As students arrive back on college campuses for the fall semester, a nefarious aspect of online anonymity is coming with them: a slew of universities are falling victim to hoaxes involving active shooters. These pranks, in which a fake call is made about a gunman on campus, are becoming increasingly prevalent and often lead to massive police resources being wasted — not to mention the psychological impact they have on students. Researchers also say these types of hoaxes can be difficult to stop.
Victims nationwide
There has been a “rash of hoax calls about active shooters on college campuses — some featuring gunshots sounding in the background — that have sent waves of fear among students,” said The Associated Press. These hoaxes, known as swatting calls, prompted universities to initiate active shooter protocols, texting students to “run, hide, fight” while “officers swarmed over campuses, seeking out any threat.”
Since universities started resuming classes for the fall semester, more than a dozen campuses have fallen victim to this kind of hoax. Swatting calls at Villanova University in Pennsylvania and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga sent students scrambling for cover, and “campuses across the country have received similar hoax calls, including Texas Tech University, Iowa State University, the University of Colorado at Boulder and Northern Arizona University,” said CNN.
It’s unclear where all of these hoaxes are originating from, but at least one online group “said that it was behind a number of recent hoax emergency calls that drew a heavy law enforcement response to college campuses,” said The New York Times. The group calls itself Purgatory and “highlighted news media coverage of the recent hoaxes in a public-facing channel on Telegram,” a social media app “often used by criminals.”
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Why are colleges under attack?
Trump has attacked Harvard.
Understanding the Trump administration’s billion-dollar war on Harvard : NPR
DeSantis attacked a tiny college in Florida.
Charlie Kirk and Dennis Prager attack higher education. And they attack atheists.
https://youtu.be/QFYi3v9s6U8 Charlie Kirk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dknaD6g2RD0 Prager
Project 2025 attacks higher education.
Project 2025 proposes significant changes that could limit federal support for higher education, including the elimination of student loan programs and restrictions on what can be taught in colleges. These changes could make higher education more expensive and less accessible for many students.
So what’s going on here?
Is the Church coming for your kids?
Are higher educated people less likely to support religiopolitical conservatism?
Does education create atheists?
Does intelligence, education and science threaten the Church?
Obviously.
So why are colleges being targeted for mass shootings?
Does the Church have anything to do with this?
Obviously.
Thank you.
R&I ~ MJM
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