Turning Point USA recently held an event at the University of Washington when a mob of leftists, including a guy with a snare drum, showed up to harass them and drown them out.
This has just become routine. Leftists simply will not allow conservatives to speak on college campuses. They snap into action as free speech defenders if conservatives criticize Jimmy Kimmel’s tasteless and relentless attacks on Trump, but go silent the moment a mob shows up to shout down anyone to the right of Bernie Sanders on a college campus.
The College Fix reported:
Protesters try to drown out Turning Point event at U. Washington; 1 arrestedProgressive student groups claimed their free speech was violated Wednesday at the University of Washington after a protester was arrested for trying to drown out my Turning Point USA chapter’s event with Nick Freitas.Protesters chanted “Trans rights are human rights” and “TPUSA go away” as one student banged loudly on a drum. In passing, another protester compared conservatism to a contagion and said we needed to be inoculated.“In a time where opinions are loud and empathy is scarce, the real challenge isn’t choosing a side – it’s choosing to be understood,” Marco Saavedra, a conservative student who attended the event, told me. “Progress begins when we’re willing to listen as deeply as we speak.”However, listening was nearly impossible for the attendees because approximately 25 protesters from left-wing student organizations were chanting and beating drums while our event was taking place.My TPUSA chapter hosted the “Prove Me Wrong” event where Freitas, a former Green Beret and Republican lawmaker turned political commentator, answered questions from the crowd on a number of issues.The Daily, UW’s student newspaper, reported there were about 200 attendees while Rachel Anderson, TPUSA college field representative, estimated that there were 500.Tabling adjacent to us was the newly established Young Americans for Liberty chapter. Both groups were doing our best to promote free speech.A small group of protesters made the event difficult for the rest of us.One student protester who appeared to be affiliated with Institutional Climate Action was arrested after he kept banging loudly on a drum, attempting to drown out Freitas.
Here’s a video:
Here’s video of the drum guy getting arrested for refusing orders to stop.
This is why no one on the right loses any sleep when a college closes down and until the left allows conservatives to speak without harassment, that is not going to change.
Featured image via YouTube.
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