Hoax Countdown 3..2..1..
After racist notes found, students demand mandatory classes in race and gender studies dept https://t.co/VQbaQc6vUE— RoadbeerMaypoleDance (@TheRoadbeer) May 2, 2017
Do you remember earlier a few weeks back, when students at St. Olaf College in Minnesota presented the college’s president with a list of social-justice-flavored demands after a racist note was found on a student’s car?
this was at my college. this was put on a friends car. this is not okay. @StOlaf has been explaining away racism with cut and paste emails. pic.twitter.com/kIEbTaCe3w
— laura (@longnightlaura) April 30, 2017
Well, buckle up, because we’ve got some news for you …
Here we go again. https://t.co/Yx09WwSZbQ
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 10, 2017
Yep. Here we go:
CONFIRMED: Racist note that prompted St. Olaf College shut down is hate-crime hoax https://t.co/pObU79tkAQ via @collegefix
— The College Fix (@CollegeFix) May 10, 2017
More from The College Fix:
President David Anderson said in an email to students that an investigation into the note identified a person of interest “who confessed to writing the note.”
“We’ve confirmed that this was not a genuine threat. We’re confident that there is no ongoing threat from this incident to individuals or the community as a whole,” he said.
In a second campuswide email sent later Wednesday, Anderson used stronger words to explain what happened: “The reason I said in my earlier note that this was not a genuine threat is that we learned from the author’s confession that the note was fabricated. It was apparently a strategy to draw attention to concerns about the campus climate.”
Read the whole thing. Hope you had your shocked face handy.
Oh, someone better pick up that phone, because I fucking called it. https://t.co/rrqJISjdpq
— RoadbeerMaypoleDance (@TheRoadbeer) May 10, 2017
@CollegeFix how many is this now, I've lost count?
— Shredded Cheddar (@smalltownzz) May 10, 2017
What is this, the 10,000th hate crime hoax in the last 6 months?Won't see a lot abt this in MSM. https://t.co/Y3yOiuD6jg
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) May 10, 2017
Not likely, no. Also unlikely? That this hoax will be the last.
@CollegeFix Okay but the next one will definitely definitely not be a hoax.
— Robert Harkin (@DoomsdayPicnic) May 10, 2017