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2/24/2016

In The Name Of Diversity: Conservative Writer’s Speaking Engagement Cancelled By College Funded With Tax Payer Dollars

Filed under: General — Dana @ 4:59 pm



[guest post by Dana]

Whenever we see the heavy-handed authoritarianism of the collective Social Justice Warrior rearing its ugly head with a stranglehold on speech, it’s good to remember that these are the very people who believe that it is they who should make up the rules up for everyone else. We know that the left has never been about free speech, and certainly never embraced with an open-mindedness, opinions differing from their own. They are a narrow-minded, bigoted group who oppose liberty and individualism at every turn. And only those who see the world filtered through their own stiflingly limited prism are allowed to escape the heel of their boot.

Just days before he was scheduled to speak at Cal-State University of Los Angeles (CSULA), conservative writer Ben Shapiro, whose appearance was part of the CSULA Young Americans for Freedom’s (YAF) lecture series, was informed that his appearance had been cancelled. Fittingly, the title of Shapiro’s scheduled talk was “When Diversity Becomes a Problem”.

In his email to the YAF, CSULA President William Covino, who shamefully buckled under to a real fear of diversity by student protesters, determined that a Conservative speaker in a sea of liberals was simply not representative of diversity:

“After careful consideration, I have decided that it will be best for our campus community if we reschedule Ben Shapiro’s appearance for a later date, so that we can arrange for him to appear as part of a group of speakers with differing viewpoints on diversity. Such an event will better represent our university’s dedication to the free exchange of ideas and the value of considering multiple viewpoints.”

Yet as YAF points out, providing”differing viewpoints on diversity” hasn’t always been such a big concern for CSULA. Consider the roster of previous speakers at the college where no effort was made to offer differing points of view:

• Dr. Cornel West addressed “Post Racialism”
• Alia al-Saji spoke on “Cultural Racism: Muslim Veiling, Embodiment, and the Nature of Culture”
• Kimberlé Crenshaw addressed “Racing to Post Racialism: Critical Race Theory, Constitutional Law, and Sustaining Communities”
• Serene Khader lectured on the topic, “Do Muslim Women Really Need Freedom?”
• Angela Davis and Tim Wise will address in a video lecture “Exploring Whiteness” this Wednesday

Diversity, thy name is hypocrisy.

Kudos to Shapiro who isn’t knuckling under:

“The campus fascists have taken over,” Shapiro told Breitbart News. “I pay taxes in the state of California; I’m paying for these whiny children to be indoctrinated by radical leftists. For CSULA to pretend that they’re trying to provide balance isn’t just stupid, it’s insultingly stupid. I am the balance, and they’re too afraid to let me speak. These aren’t diversity warriors. They’re jackbooted thugs. If they want to call the men with guns to shut down free speech, they’ll demonstrate clearly just who they are. I’ll be there on Thursday. See you there, snowflakes.”

Shapiro notes that given this is viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment, if the police attempt to stop him from speaking tomorrow, he will sue under 18 USC 1983.

CSULA and other public institutions of higher learning indulge childish fears when they become little more than a tax-funded playpen for big babies demanding to be protected and pacified in their safe spaces so their beliefs and viewpoints cannot be challenged.

Oh. Did I mention that Shapiro is also an Orthodox Jew??

–Dana

34 Responses to “In The Name Of Diversity: Conservative Writer’s Speaking Engagement Cancelled By College Funded With Tax Payer Dollars”

  1. Hello.

    Dana (86e864)

  2. Shapiro is a very compelling speaker. It is zero surprise that the leftist thugs are trying to squelch his voice.

    JD (34f761)

  3. Maybe they didn’t want him to get killed. Only liberals are non violet pacifists. Leftist are not, remember “by any means necessary.” or the voice of our guns speak the words of justice. Or even “justice come out of the barrel of a gun.”

    gandi (a854ab)

  4. Good on Ben! Thanks, Dana.

    felipe (56556d)

  5. OT, any comments about the action against Gov. Perry being thrown out?
    Is there any recourse to take against those that tried to make doing his job a criminal act?

    MD in Philly (at the moment not in Philly) (deca84)

  6. an interesting question, what ties the attacks on delay and perry, and prospectively paxton is the lawfare outfit, texans for public justice, three guesses on who funds them

    narciso (732bc0)

  7. Lucky perry had his appointees on the court unlike the innocent man he put to death. Or the wrongful death committee looking into it that perry had to squelch by replacing the members with his cronies.

    gandi (a854ab)

  8. the left gets results with tpj and crew, where they played a part over macho grande, the right gets some with judicial watch, yet they are not properly acknowledged as such,

    narciso (732bc0)

  9. texans for public justice
    will I get in trouble saying these are the professional version of a certain amateur version unfortunately well known to some here?

    and, do we know this “gandi” character by another name?

    MD in Philly (at the moment not in Philly) (deca84)

  10. it’s a reasonable surmise, look at it their way, why would want crimethink to get in the way of ‘their thought control’

    narciso (732bc0)

  11. OT, any comments about the action against Gov. Perry being thrown out?
    Is there any recourse to take against those that tried to make doing his job a criminal act?

    I was going to blog on that earlier, MD, but frankly Patterico has been all over this story from the get-go so I thought it only fair to let him have first crack at it. Maybe if he is tied up with other matters and can’t get to it I can put up a post later tonight.

    JVW (9e3c77)

  12. Lucky perry had his appointees on the court unlike the innocent man he put to death. Or the wrongful death committee looking into it that perry had to squelch by replacing the members with his cronies.

    Well, at least he’s not a Nobel Prize Winner slaughtering his fellow Nobel Prize Winners.

    JVW (9e3c77)

  13. I went to CSU in saner days. They’ll never get another penny from me.

    Doug (6c3457)

  14. there’s this, but it downplays the enemy action component, from newt to delay, the huntress, perry and walker, this is all out lawfare:

    http://thefederalist.com/2016/02/24/texas-court-dismisses-indictment-against-former-gov-rick-perry/

    narciso (732bc0)

  15. I can wait, JVW

    Here is a phrase that would warm the heart of any conservative parent,
    “When I grow up I want to work for Judicial Watch…”

    MD in Philly (at the moment not in Philly) (deca84)

  16. Ben Shapiro: “We should target [racists], we should find them, and we should hurt their careers.” Presumably he’s happy that Williams College cancelled John Derbyshire’s speaking engagement.

    scrutineer (9e45b2)

  17. I still am saddened that Delay was in the process of establishing a small community to give older foster kids permanent “roots” and it was scuttled because of the unjust proceedings
    (at least as I understand it).

    MD in Philly (at the moment not in Philly) (deca84)

  18. It’s the same all over.

    South Africa once again inspires the leftists of the world – this time by sacrificing art. Act #2758 of the Race Revolution That Wouldn’t Die was birthed before a statue of Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town. Students (and random deadbeats) demanded the icon of white South African culture be removed from their sight post-haste in March 2015.

    To their disappointment, the school quickly complied and hauled it away, hoping to get back to education. Where’s the fun in that? Hardly worth having a protest, especially since they already had that great little hashtag, “#Rhodes Must Fall.”

    Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2016/02/students-against-racism-burn-paintings-of-white-people/#EYPbtsv2Zqrl2X7k.99

    Rev. Hoagie™® (f4eb27)

  19. Tomorrow? As in Thursday? I’ve got to watch for this tomorrow! Can you provide an update?

    Dan ledbetter (eb8a97)

  20. you know this might have been one of the earliesr versions of lawfare, the symington case,

    This conviction, however, was overturned in 1999 by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Six days into jury deliberations, the trial judge had granted the government’s motion to dismiss a juror because the other jurors complained she was refusing to deliberate with them, a serious breach of the juror’s oath. A three-judge panel of the appeals court ruled 2–1 that there was a reasonable possibility that the juror had actually been removed because she was leaning toward acquittal, and the rest of the jury was frustrated at the prospect of a hung jury (in federal cases, verdicts must be unanimous).

    narciso (732bc0)

  21. scrutineer (9e45b2) — 2/24/2016 @ 6:29 pm (Edit)

    “Racist” is such a great term because it can mean anything that we want it to mean, right scrutineer?

    JVW (9e3c77)

  22. Pity – he’s a very brilliant guy. Have this book, among others, of his. Entertaining consolation material for licking wounds inflicted by caustic liberal relatives. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bullies-ben-shapiro/1113595267?ean=9781476709994

    Judy Eaton (a1a820)

  23. Thanks to those who commented on the actual post subject. I appreciate it.

    Dan ledbetter, I’ll follow up. I heard Shapiro this morning say that there would be a news crew and cameras. And from what I’m reading, there will be a lot of people attending in support of him.

    This is such a giant red flag. Everyone on both sides of the aisle who have the slightest interest in protecting their *own* right to speech, should be concerned.

    Dana (86e864)

  24. Angela Davis and Tim Wise will address in a video lecture “Exploring Whiteness” this Wednesday

    Oh, they will be honoring my heritage!

    *wink*

    Patricia (5fc097)

  25. have you ever read davis’s autobiographer, that’s a few hours you’re never getting back.

    narciso (732bc0)

  26. Patricia,

    Funny girl. Oops. Funny white girl.

    Dana (86e864)

  27. “Racist” is such a great term because it can mean anything that we want it to mean…

    Yes, the left (and fellow travellers on the “right”) will define the term in whatever way does the most harm to their political enemies. Shapiro is insane to advocate the destruction of careers as punishment for thoughtcrime.

    > It’s wrong to silence speakers because of political correctness.
    > Racists should be tracked down and fired from their jobs.

    Good luck reconciling these.

    scrutineer (9e45b2)

  28. Heckler’s veto. I pretty much hold Trump’s view on that.

    nk (dbc370)

  29. Shapiro doesn’t need them, as he can handle anything, but if the IDF showed up as his security, that would be cool beans.
    I enjoy his fight for Americans.

    mg (31009b)

  30. Applause, Patricia.
    I love a good laugh first thing in the a.m.

    mg (31009b)

  31. I wish we were all Shapiro’s.
    God Bless this man.

    mg (31009b)

  32. I am heartened to see that both Shapiro and YAF aren’t backing down. There is no reason the president should be able to cancel a club speaker like this.

    Can’t wait fir the update.

    Patrick Henry, the 2nd (9e3ba0)

  33. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLs7BUtilRE

    OT: great interview of Ted Last night with Meagan Kelly

    jrt for Cruz (bc7456)

  34. A mixed bag in the end. Shapiro went and spoke, the dipsticks protested and set off a fire alarm, and Shapiro left under police escort for his own safety. The dipsticks complained that the administration did not side with them enough; and so did YAF who had invited Shapiro. Having absolutely zero respect for college students of any political stripe, I applaud the administration for making both sides unhappy.
    http://abc7.com/news/ben-shapiro-escorted-from-csula-due-to-angry-protesters/1219358/

    nk (dbc370)


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