Posted on 01/29/2011 9:19:51 PM PST by OddLane
Patterson is fille with jihad critters. Mohammed Atta lived there..
Tweeted it and was happy to see it’s all over Twitterland already! We need talk radio on this manana!!
BTDT in Europe last century; we are not going there again.
At least the perpetrators there were or are in the process of being punished.
People are discussing this all over Twitter, based upon my observations.
The more news of this outrage is spread, the better.
First a Thank You message for Atlas from one of the organizers of the protest: Thank You Pamela Geller
I arrived at Rutgers University around 5pm. Already people were arriving to attend the event. As it drew closer to the event, people started to get in line and patiently wait to be let in and for everything to begin.
A campus policewoman came in and announced that there was an area outside the hall designated for those who wanted to protest the event. Those who wanted to peacefully attend the talk were welcome to do so. They were also assured that it was open to the public and did not have to pay the Optional $5 to see the event.
However, things soon changed. The organizers sent out feelers into the hall and, after estimating that there were "150 Zionists" there, then decided to charge a $5 fee to enter. This was a clear case of false advertising since it was announced on their Facebook account. Despite people actually accessing the facebook page on their phones to that it was open to the public. Too Bad, according to the organizers.
What followed was an impromptu protest inside Douglas Hall. At one point, upon hearing that Rutgers Students would be admitted for free, the Jewish students held their Student ID cards high and demanded to be let in. But to no avail.
Another Pro-Israeli group wearing yellow shirts saying "Don't Politicize the Holocaust" came in as well. Don't Politicize the Holocaust
They were still not allowed to enter. A few people (I observed 7 in all) were allowed to enter upon paying the Blood Money. These people, however, were already supporters of the other side.
At one point, a Libyan Jewish refugee made a short statement before exiting the protest.
Despite not being allowed in, the spirits of the Pro-Israel crowd remained high and it certainly was contagious.
I’d be surprised if I was the first. I hope FIRE does get involved though - they’re the heavyweights in fighting civil-rights violations in academia.
No doubt about that.
But its officials can be sued in federal court because it is a state institution on the theory that they are in violation of the "equal protection" clause of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution.
Recall that the "equal protection" clause applies to states and their agencies (including cities and counties, BTW, since they are creations of state government) only, but not to the federal government. Historically, the "equal protection" clause was the basis for, e.g., the Brown case vs. Topeka, Kansas regarding school segregation and the more recent cases against the University of Michigan (a state university) with respect to affirmative action in admission policies.
The point is that the fact that the university takes federal funds isn't a prerequisite for suing them in federal court. The suit can be filed in federal court on federal constitutional grounds alone.
This deals with a plethora of federal civil rights statutes as well. And God only knows how many laws a state like NJ would have in place to protect minorities, in this case “zionists.”
It would just be easier for the U to decertify the organization based on its violation(s) of the U’s regs, and to charge its officers personally whatever the cost of the event was. Hit ‘em where it really hurts, especially if that means tapping into financial aid or grants. Oh, yeah, U grants should be withdrawn in light of their egregious behavior. It would be as effective as any long, protracted lawsuit which they would spin so they are the victims. They would do anyway if the U decertifies. But the U has clear cut valid reasons to decertify.
True but it has to stop now. They receive federal funds, they have to follow the law of the land. If they think they will have a problem they have to take the least intrusive measures possible to prevent the problems, without violating civil rights This is a great case to pursue because they clearly “banned Jews” by singling out people wearing Yarmulkas, and thereby broke the law and denied rights to Jews that they offered to others. That is plain as day anti-Jewish discrimination and should be an easy case to win.
Those who say anti-Zionism is not anti-semitism need only look at this case. The organizers and the university spefically banned Jews from the anti-Zionist rally. It doesn’t get much clearer what their true feelings are.
And yes, Christians are currently discriminated against in many ways. Christians (practicing Christians I should say) are often prohibited from joining certain campus groups.
We should have stopped it when they first started violating the civil rights of Christian and conservative students and then it would not have “progressed” onto Jewish students.
We need to remember this. With the leftists/internationalists politically incorrect Jews and Christians are in the same boat of being hated by this particular mob.
The persecution is only going to get worse if they continue to get away with it. We should be one for all and all for one. Federally funded schools don’t get to pick and chose a state religion to be harmed or established.
A sampling of articles from the Rutgers college paper:
http://www.dailytargum.com/search-box-1.1819827?q=zionist
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