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The San Diego Union-Tribune
The San Diego Union-Tribune
SAN DIEGO — In a 2016 essay about life in academia, Monica Casper said that “in a shallow Twitter zeitgeist” you need to speak in a nuanced way when talking to the public about hot-button issues. She recently learned how ugly things can get if you choose to do otherwise. Casper, dean of the College of Arts and Letters at San Diego State University, went on Twitter in December and made statements about conservatives that were anything but nuanced, leading to an angry backlash that included threats of violence against the campus. She said: “Just so we’re clear on the Right’s agenda: racism good,…