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A professor and 2 students were stabbed during gender studies class at Canada's University of Waterloo, police say. A suspect is in custody | CNN (www.cnn.com)
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A professor and two students were stabbed during a gender studies class at the University of Waterloo in Canada on Wednesday, and one person is in custody, authorities said.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

Not surprised, given the political climate of the university.

The subreddit for Waterloo is kinda infamous rife with incel shit. It's a tiny microcosm of the culture there, and I'm not surprised it boiled over.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago

Terrible. And while we don't have enough details at this time to do anything but guess, I wonder if incel and anti-feminist rhetoric had an impact here. Gender studies as a subject is heavily loathed by those types, sometimes to the degree of wishing violence on them.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

Thanks goodness it looks like the victims will live

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

The hateful and violent far right is on the rise in Canada, and Pierre Poilievre is encouraging it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It hurts my heart to hear this

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Fucking deranged, what the fuck man.