{"result":"update_story","description":"<p>A UBC professor has found herself at the centre of an online furore after a social media account in her name posted an apparent celebration of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.<\/p> <p><meta charset=\"utf-8\" \/><\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\">The account, which featured the name and photograph of Dr. Karen Pinder, who teaches at UBC&rsquo;s Faculty of Medicine, has since been deleted.<\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\">Posts made by the account in the aftermath of the attempted murder of Trump included &ldquo;Damn, so close. Too bad&rdquo; and &ldquo;What a glorious day this could have been!&rdquo;<\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\">In a statement, a UBC representative told NowMedia it is &ldquo;aware of Dr. Pinder&rsquo;s post and is looking into the matter.&rdquo; <\/p>\n\t\t<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1515615292703-0\" class=\"dfp-ad dfp-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">\n\t\t<script>\n\t\t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(\"div-gpt-ad-1515615292703-0\"); });\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <p dir=\"ltr\"><img alt=\"&lt;who&gt; Photo credit: X\" src=\"\/files\/files\/images\/pinder2.png\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" \/><\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\">The spokeswoman added: &ldquo;The university does not condone violence of any kind.&rdquo;<\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\">Trump was shot in the ear on Saturday while speaking to supporters at a rally in Pennsylvania. <\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\">Politicians across the world have since urged their citizens to dial back the more extreme claims and insults that have become common across the West in recent years.<\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\">BC Premier David Eby said he was &ldquo;deeply concerned&rdquo; about the &ldquo;horrific&rdquo; attempt to murder Trump.<\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;The people of British Columbia abhor political violence in all of its forms,&rdquo; he wrote on X.<\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\"> <\/p> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"> <p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is so disappointing to see from a University of British Columbia Professor.<br \/> <br \/> No classroom in this province should have room for this kind of radicalism.<br \/> <br \/> This isn&rsquo;t about left vs right &mdash; it&rsquo;s about right vs wrong. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bcpoli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bcpoli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eF6lLQU11f\">https:\/\/t.co\/eF6lLQU11f<\/a><\/p> &mdash; John Rustad (@JohnRustad4BC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnRustad4BC\/status\/1812359467545002171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <p> <\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\">Conservative Party of BC Leader John Rustad, meanwhile, condemned both the assassination attempt and the post by the X account. <\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\">He said it was &ldquo;so disappointing to see from a University of British Columbia professor.&rdquo; <\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;No classroom in this province should have room for this kind of radicalism,&rdquo; he wrote on X. <\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;This isn&rsquo;t about left vs right &mdash; it&rsquo;s about right vs wrong.&rdquo;<\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\">BC United Leader Kevin Falcon also condemned the shooting of Trump, writing: &ldquo;Democracy is sacred and must always be conducted free of violence.&rdquo;<\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\">On the other side of the Rockies, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith today urged &quot;progressive politicians&quot; to be &quot;careful of their language.&quot;<\/p> <p dir=\"ltr\">She added: &quot;The way in which conservative politicians have been characterized is outrageous. And that has, I think, led to the culture we&#39;ve seen in the US.&quot;<\/p>","title":"UBC 'looking into' apparent post by professor celebrating Trump assassination attempt"}