I’m not known for being subtle. Now is not the time to be subtle. I own my viral tirade. For the record, my profanity-laced tirade (Nazis, fascists) was aimed at a group of MAGA nonstudent adults, one of whom was in an altercation with a student (either not captured on the clip or edited out). Many FLC students voiced their fears about Turning Point during the first meeting and voted on whether to approve TP as a student club. I went to support those same students when a second meeting and a vote were scheduled.
While First Amendment rights should apply to all in the U.S., including TP members, fundamental human rights are under attack. For example, Durango recently had two children and their father – members of our community – kidnapped by ICE. Now is not the time to be subtle.
When one perverts the teachings of Christ with white supremacy (Nazism, racism), the Great Replacement theory (antisemitism), homophobia and transphobia (anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment), misogyny (get women out of the workforce, blame women for societal problems), extreme anti-immigrant sentiment (xenophobia) and the Professor Watchlist (fascism), Turning Point is the result. When TP proclaims it desires “discussion,” it appropriates the language of liberal democracy to give the appearance of reasonableness. TP is neither reasonable nor democratic.
Last, if dropping the F-bomb is more offensive than calling out a neo-Nazi and protofascist organization, then all I can say is this: Now is not the time to be subtle.
David Kozak
Durango
