Leftists at Penn U. scream to block former director of ICE from speaking; "Freedom of speech"? Nah.
Most Americans take free speech for granted. I mean, hey, it's a right that's explicity granted by the First Amendment to our wonderful, unique Constitution, right?
Ah. But do you have a "right" if so-called "fellow citizens" can deprive you of that right without any punishment?
That's exactly what's been happening for years in the U.S. Leftists--led by communists and Democrat pols--have been threatening speakers they don't like. At which point campus cops, acting at the direction of liberal adminishits, clear the venue.
Voila, mission accomplished. Which was to prevent the people the Left doesn't like from speaking.
In the latest example, shitty little leftist student AND FACULTY at U. Penn (not Penn State) screamed and yelled to prevent a former director of ICE from speaking.
Cool, eh?
Former ICE director Tom Homan was invited to speak at Penn as part of symposium on immigration. But before he even got on the train to Philadelphia, Homan said he was warned that over 500 students and alumni had signed a petition demanding the event be cancelled, and demanding that the university ban ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officials from speaking at the university.
The petition reads "Under Homan, ICE continued to be a violent organization responsible for terrorizing immigrant communities.... Inviting Homan to speak contradicts Penn's claim of being a sanctuary campus."
See how deft that was? "We will shut down this man's speech because we claim this university is a 'sanctuary campus.'"
As the left sees it, this claim outweighs the First Amendment.
As a matter of law, of course, it doesn't. But the shrieking Left wants to deprive you of the right to speak, so as far as the university adminishits go, that's all that matters.
Of course if you're over 50 you've probably always believed universities were places where people openly debated ideas. Nope. Universities have been ruled by leftist adminishits for decades, and they've gleefully banned all speech they didn't like.
You can't believe that, but it's true. On many universities you can't speak even in open-air locations without getting permission from the adminishits. And if you try speaking without their f'n permission, campus cops will haul your ass away.
Think this violates your right to free speech? If the university is a state school, of course it does. But the adminishits just laugh. They don't give a goddamn what you think. And they control the cops. So your precious "right of freedom of speech don't mean squat.
Homan said the protests began as soon as the moderator of the event approached the podium. Campus security eventually ordered everyone to leave the event room.
Bingo: Left succeeds in blocking speech from someone they hated. Mission accomplished.
"But hey, citizen, you really REALLY have freedom of speech. Except if those of us on the Left don't want you to speak. But we're just doing that out of a sense of fairness. Cuz the Left has always been about fairness, comrade. History shows that we only kill people who've been Oppressing the People!"
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/media/tom-homan-penn-event-canceled-protests
Ah. But do you have a "right" if so-called "fellow citizens" can deprive you of that right without any punishment?
That's exactly what's been happening for years in the U.S. Leftists--led by communists and Democrat pols--have been threatening speakers they don't like. At which point campus cops, acting at the direction of liberal adminishits, clear the venue.
Voila, mission accomplished. Which was to prevent the people the Left doesn't like from speaking.
In the latest example, shitty little leftist student AND FACULTY at U. Penn (not Penn State) screamed and yelled to prevent a former director of ICE from speaking.
Cool, eh?
Former ICE director Tom Homan was invited to speak at Penn as part of symposium on immigration. But before he even got on the train to Philadelphia, Homan said he was warned that over 500 students and alumni had signed a petition demanding the event be cancelled, and demanding that the university ban ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officials from speaking at the university.
The petition reads "Under Homan, ICE continued to be a violent organization responsible for terrorizing immigrant communities.... Inviting Homan to speak contradicts Penn's claim of being a sanctuary campus."
See how deft that was? "We will shut down this man's speech because we claim this university is a 'sanctuary campus.'"
As the left sees it, this claim outweighs the First Amendment.
As a matter of law, of course, it doesn't. But the shrieking Left wants to deprive you of the right to speak, so as far as the university adminishits go, that's all that matters.
Of course if you're over 50 you've probably always believed universities were places where people openly debated ideas. Nope. Universities have been ruled by leftist adminishits for decades, and they've gleefully banned all speech they didn't like.
You can't believe that, but it's true. On many universities you can't speak even in open-air locations without getting permission from the adminishits. And if you try speaking without their f'n permission, campus cops will haul your ass away.
Think this violates your right to free speech? If the university is a state school, of course it does. But the adminishits just laugh. They don't give a goddamn what you think. And they control the cops. So your precious "right of freedom of speech don't mean squat.
Homan said the protests began as soon as the moderator of the event approached the podium. Campus security eventually ordered everyone to leave the event room.
Bingo: Left succeeds in blocking speech from someone they hated. Mission accomplished.
"But hey, citizen, you really REALLY have freedom of speech. Except if those of us on the Left don't want you to speak. But we're just doing that out of a sense of fairness. Cuz the Left has always been about fairness, comrade. History shows that we only kill people who've been Oppressing the People!"
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/media/tom-homan-penn-event-canceled-protests
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