Socialist Group Calls For "Extermination" Of Capitalists, "Worth Shooting" Donald Trump

Authored by Anthony Gockowski via CampusReform.org,

A socialist student group at Iowa State University has repeatedly made threatening comments about conservatives on social media, but the school says the comments are protected speech.

In one recent tweet, the school’s Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) chapter called for the hanging and extermination of all “capitalists.”

“The left has done a good job radicalizing juggalos, weebs, furries, but I will not rest until ‘hXc’ stands for hang+Xterminate capitalists,” the group wrote in an October 4 tweet that has since been deleted.

After students brought the tweet to attention of the university, it replied via twitter by stating “this falls under free speech” and then offering available “resources” to student if they “feel threatened or harassed.”

Nor is this the first time that YDSA has posted threatening tweets, such as a September 30 tweet in which the club endorsed “shooting” President Trump.

“COMRADES: stay away from needle drugs! The only dope worth shooting is in the oval office rn [right now],” the group tweeted, though it subsequently deleted that post, as well.

Notably, YDSA is an officially registered student organization at the university, making it one that is “consistent with the mission and culture of the university,” according to the expectations for registered student groups.

While the university did not respond to Campus Reform’s request for comment, one student asserted that YDSA has a long-established pattern of making vitriolic remarks about conservatives.

“Overall, the club has had many hateful tweets against capitalism and capitalists, with the occasional directly-threatening tweet as shown above,” student Michael Fredrickson told Campus Reform.

“If this was a conservative group, all hell would break loose. It wouldn’t be allowed. Making them delete tweets isn’t going to do anything,” a recent graduate of the university commented on Twitter.

“Why isn’t the school doing something? This sounds like a threat to students on campus and in the Ames area. How is this allowed?”

Iowa State Snowflakes Upset Over Prisoner Wage Rates; It's "Modern Day Slavery"

Authored by The College Fix,

On Friday about 40 protesters at Iowa State University demonstrated against the school’s use of prison labor “to acquire furniture.”

According to the Iowa State Daily, the group ISU Student Action organized the event because “prisoners may be paid as little as 15 cents per hour” … apparently not considering the fact that these laborers are incarcerated.

“Iowa prison industries should be more interested in reform and community change, but are instead interested in profiting off nearly-free labor,” said biology major Apple Amos.

Amos and fellow activists said prison labor is “modern day slavery” and demanded ISU students “hold [the school] accountable” for its relationship with state hoosegows.

From the article:

The protesters’ charges broadened as they directed their attention to racial problems within Iowa Prison Industries. African Americans make up around 3 percent of Iowa’s population, but nearly 26 percent of all Iowa prisoners are black, according to participants in the protest.

“If we’re really concerned with creating a better future, we need to start on college campuses by ending these injustices,” David Karayof, vice president of the Iowa State Young Democratic Socialists said. Amos then led the group in a march to Beardshear Hall, chanting as they went.

“The people’s rights are under attack! We stand up and we fight back!” the protesters chanted. …

“The profit prison industry needs to be destroyed,” [ISU alumnus and Black Lives Matter activist Sean] Carlton-Appleton said. “They go after people who can’t afford good lawyers; Poor people, poor black people, poor brown people, trans people, people who society doesn’t really care too much about.”

“That ain’t right!” protesters said, in unison, in response to Carlton-Appleton.

Carlton-Appleton and other protesters accused the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) of “profit[ing] from the deliberate misfortune of America’s disenfranchised”:

“[Corporations] pay legislators… and give them financial incentives to target certain demographics of people… to police and incarcerate them at alarmingly high rates,” Carlton-Appleton said.