Thursday, August 24, 2017

Like Yelling 'Go, Niners' in an Oakland Bar

Instapundit links to an article in Campus Reform which reports a Clemson University Assistant Professor of Human-Centered Computing who holds some radical views. From the August 16 Facebook post of Bart Knijnenburg comes the following:
All trump supporters, nay, all Republicans, are racist scum.

In another post, Knijnenburg equates President Donald Trump, Trump voters, the GOP, and Steve Bannon to “Nazis,” the “KKK,” and the “Alt-right,” declaring that they are “all racists.”

I admire anyone who stands up against white supremacy. Violent or non-violent. This needs to stop, by any means necessary. #PunchNazis.
For those who don't know the location, Clemson is located in South Carolina, between Charlotte and Atlanta. That qualifies as Deep South in my book. His too, for he writes:
You should come live in the south for a while. It's exhausting,
SC has many Trump supporters and many Republicans, a majority of his fellow citizens. Saying such things in a red state with a documented history of dealing violently with trouble-makers can be high-risk behavior.

Believing what he does, you'd think just going to the store would make Knijnenburg's skin crawl. Does he feel invincible, or perhaps suicidal?

My guess: he's looking for work in a blue state like MD or MA. I wish him luck, both he and SC will be happier if he finds it.