What's the opposite of Diversity? University.
Andy Ngo's presentation at Darmouth canceled due to threats of violence. Antifa win again as Dartmouth cancels my event on far-left violence.
The irony runs deep at Dartmouth. A presentation on Leftist violence is canceled due to threats of Leftist violence. I think that makes his point better than anything he could have said. It is still sad.
I was scheduled to speak last week at Dartmouth College by invitation of the chapter College Republicans and Turning Point USA. The Thursday “Extremism in America” event was meant to highlight America’s long history with far-left violent extremism, a subject politicians and media oft ignore and deny.
Gabriel Nadales, a former member of California militant leftist groups, was the co-speaker. But we never got to step on stage to a live audience.
Soon after the event was announced, Antifa and its army of online trolls threatened violence to shut it down.
Go read the rest.
I should have said...
ReplyDeleteThere is a legal/lawyer's definition of the Heckler's Veto, but in common parlance it is as follows. From the Wiki...
"In the United States, a heckler's veto is a situation in which a party who disagrees with a speaker's message is able to unilaterally trigger events that result in the speaker being silenced."
The legal definition is invoked when the government backs up the heckler in the name of public safety. Which is what they are doing in a lot of cases.
And yes there are better sources, if you have time, find them and leave a comment. I have to run.