So... Joni Ernst probably should be investigated right?

First Amendment rights for hate speech, but for educators? Not so much. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

He gone

Quick! Somebody tell this guy.

One could simply quote what the purveyor of hate, racism and bigotry said himself and it would come across as extremely offensive by anybody saying it. IOWA lost it's way a long time ago when they went full out MAGA to their shitty(literally) polluted water, cancer rates, shafting public ed etc..etc

You'd think that someone who literally said it's okay if schoolchildren die so he can keep guns would *not* be bowed and scraped to by a school system... but, it's Iowa, a Republican-fucked wasteland that also thinks dead children are an acceptable price to pay, so no surprise.

But our Christmas cards with ARs are soooooo Christ like 🙄

School shootings? Naw that happens. Saying you don’t like someone who says horrible things…lock them up!

He was a civilian who said the most awful, vile things a person can possibly utter. I don't celebrate his death, but I'll not mourn it either.

The ones I’ve read did not condone the murder. But they were critical of Kirk’s messaging. That’s fair

How about rejecting Charlie Kirk's opinions and beliefs in the strongest possible terms? They need to start there.

But the constant spewing of vitriolic hate speech by the right wing is okay? Are they monitoring their employees for that?

Where did that post this so I can troll them? Kirk was garbage and his passing deserves no reverence or introspection.

Florida can top that. They said teachers could be fired for posting against Charlie Kirk on their OWN social media, as it could affect students in the learning environment. We’re hearing 2 college professors have already been filed.

God I despise fascism.

So the teachers, who along with their students, were the ones that Kirk was enthusiastically willing to sacrifice in order to keep "our second amendment rights to protect our other god given rights" arent allowed to be glad that one of the loudest voices advocating for them to die is gone? Weird

Uh huh

Yes, that type of reckless incitement is reserved for elected Republicans.

law.justia.com/constitution...

If they are condemning Kirk, rock on. 2024, Kirk cited a passage from Leviticus that calls for stoning gay people, referring to it as "God's perfect law when it comes to sexual matters". In a later interview, he mocked Christians who prioritized loving their neighbors over this aspect of scripture.

🙄

We all know CK's death is news du jour. This story will time out in 9 days as the news cycle ushers in fresh scandal. Let's just cut to the chase and get back to the J. Epstein issue

That's a lot of words just to say Kirk's free speech is more important than teachers/kids who daily fear being murdered in their schools...in Iowa. NARRATOR: It's not

In defense of the Iowa teachers, you're going after...continuous exposure to pesticides & herbicides can cause lapses in judgment. Positive ones like calling out Charlie Kirk for the fascist creep he was, which could result in disciplinary action, and negative ones like voting for Charles Grassley.

Or Ernst, Hinson, Nunn, Miller-Meeks and Feenstra et al

Indeed. If we could only get a circular fascist firing squad going.

Threatening to fire people exercising their right to free speech is reprehensible too. Maybe the school system should be reminded the 1st amendment of the constitution guarantees them that right with some polite correspondence.

I guess they didn't understand when their senator Joni Ernst warned everyone that they are going to die.

When I heard he was shot

Ah. Enforced silence. Got it.

They're starting to pull that same stunt in Florida. archive.ph/eX1iK (Tampa Bay Times; it doesn't allow gift articles, but it's a POS paper now anyway.)

But free speech, amiright?

By all means, let’s defend the fascist hate-mongers now, because that’s what this country is about, apparently. We know Kirk’s hateful rhetoric incited at least one violent murder—his own.

There was an instant rush from Republicans yesterday to silence and suppress the free speech rights of people all over the country. Anything less than “He was a saint” was met with doxxing, backlash, calls for firing and public shaming. The GOP hates the First Amendment and wants to repeal it.

I will admit. I had a blast yesterday asking religious folk if the things Kirk said sounded like Christian values.

If they were phony Christians, they were portraying him as a model to follow. Actual Christians shake their head and wonder how their religion has been so perverted by a political party.

I haven't met one of those.

I had one guy say he like Charlie because he was “soft spoken and respectful”. So I e spent the day asking Charlie fans if they are respectful racists too 🙃

Doing the same in the “Free State” of Florida in at least 3 counties so far.

Guessing they don't teach the Constitution in their government funded schools.

Here in Texas school employees are being fired left, right and center. At least some of the remarks aren’t offensive at all.

😂 who cares. The only good thing about a Nazi is a dead one.

institutions defend white supremescists, got it. every voice deserves protection even though in the wild the response (reality) is very different. ok.

How dare teachers and staff think negatively about a person who thought and verbalized regularly that their deaths and deaths of students was worth it so people could carry guns. Selfish!

Ok sooooo putting out a hit is still totes ok though, right? bsky.app/profile/kara...

That's funny. See below: Iowa Board of Regents President Sherry Bates: "As a Board, we affirm the importance of free speech. Violence is never the answer, no matter how much people disagree. It has no place on our campuses, and no one should feel unsafe when sharing their views.

Yea, k.

"We're going to hunt down every leftist in the county. How DARE they mock the death of someone who mocked other deaths???"

So now people are being sanctioned for telling the truth about ck. Trying to bury the truth!

That’s SUPER Weird. (As a person who has worked with so many educators (and state departments of education) across the country. Absolutely an unnecessary statement.

Weird way to say "How dare any educator have a bad thought about the guy who thought a certain number of our school kids could be sacrificed."

School kids AND TEACHERS. He thought it was ok to sacrifice the teachers too.

I stand with teachers

Anyone who wasn't himself and maaaaaaybe his family. (Okay, small chance a few friends and some wealthy donors make the list; not sure how heavily I'd bet on it though)

Are they going to investigate the history teacher my kid had who made despicable comments about liberals, democrats, and transgender kids frequently enough that my kid didn’t want to go to school? That was Davenport Central High.

Report it!! Needs to go both ways!

Oh I did. Crickets.

In the 1970's I had a foreign language teacher that tried to make the case for dropping nukes on Vietnam. My older (maga) brother worshiped her.

I personally think the Iowa teachers union should walk in there fully armed and convince them they've taken the wrong stance. McKenzie Snow is one of Trump's personally selected Nazi's.

Charlie Kirk was condoning violence at a school campus when he was shot. Freedom of speech they said. So it was ok for him. I am confused 🤔

whatcharliekirksaid.com

Fuck em. They can’t handle the truth. Instead of having moments of silence, in honor of Charlie, Kirk, have a video memorial showing clips of every vile thing that evil POS spouted out of his mouth. Let them publicly try to defend him then.

Love this! 👏👏👏

America, you have further to go than your legs can travel..

And yet not a peep when they made jokes about Pelosi's husband being beaten with a hammer.

Whatever…🙄

Trump calls for us to be killed.

Florida DOE sent a threatening letter as well. 🙄

Comments on social media or private conversations? Because the difference is pretty important.

The implication has been social media, but they weren’t specific about it

Walters made the same threat yesterday.

WOW 😮 why am I not shocked at all. That’s the really spooky part. I feel a civil war brewing. I have for months now(if not a couple years) started in 2016 🤷‍♀️

Meanwhile Fox News Brian Kilmeade says, on air, that homeless people should be given involuntary lethal injections. Advocating for State sanctioned murder.

That being said… FUCK CHARLIE KIRK!

USA the land of free speech?

Florida said the same thing

No. Not fascist at all.

IOWA? Home of fucking hog castrator and failed Senator Ernst? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 The BITCHCUNT DID say 'we're all going to die', DIDN'T SHE????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

How dare an educator disagree with his rhetoric

Yeah, but the guy was still a scumbag!

Sure Karen.

Where is the first amendment? These employers are going to get sued.

...yet we want the ten commandments, school prayer, and Jesus. What do they want their children to pray for.

Start with the orange nightmare who called liberals the shooter ! 🙄

Censorship.

Iowa's stumbling, bumbling race to the bottom. Thx gawds Iowa executive branch leadership is comprised of morons.

The cult runs deep. Cannot fathom why so many people praise such a hateful person. Unfortunately it’s eye opening.

Pathetic. We are gonna need a revolution

Charlie Kirk was a shit human. Nobody should be assassinated for speech, but that doesn’t absolve his misdeeds in this world.

Are the lawyers lining up? Cos Muni's tend to pay rather than fight. And corporations have big pockets.

Iowa is circling the drain. Where was the GOP outrage when the Hortmans and their dog were shot to death by MAGA?!

Making disgusting memes

Ryan Walters if Oklahoma infamy had a similar email go out to all the parents. But it was crickets when these same people celebrated the deaths of any leftists...

Porn on his TV. Porn in emails he sent to lawmakers. Meanwhile, he oversees 700K+ children.

Yup. The hypocrisy is insane

I believe they call it "projecting" 🩶🤍 He's the absolute worst. Him, MAGA, and PragerU🤦‍♂️

100%🎯

Sounds like it could be a purge.

“Awareity software” 🙄🙄 bsky.app/profile/mike...

Is that the porn guy?

Yes. lol

But yeah they forget his hateful Rhetoric.

If he wasn't the one who was dead, I am sure he would say it was worth it...again.

In my area someone posted a facebook announcement for an impromptu Trump Train style memorial parade for Charlie Kirk. Kirk fans are now contacting the employers of anybody that reponded to the post with a laughing emoji. They are very sensitive about their impromptu car parades.

Yeah how dare we say mean things about a racist that was cool with school kids dying as long as maga can keep guns. So rude

Kirk wasn't assassinated. He's not important enough or a politician or other major figure to get that kind of status. He was murdered.

We got a similar message via email in FL.

…”condoning political or any type of violence is reprehensible”… Isn’t that the deceased’s whole platform? Violence against anyone who isn’t non-white male?

Who isn’t a white male.

This is unclear. Does quoting Charlie Kirk's desire [for gays to be stoned to death] violate this policy?

Chaya Raichek is on X curating a "hit list" of people she thinks aren't sad enough about Kirks death. That's likely what they out this statement out. The folks she's posting up the information for are getting death threats and being cyber stalked.

Violence is bad Not caring about the death of a despicable human Both can be true

Not sure I understand? Was there a guide book that people were supposed to follow when a White Nationalist died and how educators were supposed to act? Or were educators supposed to follow the guide book for another school shooting.

It’s cray. FloriDUH is doing this too.

WTF, sorry If someone has the guidelines being forced in Iowa or FLA please post. How do you indoctrinate kids, feed them lies

I believe that "Thoughts and Prayers" are the only acceptable and appropriate response.

Free speech? Not for educators or citizens without power or money.

Is this in honor of his professor hit list?

It's always "Free Speech for me, not for thee".

Are they going to talk to 47 also? Just saying, they might want to start where the buck stops

I mean, it’s perfectly fine for him to create a whole website about “dangerous” professors and for them to get constant death threats but this is a bridge too far. 🙄

I saw a Massachusetts teacher fired over this

Please post the article. I live in Ma and didn’t hear of this. Thanks.

🌹 A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Fuck the school district

Sure Jan.

Pfffftttt.

When exactly does a white supremacist become a saint? Is it at the moment the bullet first enters the body, or at the moment of last breath?

Touche! 👏👏👏

Who said what now?

I love how so much free speech is being shut down in the name of the "free speech" bastion. The irony writes itself, folks.

You mean they’re not talking about the disturbing posts blaming every Democrat alive for the shooting? Or the disturbing posts with people claiming Mr. Kirk followed Jesus’ teachings when he was actually telling people to hate their neighbor and expel the immigrants?

Maga really has fucked up priorities.

&yet Kirk's style of discourse & behaviors & propaganda messages are condoned for public school educational purposes, cuz yall think Kirk was a shining bright example for children of how to be: "civil," is that correcT?

So much for the 1st amendment.

Was there a Constitution?

Iowa and Education in the same sentence is an oxymoron.

So, they obviously don’t believe in the first amendment.

If they think the rhetoric around Charlie Kirk is bad, just wait till the Orange Turd croaks.

Is it wrong to say the guy who said school shootings are a necessary evil to keep a second amendment, got shot at a school? Is irony illegal now?

HE WAS A SAINT! You just love he got murdered!!! Or some such bullshit- yes, people have been getting threats for literally quoting what Chuckles said.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 When people are getting censured, censored, and fired for repeating , VER BATIM, the guy's OWN words? In quotations? Things said ON CAMERA? Gaslighting extraordinaire!

Hell, even when you post the video of him saying it- nope, doesn't matter!

Fuck off freedom of speech police

i always fast forward over t, so i didn't even know of charlie kirk, it seems i dodged a bullet. Reading all the vile things he said, i think he was asking, even begging for it Tyler took one for the country i love that young man❤️

whatcharliekirksaid.com

JFC the world is fucked up.

We’ve been warned here in Florida not to say anything negative about CK

These people need to “shut it.”

What school? The entire State of Iowa? WTF?

Nobody is allowed to have a differing opinion about the “free speech” guy.

We had an elementary school teacher, in a largely Latino school get fired for posting about being at J6. He recently won his lawsuit for about $150k. Beyond understanding yet here we are

Sorry, but I'm having a problem remembering the name of the cult that was all about 'free speech".