Thursday, October 05, 2006

Free speech shouted down, threatened at Columbia University

By now, you may have very well seen reports about the Leftist near-riot at Columbia University at the beginning of a speech by a member of the Minuteman Project. At this so-called bastion of free speech, the speaker was shouted down, not allowed to speak and was clearly in harm's way, all while the Columbia "police" stood by, watched and essentially did nothing.

Several issues come to mind, not the least of which is the fact the Far Left in the USA (and in many of the universities where they're groomed and allowed to run free) has been and is crossing a very dangerous line, as they see their influence waning and their causes being defeated by Middle America.

How long will it be before, in their last attempts to have relevancy, they seriously injure or kill someone?

Next issue, when will common sense Americans absolutely put their foots down in the universities that allow these nuts to behave like this, all in the name of so-called "Freedom of Speech," and force these universities to display and teach political balance and civil discourse, or be gone ... lose funding ... be shut down? Some of these schools have become pretty close to our version of the hate-spewing mosques we see in parts of the world. These schools run on public and private funds - funds that can indeed be cut off if the public is willing.

Last, will issues like this finally awaken the vast, sleepy political middle enough that everyone recognizes the threat the Far Left truly brings, who supports them, and with whom they are aligned? What do you see as the answer?

By the way, the link that follows takes you to a press release about the incident:
http://www.minutemanproject.com/default.asp?contentID=193

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

universities have always been a place where free speech should be endorsed, but rarely is. most times its not by being shouted down that prevents the freedom, but speech codes.

it seems ironic to me that universities, supposed meltingpots of ideals and ideas, now seem to be nothing more than a leftist factious quagmire.

the right wing? individual rights?? pfft!! it doesnt matter...


i found a book very enlightening...
http://www.thefire.org/index.php/article/5063.html

just to show that things like this arent being tolerated by everyone...

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the lead on the site, Oblivious Tom.