Posted on 02/02/2019 2:14:56 PM PST by Kaslin
On Thursday, members of Grand Canyon University's Young Americans for Freedom chapter were told that they would not be able to host conservative pundit Ben Shapiro on campus. The GCU administrators told the students that Shapiro was just too “cut throat” and divisive, according to YAF. Additionally, they reasoned that a Shapiro appearance would not be good for the school long-term, hoping to maintain its culture of unity, love, and respect.
YAF scoffed in response.
“By caving to an unseen mob and ignoring the popularity of Shapiro among its student body, Grand Canyon University just played itself and deserves whatever negative response this brings,” Young America’s Foundation Spokesman Spencer Brown said after the school's announcement. “GCU has abandoned the sentiment of its own proclaimed values, deluded itself into acting like the liberal campuses it claims to differ from, and blindly accepted the Left’s ludicrous argument that Shapiro’s presence somehow damages students, campuses, or debate.”
GCU YAF noted that it will continue to work with YAF "to seek a reversal of this absurd decision.”
Shapiro has faced intolerance at campuses all across the country. When he arrived to speak at UC Berkeley in September 2017, he was met with hundreds of angry protesters. Nine people were arrested and a few of them were even brandishing weapons. Police had to wear riot gear. Thanks to all the heightened security demands, the whole affair cost $600,000.
Some of the protesters outside the venue were chanting about how Shapiro was a "fascist," which highly amused the speaker.
“I have spent my entire career standing up to fascism,” Shapiro told his audience. “Antifa is fascist. I am not a fascist.”
At least Shapiro was allowed to show up. Months earlier Berkeley cancelled an event with conservative speaker Milo Yiannopoulos, again citing security issues.
From the folks who preach diversity non-stop...
Just not diversity of thought...
When are we going to put an end to the anarchist faculty at our universities?
He ought to decorate a board with the school colors of every university where he’s been un-welcomed. It’s a badge of honor.
University:
The place you expen$ively go in order to NOT learn.
Why not NOT learn for free at home..?
Although you might actually LEARN a little, there.
More and more I just don’t understand the raison d’etre of The University System in the USA.
Peter Thiel, world-class VC.
Put an end to universities. They’re like a sick horse that’s no longer able to function.
Tolerance.
Grand Canyon describes itself as a Christian school. Really, it is time to stop pretending.
I thought that the DOJ was looking into things like this.
What? Collusion?
Sue the bastards!
A private for profit christian university. They have the same rights as a home owner in controlling speech on their property.
Likewise, I have the right to find their graduates and degrees as unqualified due to their exposure to counter views.
Translation: The guy makes a rock-solid case and we have no counter-argument at all, therefore we need him to stay away from out students.
Disagree with this but I do block him from coming thru my PC speakers. Just do not like him.
If they wanted to listen to Never-Trump drivel, they could just turn on CNN
GCU is an overpriced joke. They have a good basketball team occasionally, but the education one receives there isn’t worth the exorbitant cost. No loss there, Ben.
‘Grand Canyon University’
A place for kids who couldn’t get in anywhere else ?
This guys is PAINFULLY "even handed"... and yet, he is too bad for them? What is the world coming to....
“By caving to an unseen mob and ignoring the popularity of Shapiro among its student body, Grand Canyon University just played itself and deserves whatever negative response this brings,” Young America’s Foundation Spokesman Spencer Brown said after the school's announcement. “GCU has abandoned the sentiment of its own proclaimed values, deluded itself into acting like the liberal campuses it claims to differ from, and blindly accepted the Left’s ludicrous argument that Shapiro’s presence somehow damages students, campuses, or debate.”
Or, more succinctly, Grand Canyon University should go be fruitful and multiply, but not in those words.
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