The editors of Dispatch International have returned from their summer vacation. While they were relaxing on holiday, the now-infamous “spitting professor”, Eric Svensson, was lashing out on Twitter at DI’s editor-in-chief, Ingrid Carlqvist. (See the bottom of this post for links to previous articles about the Twitter-Spitter.)
The following article about the Eric Svensson controversy — and its implications for Ingrid Carlqvist’s personal safety — was published today at Dispatch International:
Spitting professor affair leads to breakthrough for alternative media
by Maria Celander (translation edited by Gates of Vienna)
The biology professor Erik Svensson tweeted that he wanted to spit in the face of Dispatch International editor-in-chief Ingrid Carlqvist, and showered her with hate-laden invective. After the incident garnered attention in the alternative media on the web, Lund University was bombarded with e-mails from hundreds of angry people, wondering if this behavior was consistent with the University’s code of conduct.
“The choice of words was very unfortunate and the University does not want to be associated with these kinds of expression. However, Erik Svensson has apologized, he regrets what he’s done and has promised never to do it again. That concludes this business as far as we are concerned,” says Olov Sterner, dean of The Faculty of Science, and Erik Svensson’s closest superior.
Earlier this week, he had a personal meeting with Svensson to clarify what had taken place. Tweets along the lines of “I don’t want to hug you @ingridcarlqvist. I want to spit in your face if I get a chance”, and epithets such as “vile” and “odious” have naturally tarnished the University’s reputation.
“That is of course the case. It affects the University when he writes things in his professional role of professor. That’s why it was important to us to be very clear that we don’t condone this behavior,” says Olov Sterner.
The fact that the public received any information at all about Erik Svensson’s aggressive twittering, is entirely due to the alternative media — above all the popular websites Avpixlat, Exponerat and Fria Tider that published Svensson’s Twitter comments. Enraged readers e-mailed Lund University by the hundreds, prompting the University to act.
“Most people were outraged and horrified that a person of that stature, a professor, could express himself that way and show such blind hatred and disdain based on differences of opinion,” one of the editors of Avpixlat tells Dispatch International.
The editor is shocked that Erik Svensson openly and unabashedly spewed such hate against a female journalist. The climate of debate in Sweden has long been such that behavior like this has gone unchecked, opines the editor. But perhaps this is the beginning of something new — thanks to the Internet and the fact that people can now get their news from sources other than the traditional media.
“This behavior highlights an epidemic that hopefully is about to die down, a climate of open season on dissidents. And since the traditional media rarely do their job these days, it’s up to us newcomers to make sure it gets done,” says the editor, and continues:
“Thanks to alternative media, these things are starting to surface, and it’s not OK to freely stigmatize dissidents anymore. It is indeed a frightening thought to ponder what Sweden would be like without the alternative media. Maybe like back in the dark days we call ‘DDR-Sweden’.”
This fall, the board of Lund University will confer on the subject of policy and a code of conduct concerning social media. But it’s a fine line to walk, says Olov Sterner, since freedom of speech must not be infringed upon.
“You’re allowed to have opinions on every subject, of course, and we encourage our staff to engage in political discussions. But it’s not OK to insult and degrade, and it’s important that everyone understands the difference,” he explains.
Even if the incident is in the past as far as the University is concerned, it has left a bitter aftertaste for Ingrid Carlqvist. An apology and contrition from Svensson is all well and fine, says Carlqvist. However:
“The scary thing about Svensson’s attack is that it might lead to dire consequences for me. His statements may legitimize violent actions from other, less scrupulous people. If a professor thinks it’s right to spit in my face, more hard-core individuals could take it as a sign that it’s ok to smash my face in. Since I’m already living under threat, the thought is quite chilling,” Carlqvist says.
Previous posts about the Spitting Professor, Eric Svensson:
| 2013 | Jul | 28 | Spitting Season has Started | |||
| Aug | 1 | The Spitting Professor Hunkers Down | ||||
| 1 | Eric Svensson Hopes for Understanding, Moderation, and Balance | |||||
| 7 | The Spitting Professor Dodges a Bullet |
A big thank you needs to go out to all those that emailed the university to express their disgust. Swedish nationals carry quite a bit of sway; you are, after all, a very small country population wise, and your voice really does make a difference!
Hopefully, now that you have seen that your voice does matter you will continue to exercise it.
“His statements may legitimize violent actions from other, less scrupulous people. If a professor thinks it’s right to spit in my face, more hard-core individuals could take it as a sign that it’s ok to smash my face in.”
Sounds much like a certain pResident where he peppers his speeches contain with poisonous references to any person or group who oppose him, and bureaucratic apparatchiks need no more cues.
The Left, particularly the moderate sounding Leftists, have long disguised their intentions with pleasant sounding labels should automatically send our native instincts on edge that there has been something sinister going on over there.
So let us always be ready to review their history. The Left has a pattern that it consistently follows.
• They call themselves progressive; but their lust for power makes them regressive. Concentrated power comes at the expense of individual rights. There is no exception.
• They call themselves liberal; but more intolerance of others’ opinion you will not find in any other group.
• They call themselves anti-fascists; but they really seek fascism with “the right people” in charge. Them.
Due to the lack of a unified opposition party and consequent unguarded deterioration of America’s foundational “checks and balances” institutions, the Prog’s have nearly completely succeeded in seating America’s first open dictator.
My major point is this. We all should remember the words that the Progs have taken to brazenly quoting the last 10 years or so (confirm by web scan), the words of the dreadful demagogue Huey Long:
“Fascism will come to America in the name of anti-fascism.”
because we now know these words have been providing the Progs their vision in their long march through our institutions. And we see the telltale behavior being carried out by the littler progs all over the West.
Thus, arguably, their anti-fascist cloak has been their most successful disguise of all.
Here in England the anti-fascist body Searchlight has just found another victim. The Tory mp Jacob Rees-Mogg spoke to the “far right” group The Traditional Britain Group. Searchlight got hold of this and forced Jacob to apologise. He duly did so saying that he very much regretted speaking to them. According to the BBC he then went on to say that the TBG are opposed to mass immigration and multiculturalism which is truly awful.
The TBG had to issue a rebuttal claiming they are assimilationist and want millions of third worlds pushing us out of our own country.
At first I thought that Jacob was saying the truly awful bit tongue in cheek. Right now, let us all decry India, Pakistan, China and Japan and most of black Africa for being opposed to mass immigration and multiculturalism which is truly awful. It must be. If it is truly awful in Europe then it is truly awful there as well. By the way Searchlight has been backed by many New Britons including Sadiq Khan mp of Pakistani heritage (anything happened in Lahore yet?).
As stated elsewhere, the population of Britain has increased by half a million in a year due to the immigrant birth rate. With no mass immigration our population would have been about 40m and we could have fed ourselves as we did during the War. Now probably in excess of 70m the government thinks that something will turn up to stop this teeming third world country from starving like the rest of the overpopulated third world. The English have been ethnically cleansed from London and it is the New Britons that are breeding like rabbits there. As the last of the cockneys leave their empty houses are first advertised for sale abroad. This will start to happen all over England as the English are forced out of the country one by one. This is UN ethnic cleansing on a massive scale.
I hope that that devout Anglican Enoch Powell is with the elect and is praying for us for as he said, Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. Not us, as the bulk of the remaining English probably agree with the Traditional Britain Group but are too terrified of a killer attack from Searchlight or Hope not hate who are like Hitler’s brown shirts. They don’t care what the English think and never have, they just want our country to bring about their Marxist multicultural fascist one world revolution. They want the English gone or bred out. Is nobody there going to help us? We are not alone, as somebody has said, Europeans are being ethnically cleansed from their own continent and North America. We will eventually be a diaspora and easy to eliminate.
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