Opposing DEI and transgender ideology in the classroom is reminiscent of the actions of a Nazi leader, according to Nebraska state senator Megan Hunt.
Hunt called the College Republicans club at University of Nebraska at Kearney “Little Eichmanns,” for criticizing a training on transgenderism for faculty, as well as various DEI initiatives. The voluntary training also drew criticism from state leaders.
Adolf Eichmann was a Nazi leader who oversaw both the expulsion and mass killing of Jews during the Holocaust.
In contrast to the horrific and immoral actions of Eichmann, the College Republicans were criticizing campus activities that they said did not belong in a red state, calling the events “contrary to the values of Nebraska, many students, and faculty.”
Hunt defended her comments.
“Seems clear to me,” she wrote to The Plains Sentinel, after the local news outlet asked for further comment.
She also wrote a follow-up post on X.
“‘Little Eichmanns’ is something Sophie Scholl (young leader of The White Rose, resistance group, murdered by Nazis) said to describe people (her classmates in this case) whose individual actions taken collectively create destructive and immoral systems in which they are complicit,” she wrote on X.
The College Republicans club called the comments “disgusting” and said “we reject Nazism in any way, shape, or form.”
Nevertheless, conservative criticism forced the cancelation of the transgender training seminar, according to The College Fix.
“This nonsense is completely irrelevant and destructive to the University of Nebraska’s teaching mission, and out of touch with the values of the state it serves,” Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, a Republican, wrote on X.
“University leaders must immediately root out this and all other similar programming across the entire system,” Pillen, a former University of Nebraska regent, said.
University officials released a statement distancing themselves from the training:
UNK said its focus “remains on rigorous academics and student success through effective teaching and creating a welcoming environment for all students.” The university said “the module referenced has been removed,” and noted the content “was from an external professional development series and was not developed internally by UNK.”
“We have addressed the issue and corrected our review process moving forward,” the university stated.
[Featured image from Nebraska Legislature and Megan Hunt]
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