Auburn professor tweets "Fuck every single cop. Every single one"
By Elizabeth White, Gene Kirkconnell and Sam Sachs
WRBL
July 31, 2020
AUBURN, Ala. -- Auburn University is condemning social media
statements made by a lecturer calling all police officers “instruments
of violence,” while expressing other anti-police sentiments.
Jesse Goldberg, Ph.D., an incoming Auburn lecturer, posted a tweet this week.
It reads: “Fuck every single cop. Every single one. The
only ethical choice for any cop to make at this point is to refuse to do
their job and quit. The police do not protect people. They protect
capital. They are instruments of violence on behalf of capital.”
The tweet has since been deleted, but a screenshot was shared by the Yellow Hammer News
and included a link to an American Civil Liberties Union post claiming a
New York protestor was abducted. The NYPD says the protester had
warrants and was arrested by officers, not in uniform,
but in plainclothes.
A recent public post on Goldberg’s Facebook page contained other
anti-police and Democratic Party sentiments.
It reads: “Mad about so many things, as usual. I can’t
fucking get over that the DNC, in the middle of a fucking global
pandemic where millions of people are losing their jobs and thus their
health insurance b/c coupling healthcare to employment is still a thing
in this fucking country, voted AGAINST putting #M4A on the party
platform. Oh and also in the year 2020 still voted against legalizing
marijuana. I know the Democratic Party doesn’t give a shit about anyone
besides the wealthy and upper to upper-middle class, but even on the
cynical “at least *pretend* to care about the poor and working class to
win an election” scale they fail. And then on the ground we continue to
see police forces literally grab people off the streets and throw them
into unmarked vans. If you haven’t seen the video of plainclothes NYPD
officers throwing Nikki Stone into a van yet, it’s a brutal display of
fascism (as all videos of police violence – a redundant phrase – are).
It’s kidnapping. ACAB. Yes, all. Police do not protect people. They
protect capital. Cops are instruments of violence on behalf of capital.
Literally the only ethical decision for a cop in this moment is to
refuse to do their job, to quit. The only good cop is a cop who
quits. Those two things — the Dem party platform and police as violent
protectors of private property over actual people’s lives — may seem at
odds, but they are sides of the same coin of a bipartisan politics of
death. Most frustrating to me is that both points are about institutions
— the Democratic Party and police departments — that liberals continue
to have faith in as things that can improve people’s lives, and yet
things which are actually obstacles for building the world we need.”
Thursday afternoon, Brian Keeter, Executive Director
for Auburn University Public Affairs, released a statement to News 3
regarding Goldberg’s social media messaging. Auburn University condemned
Goldberg’s post.
“We find Mr. Goldberg’s comments inexcusable and completely counter
to Auburn values. Hate speech of any kind is simply wrong. Auburn is
fully committed to the fundamental right of free speech, but we do not
support hateful words or actions that degrade, disrespect or exclude.
Especially during these difficult times in our nation, it’s vital that
we reject crude stereotypes and work together to foster mutual
understanding and respect within our communities. Auburn officials are
considering options available to the university,” said Keeter.
News 3 reached out Thursday night on FB messager to Goldberg in an
effort to get a statement. As of Friday morning News 3 has not heard
back from him.
Goldberg is set to begin his first semester as a Lecturer with AU’s
English Department, where he is slated to teach online courses due to
the pandemic, according to his social media posts.
Goldberg gained attention a few months ago when he tweeted he would
not be able to call himself a “War Eagle” after Auburn University’s
Eagle mascot because it had “war” in it.
Goldberg’s Facebook cover photo is of a poem titled Against the Police.
Following the reactions to Goldberg’s social media posts and statements
made by Auburn leaders, the Foundation for Individual Rights in
Education, a free speech advocacy organization, released the following
statement to News 3:
“Faculty members at public
universities possess the First Amendment right to share their personal
thoughts on matters of the day without institutional censorship or
punishment. The First Amendment protects faculty who subscribe to the
belief that police should be defunded or prisons abolished, just as it
protects those who oppose those beliefs. Auburn cannot lawfully punish
Goldberg for his comments, which are protected by the First Amendment,
no matter how offensive or outrageous others might find them.”
EDITOR'S NOTE: It is obvious that this worthless piece of shit is a Marxist.
Here is Goldberg’s Facebook cover poem:
AGAINST THE POLICE
My entire Oeuvre is against the police
If I write a Love poem it's against the police
And if I sing the nakedness of bodies I sing against the police
And if I make the Earth a metaphor I make a metaphor against the police
If I speak wildly in my poems I speak against the police
And if I manage to create a poem it's against the police
I haven't written a single word, a verse, a stanza that isn't against the police
All my prose is against the police
My entire Oeuvre
Including this poem
My whole Oeuvre
Is against the police
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