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'What are they afraid of?': Student govt. rejects hosting anti-woke survivor of Maoist China
Campus Reform ^ | 4/21/23 | Thomas Stevenson '23

Posted on 04/25/2023 12:08:29 PM PDT by spirited irish

The student government at Whitworth University (WU) voted to reject a speaker who survived communism under Mao Zedong and criticizes woke culture for suppressing opposing ideas.

During an Apr. 12 meeting, the Associated Students of Whitworth University (ASWU) voted 9-4 against hosting Xi Van Fleet on campus. Van Fleet immigrated from Maoist China to the U.S. and draws parallels between the Chinese Cultural Revolution and what she calls the “Woke Revolution,” according to a description of her book Mao's America: A Survivor's Warning.

WU is a private Christian university in Spokane, Wash.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: totalitarians; woke

1 posted on 04/25/2023 12:08:29 PM PDT by spirited irish
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2 posted on 04/25/2023 12:11:27 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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They’re afraid of being proven wrong and their pride being wounded!


3 posted on 04/25/2023 12:19:58 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as.)
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4 posted on 04/25/2023 12:23:23 PM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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Whitworth is very mediocre.
Average SAT is 1190.


5 posted on 04/25/2023 12:25:10 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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“Shut up!” They explained.

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6 posted on 04/25/2023 12:25:32 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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College educated people COMPLETELY brainwashed, not ONE OUNCE of common sense, can’t make a decision without a group deciding with them, THE LEADERS of our future WHAT A DAMN JOKE!!! Thank God everyday I am in my twilight years, very hard to come to the conclusion that the ASSHATS we elected have led us right into communism without a fight!!!


7 posted on 04/25/2023 12:32:21 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: spirited irish

What are they afraid of?

The truth.


8 posted on 04/25/2023 12:46:31 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: buwaya

What is Yale’s? Aren’t they even woker?


9 posted on 04/25/2023 12:55:48 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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They would learn much. My friend Annie told scary tales of growing up and living in China.


10 posted on 04/25/2023 2:47:24 PM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness ; Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat)
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My wife was 9 years old when the Cultural Revolution started. She is pretty distraught at what seems like getting ready to go through another one here in the US.


11 posted on 04/26/2023 5:59:53 AM PDT by GingisK
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My German mother came to the US in 1956. The distressing stories have a common thread. Sometimes I think I’m projecting their experiences to todays. They can’t possibly be implementing the same tactics!!


12 posted on 04/26/2023 6:20:14 AM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness ; Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat)
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