Students in the Occupy movement at American University in Washington, D.C. won a triumph for free speech and respect for other points of view this past week… Oops, wait, that’s not what happened.
What happened is this: The American University College Republicans brought a speaker to campus who happens to disagree with the far left. And Occupy students apparently decided this couldn’t be tolerated.
Republican Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona addressed a packed room of students on February 24th. The audience included both those who were interested in what she had to say, and, it turned out, some who wanted to shut her up. The latter group, apparently organized by the AU Occupy movement allowed her to speak for all of 15 minutes before beginning to scream, “Mic check!” which translated means, “Shut up, stupid conservative!”
Even though many in the audience had gathered to hear the governor speak, they instead had to listen to students scream, “The people, united, will never be defeated,” among other things that weren’t really coherent thoughts. The unruly students also lectured the crowd that “racism won’t be tolerated” at AU.
Continue reading the article at The College Fix.
