In 2017, Dr. Lars Maischak, a professor of history at #CaliforniaStateUniversityFresno, tweeted about how history shows us Trump is a fascist, and that, historically, fascists must hang for fascism to die. Dr. Maischak is no stranger to fascism--his family was German leftists during #WWII......his tweets reflected his life experience, his academic research, and his personal ethics. Not only was he attacked by Breitbart and the alt-right over the tweet, but he was also railroaded by the university system and suspended from his professorship. The university rejected his first amendment rights and accused him of inciting violence (although the secret service investigated, they found no evidence that Dr. Maischak had or intended to incite violence, contrary to CSU Fresno's stance). They further blamed Dr. Maischak for the controversy, saying he 'should've known better, he does. He knows better than them. Still, despite being proven right after the atrocities Trump committed since 2017, Dr. Maischak's life continues to be upended and his employer, a public university, has refused to support him and continues to insist they were in the right to punish him. Never punish a historian for giving a historically accurate analysis of the past, present, and future. You should be taking notes, not censoring him.
Links to Move On petition
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/california-faculty-association-take-a-stand-against-neo-mccarthyism
Link to saved emails
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1B0VnAfIlTqE6Z4NmzlMelf9NAm-rJqnP