A University of Oregon employee who sparked backlash by calling on Donald Trump voters to commit suicide has been suspended.
Leonard Serrato, the school’s assistant director of fraternity and sorority life, was called “abhorrent” by his employer after sharing an angry rant about the presidential election results on Instagram.
In the clip, Serrato said he was “done crying” and that his “anger had gotten the better of him,” and said he was a “proudly mean person” who went after acquaintances who supported Trump.
‘I’m saying this in the most disrespectful way possible – I don’t care if you’re my family, I don’t care if you’re my friend, I don’t care if we’ve been friends our whole lives – You can literally go fuck yourself if you voted for Donald Trump.’ , said.
‘If you’re so sad because your purchases are expensive, get a better paying job. Do better in life. Get a damn education. Do something, because you’re fucking stupid and I hope you jump off a fucking bridge.
Leonard Serrato, assistant director of fraternity and sorority life at the University of Oregon, has been placed on administrative leave after sharing a shocking response to Donald Trump’s landslide victory in the presidential election.
After Serrato’s video circulated widely on social media, the University of Oregon placed the employee on administrative leave and said it was “investigating” the clip.
“The University of Oregon finds the statements made in the video hateful and do not align with our values or mission,” the school said in a statement.
‘We appreciate the conflict between your statements, your role in the University’s student life, and our institutional values. This individual has been placed on administrative leave.
‘We opened an investigation and are reviewing the matter under university policies and the individual’s role as a public employee.
‘We advise the individual and request and confirm that the post is not working. As a public university, we take seriously our duty to provide an environment that embraces diversity of thought and respect consistent with our educational mission.
“As we investigate, we are providing support to concerned students and employees, including resources for mental and emotional health.”
The UO employee said, “If you’re so sad because your purchases are expensive, get a better-paying job.” Do better in life. Get a damn education. Do something, because you’re fucking stupid.
A university spokesperson previously downplayed Serrato’s rant, saying “it appears the individual made the post on his own time, which is within his rights.”
It was later revealed that Serrato served prison time in connection with the hazing death of an 18-year-old fraternity member at Fresno State University.
Serrato was a college student in 2012 when he was involved in the alcohol-related death of Philip Dhanens.
Police said Serrato and others encouraged Dhanens to drink dozens of drinks. He had an alcohol level of 0.4 when he died.
Serrato was one of the people who bought the alcohol.
The 18-year-old had only been at college two weeks when he participated in a drunken binge at an off-campus fraternity.
Serrato’s lawyer at the time told ABC that the incident “had an enormous effect on several people, including Mr. Serrato and his family.”
The lawyer added: ‘(Serrato) is very sorry that this young man died at such a young age due to this type of tragedy and accepts responsibility for his actions and we will move forward from here.’
Serrato served prison time in connection with the hazing death of an 18-year-old fraternity member at Fresno State University. He is pictured at his sentencing hearing in 2012.
Philip Dhanens, pictured, died in 2012 after a fatal hazing incident for which Serrato was later jailed.
Serrato was just one of many who issued questionable messages following Trump’s landslide election victory.
Serrato went on to work at Fresno State as an assistant fraternity and sorority life advisor.
He later became an anti-hazing activist and used his experience to give speeches at universities across the country.
Serrato was far from alone in issuing an incendiary response to Trump’s landslide election victory.
Laura Helmuth, editor in chief of Scientific American, the nation’s oldest magazine, lashed out at Trump supporters in now-deleted social media posts, calling them fascists, racists and sexists.
“I apologize to younger voters because my Generation X is so full of damn fascists,” Helmuth wrote on the social media site Bluesky.
He also wrote: “Solidarity with all those whose meanest, dumbest, most intolerant high school classmates are celebrating first results because they screw them to the moon and back.”
Helmuth then attacked his own home state: ‘Every four years I remember why I left Indiana (where I grew up) and I remember why I respect the people who stayed and are trying to make it less racist and sexist.
“The moral arc of the universe is not going to bend.”
