"Conservative pundit" William Kristol was hit with a pie while making a speech at Earlham college. The Indianapolis Star In a related note, heckling and standing ovations interrupted Ann Coulter, another conservative, while she was speaking at Kansais University. The Lawrence Journal-World
These are not isolated incidents. David Horowitz tells similar tales of his experiences on campuses across the country. Tolerance only applies to those who share a similar viewpoint.
This is not an indictment against all liberals. Some liberals are quite tolerant of conservative viewpoints. These are, as a general rule, the actions of a few bad apples. Quite a few bad apples, at quite a few campuses--while Earlham is known for its Peace Studies program, KU hardly sounds like a bastion for liberalism.
It is also true that some conservatives are downright intolerant of liberal ideas. Still, I can't think of a similar incident involving a liberal speaker. Feel free to correct me.
If we had diversity of thought in today's universities, incidence like these would be fewer and further between. This is not at pandemic levels, but it is still worth drawing attention to.
It is true we are a divided nation. When our emotions run so hot that we cannot even listen to the other side, we have problems. A little open debate is a good thing in our free society.
Even for someone as close-minded as Ann Coulter.
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http://www.progressive.org/mcwatch03/mc052203.html
http://bill-in-portland-maine.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/28/2344/23609
http://www.pandagon.net/mtarchives/001026.html
Ann Coulter, btw, suggested that we round up liberal students and kill them. So a pie and heckling is the leats of her worries.
David Horowitz is a pathological liar.
http://mediamatters.org/archives/search.html?topic=David%20Horowitz
I have a question: What do college conservatives want? They consider themselves 'oppressed' because they have NO IDEA what oppression even means. Having to hear ideas you disagree with is not a crime. Being disagreed with is not torture. getting bad grades for doing bad work is not oppression. They dig up some incidents of real harassement, but no indication that those incidents constitute a pattern, or that liberal students don't face the same.
And what's the solution? They ask for more conservative professors and more conservative speakers. In other words, they want affirmative action.
Indoctrinated students can be forgiven. They normally change their tune once they start paying taxes. Its the nutty state tax funded professors that should get the pie.
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