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Red Fascists at Work

 

What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea coasts, the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of our gallant and disciplined army. These are not our reliance against a resumption of tyranny in our fair land. All of them may be turned against our liberties, without making us stronger or weaker for the struggle. Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms. Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands, every where. Destroy this spirit, and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors. Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage, and you are preparing your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of those around you, you have lost the genius of your own independence, and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises.

Abraham Lincoln, September 16, 1858

 

 

 

It has become so common for leftist groups to attempt to shout down conservatives at state funded colleges and universities that we overlook what a true outrage it is.  Institutions of higher learning are supposed to be places of free inquiry.  Instead, they are today commonly citadels of bigotry and intolerance where campus radicals, aided and abetted by the administrations of these state institutions, play out brown shirt fantasies against anyone with the guts to stand against them.  What happened to conservative commentator Ben Schapiro a few days ago at California State University Los Angeles is typical:

 

Initially, administrators at the taxpayer-funded public university tried to force the postponement of the event in favor of a later event where Shapiro would have to appear alongside speakers who disagreed with him. Shapiro vowed to speak at the original time scheduled, and the university backed down, releasing a statement Thursday:

Author Ben Shapiro was invited to speak this afternoon at Cal State LA by the Young Americans for Freedom, which is a registered student organization. The event, “When Diversity Becomes a Problem,” was funded by the Associated Students, Inc., the student government.

Leading up to the event, there were a number of emails and social media posts that caused concern for the campus community. Given threats and expressions of fear, President William A. Covino proposed a rescheduled event that would be civil and inclusive, and in which Mr. Shapiro and speakers with other viewpoints could offer their perspectives in an organized forum.

“My decision was made in the interest of safety and security,” Covino said. “I am disappointed that Mr. Shapiro has not accepted my invitation to speak in such a forum. He has indicated that he will come to Cal State LA to speak today at the University-Student Union Theatre, where he was originally scheduled to deliver his talk,” Covino told the University community Thursday morning.

Covino added: “I strongly disagree with Mr. Shapiro’s views. But if Mr. Shapiro does appear, the University will allow him to speak. We will make every effort to ensure a climate of safety and security.”

In his remarks, Shapiro blasted Covino and other faculty members who tried to stop the event from taking place, and who had threatened violence against Shapiro, including professors Robert Weide and Melina Abdullah.

He called them “disgusting” and described Covino as a “totalitarian” and an “idiot” whose behavior exemplified “an insane society created by the American left who says that anybody that disagrees with them must be silenced.”

He explained that there are three kinds of diversity: diversity of color, diversity of values, and diversity of ideas. Only the last kind, he said, was valuable to society and could create stable and healthy communities.

Go here to read the rest.  Freedom of speech does not reside in laws or constitutions but upon the willingness of people to defend it.  That we allow this type of atrocious conduct to go on speaks ill of us as a people.

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Philip
Philip
Tuesday, March 1, AD 2016 5:00am

The great Divide. Liberial Tolerance.

Call it the Grand Canyon of Tolerance. A place where hatred is nurturing in the young hearts.
A hatred for good. Void of virtue but filled with indignation towards Liberty. Ah yes…higher education at it’s worse…thanks liberal Universities. You’ve been breading a culture of Nazis that would make Hitler blush.
Great job. 🙁

Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
Tuesday, March 1, AD 2016 7:58am

I never went to college and I thank God that I never did. I was trained and educated in the US Naval Nuclear Power Program – effectively 4 years of real college education shoved down the throat in 2 years of technical training – 12 to 16 hours a day 6 days a week until being sent to the submarine. Then the real training and education began with cleaning the bilges beneath the feedwater control station and steam generator level control system in the feedwater bay of Engineroom Forward. Everytime those Reactor Coolant Charging Pumps started up just forward of where I was cleaning as the boat tosses and turns on the surface in the North Atlantic in November made me realize where I was and what I had done to myself. Don’t puke now – you’ll just have to clean the bilge all over again.
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Freaking spoiled brat millennial children and their commie pinko idiot professors! They got no idea what diversity and tolerance really is – shutting your freaking mouth as your division CPO is screaming at you for not doing a good enough job at bilge cleaning and you’re dog tired from being awake for 16 hours and a reactor coolant leak drill is now going to be randomly run to see how well you respond when you can’t see straight or stand on your feet. I hate godless liberal progressivism.

Father of Seven
Father of Seven
Wednesday, March 2, AD 2016 6:27am

When will Mr. Shapiro run for president? Common sense, guts and the ability to handle a hostile crowd. When was the last time we saw someone with those abilities?

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