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George Mason University calls cops on student for article criticizing Trump

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The secondary headline adds some valuable context: GMU student Nicholas Decker’s Substack essay “When Must We Kill Them?” earned him a visit from the Secret Service

Crazy that a university would call the police when one of their students makes explicit death threats against the president. For people who struggle to understand why that isn't acceptable, imagine that the president was currently someone you didn't hate.

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The secondary headline adds some valuable context: GMU student Nicholas Decker’s Substack essay “When Must We Kill Them?” earned him a visit from the Secret Service

Crazy that a university would call the police when one of their students makes explicit death threats against the president. For people who struggle to understand why that isn't acceptable, imagine that the president was currently someone you didn't hate.

Except neither the essay nor title make explicit death threats against the president.

https://nicholasdecker.substack.com/p/when-must-we-kill-them

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The secondary headline adds some valuable context: GMU student Nicholas Decker’s Substack essay “When Must We Kill Them?” earned him a visit from the Secret Service

Crazy that a university would call the police when one of their students makes explicit death threats against the president. For people who struggle to understand why that isn't acceptable, imagine that the president was currently someone you didn't hate.

> Crazy that a university would call the police when one of their students makes explicit death threats against the president

What was the source that misinformed you into believing that this contained an explicit death threat against the president? I'd like to keep a record of sources that fabricate a narrative of violence.

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consider the Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia, where GMU is located https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_and_seal_of_Virginia

according to that, Virginia is now banned in Lamar County (Paris) TX

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/texas-bans-v...

Re: George Mason University calls cops on student for article criticizing Trump

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During the prior couple of US election cycles, anyone could without fear juxtapose Democratic lawmakers and liberal actions with the existence of the 2nd Amendment. In fact there is a celebrated strain of 2nd Amendment support based on ensuring government is afraid of the people.

So this is just bs.

It is interesting how passionately people are sitting out actual protest.

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