5 worst college social media posts of 2023

A University of California Davis assistant professor threatened ‘zionist journalists’ in a social media post that implied threats of murder, home invasion, and kidnapping.

2023 brought unpredictable and morally reprehensible social media posts from university employees and students. 

Campus Reform compiled a list of the worst social media posts of 2023. 


1.    Pro-lran law professor reportedly celebrates Hamas terrorists’ murder of Jewish families, babies

The X account StopAntiSemitism is calling out Albany Law Professor Nina Farnia for “justifying the rape, torture, and butchering of Israelis.” 

”Long live the Palestinian resistance,” Farnia reportedly wrote in on X. “As the Biden admin builds more walls at US borders, the people of the world are rising up & tearing walls down.”


2.    UPDATE: UC Davis prof ‘still employed’ after threatening Jewish journalists with death, home invasion, kidnapping

A University of California Davis assistant professor threatened ‘zionist journalists’ in a social media post that implied threats of murder, home invasion, and kidnapping.

”one group of ppl we have easy access to in the US is all these zionist journalists who spread propaganda & misinformation [sic],” assistant professor of American Studies Jemma Decristo posted to X. “they have houses w addresses, kids in school”

”they can fear their bosses, but they should fear us more 🔪🪓🩸🩸🩸”


3.    SF State admin sides with Riley Gaines’ attackers, blocks her on social media

Days after ex-swimmer Riley Gaines was assaulted on campus, San Francisco State University (SFSU) released a statement in support of the trans activists who protested the event. 

The statement, which was shared on Twitter, was allegedly sent to the SFSU community by Vice President for Student Fairs & Enrollment Management Jamillah Moore.


4.    ‘Indigenous Studies’ lecturer denies historical brutality of Native American tribes, blames ‘white people’

Journalist and lecturer at the University of Colorado Denver (UCD) Simon Moya-Smith made the case on Twitter that Western colonization is to blame for jails, homelessness, and laws against abortion and homosexuality in the Americas.

Moya-Smith, who has both Mexican and Native American heritage, is an alumnus of UCD’s ethnic studies program and has taught courses in “Indigenous Studies” and “American Indian Cultural Images.”


5.    THE SCROLL: male ‘sorority girl’ cries with joy that he can keep ogling female members

The male sorority member who won a lawsuit against the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority at the University of Wyoming cried when he found out he was allowed to stay in the sorority.

Journalist Oli London posted a picture on Twitter of Wyoming sorority member Artemis Langford crying after a judge dismissed the sorority’s lawsuit against him. The photo itself came from a puff piece in the Washington Post detailing the circumstances of the case.