BITCHFEST -- THE EXTREMISTS ON THE FAR LEFT AND FAR RIGHT

[HairOfTheDog]

This story didn't surprise me, but does disappoint me. Too many college and university campuses are plagued with intolerant extreme liberalism, in my opinion.

Campuses used to be a setting for learning, debate, and exposure to diversity in backgrounds and beliefs. If I wasn't interested in a topic or a speaker, I simply didn't attend if it wasn't required.

I fully support and respect students' rights to peacefully protest white supremacists making speeches on their campuses; I don't agree with the ignorant rhetoric of white supremacists either. But, the extremists who resort to setting fires and inflicting violence are fucking stupid and counter-productive.


This week, Professor Allison Stanger was escorting controversial author Charles Murray (both pictured above) off the Middlebury campus in Vermont. He's the author of The Bell Curve, which contends that blacks are inferior to whites due to genetics.

Hundreds of students and 'outside agitators' were protesting Murray's lecture. When Professor Stanger was escorting him off campus, some of the protesters pulled her hair so forcefully her neck was seriously injured, then they threw a stop sign at Murray's vehicle as he was pulling off campus.

I'd have either skipped Murray's speech, or attended it and trolled the shit outta him with challenging questions (respectfully enough, of course).

Even smart liberal comedians like Bill Maher and Chris Rock, along with more conservative comedians like Larry the Cable Guy, refuse to perform at universities these days; the audiences are too easily offended by jokes that don't cater to their sensitivities or political beliefs. It's a sorry state of affairs.