Vassar College recently has risen to the fore as one of the most anti-Semitic colleges in the country. Now comes this:
The Students for Justice in Palestine brown shirts recently erected an "Apartheid Wall" during their recent "Nakba Day" of anti-Israel events.
Subsequently, pro-Israel students erected a "Wall of Truth" at the same spot.
Vassar administrators ordered the students to take down the wall because it was putting "the campus on edge", which the students refused to do.
Their wall was defaced by anti-Israel students.
Vassar administrators took down the wall over the protests of the pro-Israel students.
Legal Insurrection has the report.
http://legalinsurrection.com/2014/05/vassar-removes-wall-of-truth-raised-to-protest-anti-israel-campus-climate/
In addition, David Horowitz's Freedom Center is gearing up to take Vassar to court. Below is a message I received from them today.
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"America's campuses have become bastions of anti-Semitism and censorship. We found that out personally last week at Israel Revolt, when we posted "The Wall of Truth" at Vassar College in New York.
The purpose: to fight the slanderous accusations of Jew-hating groups, like the Vassar Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), who were holding their annual "Nakba Day" -- lamenting the creation of Israel. "The Wall of Truth" was created to debunk their lies.
But Vassar College is not a place for free speech; it is a place for repression.
This is why shortly after posting "The Wall of Truth," administrators asked that it be removed, because it was "putting the campus on edge." They claimed students were complaining that the wall was "biased." Meanwhile the university's administration had no issue with the campus holding a day that specifically states that Israel's creation is a nakba - disaster!
Our student allies at the Vassar Conservative-Libertarian Union (VCLU) refused to take down the wall, noting that the SJP had put up an "Israeli Apartheid Wall" filled with anti-Israel falsehoods earlier in the year.
And so the anti-Semites sprang into action. They defaced the wall, scrawling profanities and defamatory statements on the wall itself. Vassar administrators then backed the vandals, and order the removal of "The Wall of Truth."
Vassar College administrators are not merely cowards. They are endorsers of anti-Jewish hatred. As such, we must call them to task.
This fight is just the beginning. Daniel Mael of Israel Revolt has also appeared on Megyn Kelly's FoxNews Show to kick off our media blitz. We will continue to use "The Wall of Truth" on campuses across America. Because in order to fight those who despise the Jewish people and the Jewish State, we must punch back twice as hard.
Those who oppose the truth will be called to account. That is what Israel Revolt does.
Thank you in advance for your support,
Sincerely,
David Horowitz
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By all means take Vassar to court. Reasonable time, place and manner restrictions must be viewpoint neutral.
ReplyDeleteThere may be some doubt whether Vassar is required to follow constitutional norms on its own private property, given that it is not a public institution.
But there are a pile of government regulations it has to follow if it accepts federal funds, and some basic constitutional norms are likely the basis for some of them.
Vassar needs to understand that defacement of property is a serious matter, even if it selectivelyt allows its students to deface pro-Israel banners. Take them to court.
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