A professor called Trumps election an act of terrorism. Death threats forced her to flee.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Days after a video surfaced showing an Orange Coast College professor telling students that Donald Trump’s election was an “act of terrorism,” violent threats have forced the instructor to flee her home state of California.

Olga Perez Cox — who was secretly recorded by one of her students last month discussing the presidential election — received a flood of angry emails, phone calls and Facebook comments — some of which were violent and threatening, according to the Orange County Register.

An email Cox received said, “You want communism, go to Cuba . . . try to bring it to America and we’ll put a (expletive) bullet in your face,” according to the paper.

The threats didn’t end there, according to Rob Schneiderman, president of the Coast Federation of Educators/American Federation of Teachers Local 1911 that represents Cox.

“Someone emailed her a picture of her house, with her address,” he told the Orange County Register, noting that the email referred to Cox as a “libtard, Marxist, hatemonger, nutcase” and said “her home address is now going to be sent everywhere.”

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[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

1. "libtard" is very ironic because "republican" actually starts with an "re"

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

3. Also ironic is that they changed the time addled standard of "go back to russia commie" to

"go back to cuba"

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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Brainwashing perhaps?

[Nevernose]

5. That's what DU needs. Seriously.

More snark. I'm serious about this. We've got ideas and messages and wit and information and a million other things, but this site could use a lot more snark and bitter humor.

Of all of the nonviolent "weapons" liberals have, ridicule is the most effective, IMO (and at worst keeps out spirits up). Plus, conservatives can't fight back against it. For one thing, for a joke to work it has to have a kernel of truth, and for another, conservatives aren't usually very funny.

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

6. Ridicule isn't a good weapon but it's a fine stress relief

Just keep it out of mixed company.

[Nevernose]

7. It depends on the ridicule

When you call Trump voters "moronic hillbillies that deserve whatever Trump gives them," I guess that's technically ridicule. I would agree that it's a terrible way to either win an argument or to make converts. It's certainly not subtle.

When you politely ridicule an argument without hyperbole, however, I think is extremely effective. When my spouse was doing criminal defense, one of my household chores was editing her motions, briefs, arguments, etc.. When I started inserting (at great insistence) gentle ridicule of the government's position, she started winning said arguments more often.

After the first time she came home and said, "Holy shit, it worked. I can't believe it" (Oh ye of little faith!). After the fourth or fifth time, both her boss and the prosecutor's office began noticing, and it became my secret, late-night job.

Jokes work. They get through to people and force a clarity that otherwise negative emotion and bias otherwise often cloud.

Then again, I'm just some asshole on the Internet. For all anyone reading this knows, I'm the guy that faked the moon landing and I did it to disguise the Belgian monarchy's moon-based mind control rays.

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

8. Nah I know what you're saying

Case in point

[bdamomma]

2. these are

Russian tactics to scare people, horrible bullies to the core.

[napi21]

4. Watch the emails closely. If any ever state something specific, like we can meet at xx O'Clock

Tues., report them to the police. Right now, everything they've said is too general. On second thought, even though you knw they can't take sny action, it at least gets the problem on the record.

Be very careful Professor.