[Hawk720]

They probably can get away with it, but they’d be better off doing what BYU-Idaho did recently: ban both Campus Republicans and Campus Democrats to avoid the whole thing.

Terry McAuliffe is already involved, and this will likely blow up into some big thing.

And I wouldn’t be surprised to see a bunch of liberal private colleges banning their Campus Republicans in retaliation.

[DonaldC]

“And I wouldn’t be surprised to see a bunch of liberal private colleges banning their Campus Republicans in retaliation.”

And that’s ok. ‘Bout time we see where people/organizations stand.

[PJBankard]

“And I wouldn’t be surprised to see a bunch of liberal private colleges banning their Campus Republicans in retaliation.”

I don’t see that happening. Most(not all) private colleges are Conservative in nature and religious based. The few that aren’t won’t remove those clubs for fear of losing a large amount in donations. Even with just the Obama Speach, Notre Dame has lost millions of dollars from donors who are displeased with what the college has done. I seriously doubt the private “liberal” univerisities who draw in the big donations will risk that loss. And those that aren’t private(state ran) will never remove those programs. This is sorta of a win win situation for the Conservative Base in Universities/Colleges.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

This is wrong, but it’s a private university so they can probably get away with this. Still, it is not conducive to free speech I would think.

They probably can get away with it, but they’d be better off doing what BYU-Idaho did recently: ban both Campus Republicans and Campus Democrats to avoid the whole thing.

Terry McAuliffe is already involved, and this will likely blow up into some big thing.

And I wouldn’t be surprised to see a bunch of liberal private colleges banning their Campus Republicans in retaliation.

I put it to you that you are conducting this discussion in a moderated forum in which Democrats' POV is systematically ridiculed, and in which Democrats are prevented from using their normal methods of argumentation.

Frankly, the Democrats' system is that of the Sophists, and that of the "conservatives" is that of the philosophers:

sophist

1542, earlier sophister (c.1380), from L. sophista, sophistes, from Gk. sophistes, from sophizesthai "to become wise or learned," from sophos "wise, clever," of unknown origin. Gk. sophistes came to mean "one who gives intellectual instruction for pay," and, contrasted with "philosopher," it became a term of contempt. Ancient sophists were famous for their clever, specious arguments.

philosopher

O.E. philosophe, from L. philosophus, from Gk. philosophos "philosopher," lit. "lover of wisdom," from philos "loving" + sophos "wise, a sage."

"Pythagoras was the first who called himself philosophos, instead of sophos, 'wise man,' since this latter term was suggestive of immodesty." [Klein]

Modern form with -r appears c.1325, from an Anglo-Fr. or O.Fr. variant of philosophe, with an agent-noun ending. . . .

Democrats systematically prevent rational discussion. They can do this in any context which is not overtly hostile to them, such as FR is. Look what happens when an Ann Coulter tries to speak at a college . . .

The "liberal" colleges can suppress Republican expression on campus as readily as Liberty U. can suppress Democratic clubs on its campus. The only reason they wouldn't do so is that it would make explicit what they would rather do behind the scenes.

That said, the only schools that can really pull off what Liberty U. is assaying to do are schools that ban students from applying for any federal aid. Hillsdale college, and Grove City College are the two that come to mind . . .