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No reason to ‘crucify’ Fresno State professor

I feel for Fresno State professor Lars Maischak who is in trouble for tweeting that President Trump must hang to save democracy. What happened to him could easily have happened to any of us.

With our nation polarized and divided politically, it is the rare individual who has not expressed vehement sentiments, either for or against, our current president.

Mr. Maischak just had the bad luck to have his comments picked up by a far-right news website. That is no reason to crucify him. Let the one who is without agitated feelings during this politically tumultuous time cast the first stone.

Edythe Corum, Clovis

This story was originally published April 15, 2017 at 3:56 PM with the headline "No reason to ‘crucify’ Fresno State professor."

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