Violent Reactions to Pro-Life Exhibit at UMass/Amherst

mass news ^ | April 18, 2003 | By Izzy Lyman

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Liberalism, the Party of Love at UMASS

Chant: Liberalism is a peaceful religion.

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Race:

It's oddly comforting to find that nothing has changed in Amherst since I left nearly 24 years ago. For example:

"....The woman responded by telling Manikoff she found the display "horribly offensive." Then the encounter took a physical turn....."

Translation: all students have an unlimited right not to be offended, with the exception of students who hold orthodox Christian and conservative political views for whom ritual offenses are mandatory so that they may reform their counter-revolutionary thought to "right thinking."

"...."She reaches across and takes the hammer out of my hand, gesturing it in my face and going, 'How dare you as a woman. You should be ashamed of yourself.'"...."

Translation: Only one view of femininity is acceptable. All others are traitorous, even "offensive." Women who transgress against this rule court verbal and physical assault from the campus thought police (as well as other militant defenders of civil liberties).

".....A scuffle ensued as Manikoff attempted to prevent the "LARGER" woman from swinging the hammer...."

The most militant supporters of abortion-rights on campus were always the co-eds least likely to ever be in a position to contemplate a need for the procedure. Reminds me of the days when a group of gals decided to "occupy" the Collegian (the quite good UMass student newspaper) because, if my memory serves me, it didn't include a weekly insert devoted to "woman's issues" in which radical feminists could rant (paid for with mandatory student activity funds, of course). They marched with picket signs and chanted slogans in the downstairs corridor of the campus center and had a "slumber party" in the Collegian offices at night. The paper was unable to publish for a couple of weeks due to this exercise of free speach rights. We wags described the fun as the "ugly girls party." Cruel but accurate.

Anyway, three cheers for Miss Manikoff for her display of courage and willingness to stand up to the thought police. I am certain that her actions are not unnoted by the Saints in heaven, both born and unborn.

Regards,

Dan