The totalitarian acts
of a cowardly university days before my scheduled appearance
The University of California Berkeley has an unearned reputation
as the “home of the Free Speech movement,” a reference to the 1964 campaign by
that name, which was really about the right to conduct political recruitment
for leftist causes on the campus proper. Free speech was obviously already a
right guaranteed by the First Amendment and California law. This history came
immediately to mind when I received an invitation from College Republicans to
speak on campus April 12. The subject of my lecture would be my bestselling
book, Big Agenda President Trump’s Plan to Save America,”
not likely to be a popular subject among Berkeley’s student activists.
Two months previously, a speech by Milo Yiannopoulos had to be
canceled when anarchists staged a riot, injuring several bystanders and causing
$100,000 in property damage. Campus police were present but did nothing to
prevent or stop it. Although my visibility on campuses is considerably lower
than Milo’s, I did wonder how the UC police department was going to deal with the
safety issues surrounding my event. [more...]
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