Just four days ago, several fliers of white nationalist propaganda appeared overnight. It was a part of an organized campaign called by white nationalist groups, such as Vanguard America. The intent was clear — to send a message to the students of UTA that the fascists were here to peddle their message and impose fear on the vast majority of students who are not white.
That intent must be opposed and confronted where it’s at. These fascists have but one goal in mind — making their genocidal, racist politics normalized and open. It's why they felt the need to publish fliers that claimed that white Americans have a “civic duty” to deport undocumented people in America. We, the students of UTA, need to take a stand against this rhetoric and speech that is clearly an attack on what makes UTA the fifth most diverse campus in the nation.
While the administration has been busy with collecting and piling the fliers, they have yet to comment on the situation with a statement. If President Vistasp Karbhari truly wants to make UTA be in the Communities That Care Coalition, he should actively condemn this attack on the UTA student body. If not, we'll see where exactly the administration stands when it comes to fascists coming on our campus — they will be silent. But we, the students at UTA, and Progressive Student Union, will not be silent.
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Genocidal? Really? I think that takes a lot away from your point, Mark.
Holy crap a progressive just stabbed a bunch of people on the UT Austin campus during the communist holiday! So much more dangerous than any poster. Oh man, someone died. Its time to ban these organizations that promote hatred and violence from UT system campuses, New chant for the biggots "PSU and MSA their Vio-lence is on the way". In the words of your dear leader "if we can save Just one life" Barrack Obama.
Hysterical left wing publicist, claiming to know the intentions of something he has no evidence for. Sounds like every other leftist crusade.
Please tell us climate change is going to end the world tomorrow now.
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Lets say like this. If you are here illegally (no matter how you got here) , volunteer to return to your home country. If you want to come back to the USA, join the military and put four years in get an honorable discharge. I 'm all for granting you citizenship. The other option apply and come in correctly. Yes in this day and age the process should take less than a month, I agree. The process of vetting seams like it takes too long.I will leave it with everyone like this America live it, love it, or get the h_ll out!
Mark, this is G. Have you seen these fliers in real life, yet? The picture that you showed me is of a screenshot from someone's facebook which is just a screenshot from voto latino. VL is not an organization formally associated with our campus. when you look up "Voto Latino and UT Arlington" only one other post comes up from 2014, and it doesn't even look like it's actually on our campus.
While I will always support the fight against fascism, it seems as though your anger is targeting an event which might not have even happened. Until you or I have seen these posters, we have no idea that it actually happened. Direct your anger at substantial sources -- Young Americans for Freedom, Turning Point USA, both new organizations on UT Arlington's campus.
For those of you saying that Mark is suppressing people's first amendment--their points of view are that certain people should not exist, not only on this campus, but in general. The posters, which do exist, although it is questionable if they are on our campus, are promoting white supremacy and violence against people of color. Concern yourselves with why white supremacists and neo-nazis would choose to target our university, and what you're going to do to prevent something like that from taking hold at UT Arlington.
PS: If you're one of those alt-right, white supremacist, neo-nazi type folks: Why are you coming to UT Arlington? We are known for our commitment to protecting and furthering diversity and inclusion for people of diverse backgrounds. If you're uncomfortable with brown and black people, go to a school that's fine with, or would encourage your racist views. I'm 100% sure you can find somewhere else to go.
So basically this just says "I don't know anything about real life or the meaning of words. So, fascist fascist Nazi fascist genocide racist fascist."
Please go learn what the word genocide means. You obviously have no idea what the definition is.
The fascist Progressive Student Union needs this for their may day communist rally. This will be on all of their posters and t shirts to rally support. The shorthorn will not address the fact that the PSU and MSA fabricated this event until after today's rally, or not at all. That's the inside scoop I'm hearing. Its gonna be a fun day. Oh and the shorthorn will be publishing an article about the "rally" shortly after. There will be nice pictures and a call to end "racism" on campus. Reactions from students that paint a positive light on the PSU/MSA. The illegals will also be out, they really want you to pay their tuition. This ban on sanctuary cities will be highlighted as "racist". Shorthorn needs a change, we need to fire the director.
Any update Shorthorn? Who is the racist POS who posted these fliers? Is it a fascist POS from the Progressive Student Union or BLM? Both groups have a history of creating false incidents to further their narrative of victimization. Was it a fascist POS Trump supporter? They are vile disgusting pieces of excremental sludge. Whoever did this needs to be expelled and thrown out of school, or forced to read an actual book above a sixth grade reading level. Uneducated idiot. Yes, hate speech is free speech, but whoever did this is too chicken Sh!t to stand by their principles. That's what the flag pole area is for, for morons to shout their views under the protection of free speech. This BS is to do nothing more than disrupt and create fear. It furthers my disdain for humanity.
You know if these flyers were printed on campus it would be extremely easy to identify which student id # was used... Let's perform an image search for all prints on campus equipment for the past 3 weeks and use the security cameras all over campus to double verify. Let's have Kharbhari explain exactly who did it and what their motivation was. What about free speech man? Who cares if you're offended? This article offends everyone's intelligence, you were probably involved. If so, you need to be expelled, and permanently banned from all UT campus system universities. If we're going to ban biggots let's ban the progressive student union and the Muslim Student Association from all UT system campuses. Lets do it. Progressives don't believe in the rights of others, they're biggots, Muslims hate Jews it's part of their religion, ban them. Its clear cut. Advocate banning your own group and the Muslims for their inherent hate speech or you're a hypocrit. These establishment losers are such a joke. This puritanical religion of liberalism is an intellectual squashing, bible thumping joke. What are you guys from the 1500s, pre renaissance? Its like looking at some throwback preacher that really thinks we all go to hell for dancing. Progressives are a basket case of losers, LOL.
Mr. Napieralski,
Just so I understand you clearly, someone took a stand that you don't agree with and your solution is to suppress their 1st amendment right?
Just so im clear, I dont agree with you sir. I often wonder why the shorthorn gives you so much coverage and so little to the students that disagree with you. But I recognize your right under our constitution st speak your mind. And I recognize this publications right to give you a mouth piece. But unless the School administration protects the rights of all students to voice their opinions all discourse is really hollow.
No it seems to me that you are content to sit and hurl names at anyone who disagrees with you in the narcissistic belief that you are right and therefore they are wrong. Availing yourself of your constitutional rights while seeking to suppress theirs.
Activist progressives are always on the hunt for someone's life to destroy for having the "wrong" opinion. Don't like gay marriage? You should be fired. Don't want to conduct business that conflicts with your morals? Your business should be obliterated. Don't agree with whatever their cause of the week is? You are a racist/homophobe/bigot/xenophobe/sexist that should be ostracized and have your name publicly raped. Then they claim the moral high ground and complain about how puritanical and fascist the people they disagree with are. Almost as incredibly, they also claim to be the only open minded ones as they witch hunt.
Unless I'm missing something, Voto Latino, a self-described social justice organization, "found" the flier. If true, seems like quite the coincidence. Almost unbelievable.
Actually, students and faculty found multiple copies of 7 different flyers that were anti-immigrant, racist, islamophobic and anti-Semitic in the UH, UC and student residences that were planted there overnight which is why it's not being treated as a hoax.
As long as there was no threats of violence, even if it's legit, which I doubt, so what? Some guy spent 20 cents and printed out some distasteful fliers. People say things and have opinions that I find disgusting 365 days of the year. The only reason it gets any attention to begin with is articles like this that take something small from some nobody loser or hoax and amplify it into something big. We'd all be much happier if we just accepted that some people will always hate other people for dumbass reasons and avoided turning everything into some grand crusade.
In the year 2017 students saw something they found offensive but did not take any pictures of it? I call BS! If any student, myself included, saw this posted a picture would be taken and shared immediately. I'm sure more of these will be found on campus now.
Please explain how finding a couple fliers is evidence of "racist, white supremacy" in action? Do you have evidence of who put these up? Did you see the suspect go to a KKK rally afterward?
Sounds like when it fits your left wing narrative on race, no evidence is required for an accusation.
The progressive student union has historically been aligned with facism... What are you talking about? The progressive movement, since the early 1920's, has desired control of society through social engineering, by dividing racial groups, by using government handouts to oppress people. Margaret sanger, you're founder, used to write letters back and forth with Hitler, Hitler. You advocate violence to suppress the speech of others, you organize nationally, to riot against differing opinions. I think we all just got a hint of who actually posted the fliers. Where's the security tape? Progressive student union and it's ninny sister group the MSA should be expelled permanently from campus over this hoax.
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