement from the school said, according to KFDX. “Occasionally individuals will express opinions that may be offensive and even shocking, but are nonetheless entitled to First Amendment protection. When our faculty members speak or write as citizens within the confines of the law, they are free from institutional censorship or discipline.”
“Though we take advantage of every opportunity to encourage all members of the campus community to express their opinions in a civil, respectful manner, we view avoidance of censorship as an important part of maintaining the culture of diversity of opinion and academic freedom that is so important to our role as a public university,” the statement concluded.
