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University Lecturer Attacks Steven Crowder Over Tweets. There’s Just One HUGE Problem.

John Bickley

A lecturer at the University of Texas, Arlington, is attempting to stir up a #resistance against conservative comedian and podcast host Steven Crowder, who is scheduled to speak at SMU on March 22, but may end up getting a hard lesson on the definition of “libel.”

In a statement he posted on Facebook on March 5, lecturer Charles Hermes accused Crowder of “call[ing] graphically for murder and extermination of Jews and LGBT people.” Hermes also linked to a series of clearly photoshopped screenshots of tweets supposedly written by Crowder. Here is the statement Hermes posted:

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