Lars is doubling down on stupid. Update to this previous story.
Via KMPH:
Back in February, a California State University, Fresno professor, who is not a fan of President Donald Trump or the Republican Party, tweeted some politically charged tweets.
Over the weekend, those tweets were picked up nationally, leading to a statement by Fresno State President Joseph Castro on Monday.
Castro says the statements will be reviewed for potential threats of violence that may violate the law.
After hearing about Castro’s statement, Professor Lars Maischak reached out to FOX26 News with a statement of his own.
Below is the text of his email:
Statement regarding President Joseph Castro’s “Statement regarding lecturer’s social media posts” of 10:25am, today, April 10th, 2017
Lars Maischak
I am appalled that the president of the university is allowing himself to be instrumentalized for a right-wing smear campaign.
Specifically, the suggestion that I had made “potential direct threats of violence that may violate the law” is unwarranted. It constitutes an embrace by the university of the claims made by right-wing propaganda outlets.
I would have wished for an opportunity to explain my views to the university prior to any statement on its part on the substance of the public accusations against me. I was not contacted by them, even though I sent a message to the president on Saturday.
The Breitbart/DailyCaller piece that created a selective collage of some of my weeks-old tweets had the purpose of inciting a campaign of harrassment and intimidation by claiming I had either made a tangible threat against Mr. Trump, or had advocated for violence against either Mr. Trump, or Republicans in general.[…]
I have explained on twitter, as well as in a statement to several media outlets over the weekend, the context of one of my incriminated tweets, containing the assertion that “Trump must hang.”
It is based on the assessment that the substantial continuity between Fascism and the present Republican Party makes it likely that the deeds of his government will be the subject of court proceedings, or even a tribunal akin to the Nuremburg Trials.[…]