If anyone thought the assassination of Charlie Kirk would serve as a wake-up call to the Left—that maybe, just maybe, it’s time to rethink the rhetoric and stop feeding instability—they were mistaken. Instead of lowering the temperature, the campus Left seems determined to raise it even further.
At the University of North Carolina Wilmington, the situation already escalated to the point where the Chancellor warned that law enforcement would intervene if clashes between conservative and leftist students continued. And now at Georgetown, things have taken a darker turn. Flyers from the so-called “John Brown Club” have appeared on campus, echoing the chilling phrase allegedly written on the bullets used by Kirk’s assassin: “Hey, Fascist! Catch!”
I am aware of the appalling posters that were displayed on Georgetown’s campus today.
At a moment like this, Georgetown has to determine what it stands for as an institution. ED officials have spoken to Georgetown administrators, who made the decision to remove the flyers.…
— Secretary Linda McMahon (@EDSecMcMahon) September 24, 2025
The flyers aren’t satire. They aren’t ambiguous. They come with a QR code linking to a recruitment page promising a “community that’s done with ceremonial resistance and strongly worded letters.” Translation: a call for direct, aggressive, and potentially violent action.
The name behind these flyers isn’t accidental either. John Brown was not just an abolitionist—he was a militant who embraced violence as a political weapon. In 1856, Brown and his men committed the Pottawatomie Massacre, dragging five unarmed men and boys from their homes and butchering them. In 1859, his failed raid on Harper’s Ferry left multiple dead, including Haywood Shepherd, a free Black man caught in the crossfire. Brown’s legacy is soaked in blood, and invoking his name today is a deliberate signal: violence is on the table.
This is being posted at Georgetown. pic.twitter.com/55PKpjcAj1
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) September 24, 2025
That’s not just historical trivia—it’s context. The John Brown Gun Club, which shares the same namesake, has direct ties to Antifa and has already been connected to political violence, including armed assaults on ICE facilities. With President Trump officially declaring Antifa a terrorist organization, the presence of these flyers on a major American campus is more than a red flag—it’s an open provocation.
And let’s not miss the symbolism: some of the flyers were found outside campus dormitories, targeting students where they live. That’s intimidation, plain and simple.
Reminder that the first person John Brown murdered was a free black man named Heyward Shepherd…whom Brown’s gang shot in the back. pic.twitter.com/dXMYS5G4yU
— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) September 24, 2025
While the media wrings its hands over “right-wing extremism,” the evidence keeps piling up that it is the radical Left fueling campus unrest, celebrating violence, and normalizing the idea that conservatives aren’t political opponents—they’re “fascists” who deserve harm. From UNC Wilmington to Georgetown, the message is the same: don’t debate, don’t discuss, don’t dissent—destroy.
