David Horowitz, an expert on academic freedom and the struggle between the west and Islamo-Fascism. Posted an article on www.frontpagemag.com describing the hostile conditions in which the MSA and their Progressive allies created during his designated lecture at UWM the last Wednesday.
Before I even arrived at the University of Wisconsin, members of the MSA had torn down 2,000 flyers posted to advertise my event, and surrounded students distributing our pamphlet at a table while screaming “cancel the speech.” Their efforts at intimidation had so alarmed campus security that university officials ordered metal detectors and a security force of a more than dozen burly officers and staffers for the event. I didn’t count how many individuals had to be ejected during my remarks but there were many. Ironically, the standard complaint of the Muslim Students’ Association is that my ad “endangered” safety of Muslim students and should have been suppressed for that reason. In fact the conservative students who organized my event and were the chief opponents of the MSA, were mainly dressed in suits and ties and were exceptionally polite. They did not shout back or rant, as the MSA students and their progressive supporters did, nor had they torn down posters or ever obstructed speakers for MSA events.
Included in the attacks against our right to free speech was an anti-Semitic cartoon and libelous remarks on Horowitz's credibility.
I've lost what little respect I had for the MSA and their allies on campus. They show no ability to engage in a debate of the facts, and resort to hate speech and intimidation to squash any free speech that goes against their ideals. They were offered a public chance to denounce Islamo-Fascism, Hamas, the PLO, ect. and they did not take it. Tells you something does it not?
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