Freedom Under Assault Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE OCT 5, 2019 8:00 AM

When students are singled out and harassed for their political opinions, we do not have freedom.

• College Republicans in Connecticut Raise Alarm on Campus Harassment Over Political Views
• College Republicans’ Mural at U. Minnesota Vandalized for Fourth Year in a Row

Many things we hold dear are under assault.

• U. Oklahoma Student Govt. Group Votes to Remove Pledge of Allegiance from Agenda
• Poll Finds Almost Half of College Students Value Creating an Inclusive Society Over Freedom of Speech

Yet it is the left that is in a constant state of rage.

• Yale Student Says His ‘Entitled’ Colleagues Are Obsessed With Political Protests
• Appalachian State Student Newspaper Apologizes for Column That Criticized Social Justice
• U. Wisconsin Pulls Promotional Video for Homecoming that Didn’t Include Minorities

Everything is politicized.

• President of Harvard Apologizes for Comparing School’s Rich Donors to Freed Slaves
• Activists Use Harvard President’s Slavery Gaffe to Demand Divestment from Prisons

Certain things cannot be questioned.

• University of California Announces ‘Gender Pronoun Education/Awareness Initiative’
• Teacher Files Lawsuit After Being Fired for Not Using Transgender Student’s Preferred Pronouns

This is college?

• Petition Demands “Mandatory Hate-Bias Trainings” at Towson University
• Dartmouth Prof Thinks Colleges Should Require White Privilege Courses

A gun would have worked, too.

• College Student Scares Off Potential Sex Attacker by Pretending to be Autistic

Columbia has a sports program?

• Columbia University Bans Marching Band From All Future Athletic Events

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