The UC Santa Barbara Daily Nexus on David Horowitz's Speech

  "Preparing our young minds for the Future"

This past week, David Horowitz spoke at the University of California at Santa Barbara, another bastion of leftist thought. Naturally, his appearance was met with much opposition from the no-nothing leftist students and no-nothing leftist faculty, who didn't want him to appear at all making an issue of his speaking fees. Of course, these same people would never raise a voice against Amir Abdel Malik Ali coming to speak on behalf of the Muslim Student Association and making all kinds of anti-Semitic statements. At any rate, Horowitz appeared and spoke under security as is usually the case when he speaks on university campuses.

At the same time, an "Alternative" event was held by the university lefties. The UCSB campus paper, the Daily Nexus wrote about both events. Note the cautious, politically-correct tone of the two articles. Also note the comments from the readers-including yours truly

First the report from Horowitz's own site Frontpage Magazine:.

http://frontpagemag.com/2011/05/30/david-horowitz-at-uc-santa-barbara/

Now the Nexus article on Horowitz's appearance. Note the title.

http://www.dailynexus.com/2011-05-27/horowitz-tests-strength-limit-free-speech/

Now the Nexus article on the "Alternative" event:

http://www.dailynexus.com/2011-05-27/students-share-alternative-views/comment-page-1/#comment-102918

Photo by Daily Nexus. "Enhancement" by Fousesquawk.

Professors Newman and Finkelstein also made special guest appearances.

My comment to the above article:

A few questions for the “Alternative” event folks:


How much diversity of opinion was at your event?

How many listeners challenged the panelists?

Which event required more security, yours or Horowitz’s?

Which event met the most opposition to being held in the first place?

Did any gays ask the panelists about treatment of gays under Islam-especially in Iran, where they are being hanged?

Did any feminists raise the issue of honor killings and stonings at your event?

Finally, do you really think you are getting a real education at UCSB (at least in the humanities) or just indoctrination?


Gary Fouse
Adj teacher
UC-Irvine Ext
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What a disease infects our "institutions of higher learning". A conservative speaker has to fight to be heard on a campus and requires all kinds of security. Meanwhile, the left-wing fascists on campus hold their events in peace and tranquility as they pour their false pablum down the throats of gullible unquestioning students.