It has always been the purview of campus critters to engage in violence to silence speech they’d rather not hear. This is an odd view because, in truth, it is to stop speech they don’t want anyone else to hear. As a conscientious objector, they could stay home and play video games or watch reality television, which is about as real as a Kamal Harris speech.
You don’t want to hear it, so don’t go.
Sorry, that’s not good enough. Violence or the threat of it (unrest, nearly peaceful protest)vto silence others is essential to protecting Democracy if you happen to be an idiot or a college Democrat. Recent polling by FIRE.
Thirty-two percent of college students believe it can be acceptable in at least some circumstances to use violence to stop a campus speech, according to a newly released survey of over 50,000 college students from 258 universities. The survey, conducted by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a First Amendment group, is the fifth released by the organization.
I can only assume that by ‘some circumstances,’ they mean in their favor. But what about equity, inclusion, and diversity, oh my? If it is acceptable to use violence to silence obnoxious rubes whose opinions make your skin crawl, then a bunch of counter-protesters attacking pro-Palestinian “students” on campus ought to be okay, too.
I’m not suggesting it, but, you know, equity!
College Republicans lighting trash barrels on fire and threatening bodily harm to liberals on campus (and there are so many to choose from). And, of course, that never happens. But it is instructive. The future of the Left is no different from their ideological masters. The template for their rule is and will always be that political violence from the left, for any reason, is acceptable. In contrast, all other violence (including silence and speech – they are idiots, what can I say) is forbidden (punishable by whatever standard they concoct at the time).
Put another way, lefties can invade Federal buildings without much fear of repercussion because democracy is about mob rule, and they are the mob we’re talking about. Their speech is the only acceptable speech, and should you fail to heed the warnings, you may learn that at your peril.
A lesson the street thugs need to learn as well. History teaches us that once their masters no longer need them, their “speech” will no longer be tolerated.
