U of T professor pulled from teaching role in Charlie Kirk murder fallout
A University of Toronto political science professor has been placed on leave after making a social media post in which she said, “shooting is honestly too good for so many of you fascist c****”.
A University of Toronto political science professor has been placed on leave after making a social media post in which she said, “shooting is honestly too good for so many of you fascist c****,” in a reply to a thread discussing American commentator Charlie Kirk’s murder at a Utah university.
The University of Toronto told the Toronto Sun that it had removed Dr. Ruth Marshall from her teaching duties and sent her home at the end of Thursday.
The university says she is not on campus, but the postsecondary school has not fired her and is looking into the matter.
In a written statement, the University of Toronto said, “The university took immediate action upon learning of the concerning social media posts of a University of Toronto professor. The faculty member is now on leave and not on campus.”
Ontario Premier Doug Ford condemned the remarks as “disgusting” in a comment given to the Toronto Sun.
They fit within a pattern of other violent and radical posts from the professor.
An earlier post from July uncovered by journalist Rupa Subramanya had the professor offering to show another user on the social media platform X how “‘eat the rich' works” which included guillotines and “lopping off heads.”
“The people, pushed beyond the point of endurance, starving, desperate, storm the Bastille, bring out the guillotines and start lopping off heads,” the professor’s post continued.
Education Minister Nolan Quinn took to X to criticize Marshall’s latest comments before calling on the university to take action.
“Universities and their professors are supposed to foster critical thought, respectful debate, and be safe learning environments – and this professor’s violent rhetoric flagrantly flies in the face of that.”
“I’ve been clear with the University of Toronto: they need to act,” Quinn urged.
According to a story from the school’s official student newspaper, earlier this year, Marshall criticized the university administration for not sufficiently disciplining pro-Israel professors for their comments, suggesting a “double standard.”
As for a potential return to campus, U of T has only said “the matter is being looked into” and that the university will “not be commenting further.”
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