Appalling rant of ex-University of Oregon staffer fired for telling Trumpers to commit suicide

A University of Oregon employee who was fired after telling Trump voters to commit suicide claimed in a new Instagram rant that he is the real victim in the situation.

Leonard Serrato was fired from his position as deputy director of Fraternity and Sorority Life after being placed on leave for telling Trump supporters to jump off a bridge in a video posted shortly after the Republican won the November election .

But Serrato claimed on Instagram Live that the media had changed the meaning of his video, leading to a campaign of harassment against him.

“Once it went viral, the theme of my video changed. [The news media] changed the story to me telling all Trump supporters to stop living themselves,” Serrato said on December 20 during an Instagram Live seen by the Daily Emerald.

‘I was then doxxed on Twitter because of this. Not just my work email address, my personal email address, my street address, my family’s address in Los Banos, and my cell phone number.”

Serrato said that after posting the controversial video, he received thousands of threats and was called homophobic, fatphobic and racist slurs.

He added that he believes it was his own students who made the video of him telling Trump supporters to commit suicide to go viral.

“At the time my account was public and so people recorded what I said and posted it,” Serrato said. “They were students who did this, but I know they were students because it was originally posted on the anonymous app Fizz.”

The school called the reason for Serrato’s dismissal “personal” and did not elaborate on why he no longer holds the position.

Serrato worked as the associate director of Fraternity and Sorority Life at the University of Oregon before posting a video on Instagram with the shocking message for Republican voters.

‘I’m done crying. My sorrow is over. My anger has begun,” said Serrato, who described himself as a “proudly petty person.”

He continued, “I say 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 before. whole lives. You can literally fuck yourself if you voted for Donald Trump.

‘If you think it’s a shame that your groceries are so expensive, look for a better-paying job. Do better in life. Get a damn education.

“Do something, because you’re stupid and I hope you jump off that bridge.”

Serrato then addressed his “LGTBQIA” students, as well as those of “color.”

“Take care of yourself and know that you have my support,” he said.

The university said KOIN in November that it was conducting an investigation into the matter.

“The University of Oregon finds the statements in the video abhorrent and inconsistent with our values ​​or mission,” the college said.

“We appreciate the conflict between his statements, his role in student life at the university and our institutional values.”

Serrato had previously served prison time in connection with the fatal hazing of an 18-year-old fraternity pledge at Fresno State University.

He was a student in 2012 when he was involved in the alcohol-related death of Philip Dhanens.

Police said Serrato and others pushed Dhanens to drink dozens of shots. He had a blood alcohol level of 0.4 when he died.

Serrato was one of the people who bought the alcohol.

Dhanens had only been at university for two weeks when he took part in a drinking binge in an off-campus dorm.

Serrato’s attorney told ABC at the time that the incident “had a tremendous impact on a number of people, including Mr. Serrato and his family.”

The lawyer added: ‘[Serrato] is deeply remorseful that this young man died at such a young age from this type of tragedy and he accepts responsibility for his actions and we will move forward from here.”

Serrato went to work at Fresno State as an assistant advisor of fraternity and sorority life.

He subsequently became an anti-hazing activist and used his experience to give speeches at colleges across the country.

Serrato was just one of many who spread questionable messages after Trump’s election victory.

The editor of America’s oldest magazine launched a stunning outburst against Republicans following Donald Trump’s election victory in November.

Scientific American editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth railed against Trump supporters in now-deleted social media posts, calling them fascists, racists and sexists.

“I apologize to the younger voters that my Gen X is so full of damn fascists,” Helmuth wrote on the social media platform Bluesky.

She also wrote: “Solidarity for everyone whose meanest, stupidest and most intolerant high school classmates are celebrating their first results because they have to go to the moon and back.”

Helmuth then went after her own home state: “Every four years I remember why I left Indiana (where I grew up) and why I respect the people who stayed and tried to make it less racist and sexist.

“The moral arc of the universe will not bend itself.”

Helmuth was fired from her job days later.