By TONY GUERRERO
Hays Post
The Fort Hays State University assistant professor defended her Facebook posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Nuchelle Chance of the psychology department posted a TikTok video Monday saying she is being targeted online by Libs of TikTok, an X account with 4.4 million followers, and other online accounts.
On Sept. 10, the day Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a debate at Utah Valley University, Chance posted the following the same day:
"In my post, I just stated that there's karma," Chance said in the TikTok video. "There's irony associated with that, and that's by no means to celebrate someone's death."
Chance added when she thinks of karma and irony, she thinks of it in a scientific sense rather than a mythical one. Chance compared the death of Kirk to Newton's laws of physics, saying that energy is not destroyed.
"I believe that it's passed and transferred. The energy that one puts out, one receives," Chance said.
Chance also made the following post on her social media:
In her video response, she pointed out FBI statistics about the demographics of mass shooters.
"Not that I conclude that every single white American man is a terrorist or potentially violent. I mean, I come from a white home. I'm actually biracial, and I'm half white myself," Chance said.
Chance said that events like 9/11 and the Virginia Tech shooting have shaped her views on gun control and that they should not impact her work.
"Who I am as a person outside of my professional spaces should never be put under attack," she said. "The institution that I am an employee at has been put in a hard place. I'm black in America. I get hard places."
Scott Cason, FHSU’s chief communications officer, said in a press release the university is aware of content on the X account Libs of TikTok linking a faculty member to social media posts about Charlie Kirk.
"Individuals who post commentaries to their personal social media accounts do not speak for the University, nor does their commentary reflect the views or values of this university," Cason said.
Cason said FHSU is reviewing the situation as a confidential personnel matter and asks for patience as they address it.
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"Although I am mentally exhausted, I realized that no one's going to speak up for you but yourself. You have to be your own advocate," Chance said. "I refuse to be anyone's victim."
Libs of TikTok, a right-wing social media account that curates and reposts videos designed to provoke outrage among conservative followers, posted the following Sunday and tagged the FHSU X page.
The university also shared its press release on its X page, where Libs of TikTok responded with criticism.
"Sorry, but I don't have 'patience' for professors who call white Americans 'dangerous animals' and mock the murder of a young father. This statement says absolutely nothing," the X post said.