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Teh One Who Knocks
02-08-2018, 01:10 PM
Sandor Farkas, Collegiate Network Fellow - Campus Reform


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At a public event on “The Rule of Law in a Time of Polarization,” a Northeastern University professor told the audience that he “wouldn’t mind” seeing President Trump “dead.”

The event was part of Northeastern’s 2018 Myra Kraft Open Classroom series, which explores “the definition of the Rule of Law, what it requires, what happens in its absence, and how it has declined and emerged globally,” as well as how it functions in times of “polarization and technological upheaval.”

The event description notes that the term “Rule of Law” can have different meanings to different people, but asserts that “at its core it involves all members of a political community being subject to the same (well defined) laws and standards and an independent judiciary.”

Barry Bluestone, a professor of political economy at Northeastern’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs who served as the school’s founding dean from 2006 to 2012, participated in the January 31 installment of the series, which focused on “Challenges Posed by Economic Inequality & Stagnation” and also featured progressive journalist Robert Kuttner.

On Monday, Northeastern’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs posted a video of the two-hour event to its YouTube page, near the end of which Bluestone shared his fantasy of seeing Donald Trump leave the presidency, either through impeachment or death.

“This president that we have is really out of control…sometimes I want to just see him impeached,” Bluestone remarked. “Other times, quite honestly—I hope there are no FBI agents here—I wouldn’t mind seeing him dead. But, actually I don’t wa…”

Kuttner, seated to his left, quickly interjected, supplying the qualifier, “...of natural causes.”

“Of natural causes,” Bluestone affirmed with a nod to his colleague. “Thank you. Thank you.”

Bluestone pointed to the camera and then to Kuttner saying “FBI,” as if to suggest that any FBI agents listening should heed Kuttner’s hasty correction.

In a statement to Campus Reform, Bluestone elaborated on his remarks, saying that while he wants people to “rise up and oppose” Trump, he was not advocating acts of violence.

“In my opinion, Trump is the most dangerous man on the planet because of his power of using lies and half-truths to galvanize his supporters and his ability to command vast military resources,” he explained. “Would I kill him? No. And I normally abhor violence in all forms.”

At another point during the event, Bluestone referred to Trump as a “plutocratic fascist,” a characterization he told Campus Reform he is standing behind.

“He is risking millions of lives by his wreckless global policies, he and his staff have referred to Muslims and Mexicans in terms not unlike Adolf Hitler’s references to Jews, and he now is taking on the militaristic approach of Stalin and Hitler in wanting to have a massive Military Parade showing off our soldiers and weaponry,” Bluestone contended.

“I refer to him as a Plutocrat because he is doing everything to shore up his own wealth and that of his rich friends,” the professor added. “I refer to him as a fascist because of his autocratic behavior with little concern for social justice or democratic process.”

Campus Reform contacted Northeastern for comment, but did not receive a response.

Muddy
02-08-2018, 02:22 PM
Send in the Stasi.

Teh One Who Knocks
02-08-2018, 02:30 PM
People flipped their shit anytime anyone said anything remotely like this about Obama. Say it about Trump though and it's no big deal. I love the double standard world we live in.

I may have complained about his policies and how he was running the country, but never did I wish Obama dead.

Muddy
02-08-2018, 02:38 PM
I liked some aspects of Obama.. And I agree, a total double standard..

redred
02-08-2018, 02:46 PM
Has he not helped this with his war on the media ?

Muddy
02-08-2018, 02:49 PM
Has he not helped this with his war on the media ?

His war on those jaded partisan mother fuckers is justified!!

Teh One Who Knocks
02-08-2018, 03:03 PM
Has he not helped this with his war on the media ?


His war on those jaded partisan mother fuckers is justified!!

Exactly. Now, Trump definitely stretches the truth on things, especially on his Twitter rants (and personally I do wish he would dial back the Twitter usage a bit, but that's another conversation) and it's fine for the media to call him out on things like that. But, the media spews just as much truth stretching and outright lies about Trump and the administration, and the media is supposed to be the "watchdog", not the ones spreading lies and rumors. Almost all the media that is considered mainstream in the world is infected with TDS and they run all kinds of crap without checking to see if it's even remotely true.

Muddy
02-08-2018, 03:08 PM
The media and fuckers like this professor are one in the same.. Damaged goods, so blinded by their own politically correct hatred that they can't see the truth any longer.

redred
02-08-2018, 03:29 PM
the media always have been money machines all they care about is the $$$ to sell papers or get the views , if they can find a way to make more they will

Muddy
02-08-2018, 03:34 PM
the media always have been money machines all they care about is the $$$ to sell papers or get the views , if they can find a way to make more they will

It's about time that stopped! :)

Hal-9000
02-08-2018, 04:40 PM
"OF NATURAL CAUSES!"

Written on the back of his prison jumpsuit in sharpie :lol: