A professor in Kansas has been placed on leave for social media posts responding to Charlie Kirk’s assassination, including one insinuating “White American men are the most dangerous animals on the planet.”

Nuchelle Chance, an assistant psychology professor at Fort Hays State University, acknowledged her suspension in a defiant TikTok video.

Chance initially posted the day of Kirk’s murder Sept. 10, “Me thinks the word ‘karma’ is appropriate. Sad day all around.” The post included an out-of-context partial quote from him on the Second Amendment.

She reportedly followed with another post two days later saying “But when we tell y’all that statistically… White American men are the most dangerous animals on the planet we’re wrong. Let’s not be hasty they say…”

“Meet Nuchelle Chance. Assistant Professor at @FortHaysState,” Libs of TikTok wrote Sept. 28 in a post on X that had earned 2.2 million views as of Monday.

“She says Charlie’s m*rder is ‘karma’ and thinks White American men are ‘dangerous animals.’

“Any comment @FortHaysState?? Is this in line with your views??”

The university did in fact have something to say – the day after the Libs post:

Fort Hays State University is aware of a social media post on a Libs of TikTok social media page attributing social media statements relating to race and violence to one of our faculty members. 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.  

Teaching, learning, and engagement at FHSU are rooted in free, open, and respectful dialogue, where diverse perspectives can be examined thoughtfully and empathetically. Nowhere is this more important than when addressing sensitive social issues.

We commend the Campus Republican and Young Democrats student organizations, as well as the faculty and students leading the American Democracy Project at FHSU, for their efforts to engage members of our campus community in meaningful dialogue that embodies the values of our university.

We are reviewing this situation as a confidential personnel matter and ask for your patience as we address it with the seriousness it warrants. 

Chance followed that with her own calmly defiant video statement last week painting herself as a victim.

“So, in a nutshell I am being targeted by not only the Libs of TikTok page on X, but also even before that a … black MAGA reverend or pastor that’s also on Instagram.”

Despite having called Kirk’s assassination “karma” in her post, Chance now says that is being misinterpreted, and insists the assassination was “horrible” and that cheering it on would be immoral.

She seemed to imply her critics are being hypocritical for being adamant about the First Amendment while attacking her views – notwithstanding the fact that her critics have the same right to their views.

Chance also bizarrely compares karma to principles of science such as Newton’s laws of physics.

In reality, karma, which comes from Eastern religious dogma, is defined as “the sum of a person’s actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.”

That could be read as Kirk had his assassination by firearm coming because of his support of the Second Amendment.

Indeed, she says in her video, “the energy that one puts out, one receives.”

She also goes on to note that “the shooters, the perpetrators of these mass incidents, they always tend to fit a certain demographic.”

Kansas Republican Party Executive Director Rob Fillion initially thought the story had to be fake news, Chance’s remarks are so egregious.

“If she thinks this way, she should be fired for multiple reasons,” he told The Heartlander Monday.

“Anyone who celebrates the murder of any human being is despicable. Anyone who speaks in her verbiage should not be teaching our students in the state of Kansas.”

Moreover, he said, statistics alone prove her thesis about white men being “the most dangerous animals on the planet” fallacious.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, Chance called the firestorm of outrage over her views a “manufactured outrage campaign rooted in misogynoir,” which Fox explained is “a term she describes as the intersection of racism and sexism faced by Black women. She added that her use of the word ‘animal was drawn from behavioral science and not meant to be degrading.”

Chance’s faculty page on the Fort Hays State University site has been taken down.