Free speech on campus update


Leftist students prevent a rational discussion of hate speech

We read:

"On Wednesday night, Don Feder's Republican Club-sponsored speech on hate crimes was abruptly cancelled due to a high level of disruption by student protestors.

"Feder refused to speak anymore," said University of Massachusetts student Greg Collins, president of the UMass Republican Club, of the official reason for the event's cancellation. "Overall, I don't believe he spoke for more than 10 minutes."

In response to the event's cancellation, many UMass students - and even alumni - have commented on Dailycollegian.com: Some speak with anger at Feder's views, others with a defiant belief in some of the points he made. But more than anything else, most have commented with disgust that none of these views were able to be explored at a deeper level because those who disagreed with Feder disrupted the event to such an extent that he no longer wished to speak to his audience.

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The usual Fascist behavior we expect from the student Left -- aided and abetted by their professors.






Wow! Fliers that criticize Palestinians OK!

University of Maryland:

"University Police have stopped their investigation of what students called offensive, anti-Palestinian fliers that were posted near McKeldin Library last Tuesday after determining no crime had been committed, officials said.

The fliers will be reported as a hate incident to the FBI in end-of-the-year crime statistics because they were offensive to a specific cultural or religious group, said University Police spokesman Paul Dillon. But because they did not incite violence or pose a threat, they could not be considered a crime, he added.

Police launched an investigation after being contacted by university President Dan Mote last week, Dillon said. He said police interviewed students, read complaint e-mails and reviewed surveillance video, but determined posting the fliers did not break the law.

"Basically, these fliers were free speech," Dillon said. "Plain and simple."

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The police had respect for free speech that the university president lacked. Kudos to them and shame on the head of an institution that is supposed to be dedicated to the free exchange of ideas.

But here's the funny bit:

"In the fliers' aftermath, university officials want to create a campus-wide dialogue about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, said Gretchen Metzelaars, director of the Stamp Student Union. The week after spring break, student leaders will meet to plan a summit, which is tentatively scheduled for April. Students will be invited to the summit to speak freely about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Metzelaars said.

Do they SERIOUSLY think that the Muslim students will allow any real dialogue with Jews? Or is it only Muslims who will be invited to "speak freely"?


Posted by John Ray.