What do you call a “university’ which makes it clear that students who have the wrong opinion on social issues (and who decides that???), may be subject to consequences, even expulsion… and, at the very least, will be the subject of a school hearing?
You call it another reason to continue our “Academic Brownshirts On Parade” series.
From Bradford Richardson’s article in the Washington Times:
A conservative college student at Purdue University Northwest says he faces expulsion after his social media criticisms of Black Lives Matter were reported to administrators.
Joshua Nash, a 21-year-old biological sciences major at the university, received a summons to meet with university administrators shortly after he made a Facebook post critical of the movement.
“I had a comment on Facebook where I stated ‘Black Lives Matter is trash because they do not really care about black lives,’ ” Mr. Nash recalled the post, as reported by the College Fix. ” ‘They simply care about making money and disrupting events for dead people.’ “
The June 6 letter from the university says a “community member” reported the post and told Mr. Nash he had to attend a “required Administrative Meeting” on July 19.
The missive is signed by Andrew Pettee, who serves as Purdue Northwest’s deputy Title IX coordinator and investigates “complaints of harassment or discrimination,” according to the university’s website.
Mr. Nash said he called the university for more information about the impending meeting. During the call, he said a campus official told him that his comments could result in expulsion.
In case you doubt the existence of this letter, here, from a similar article at heatst.com, is it is in all it’s “glory”:
Now, possibly stung by the fallout of intimidating a student for daring to express his opinion, Purdue is claiming – heaven forfend – that it would never do such a thing:
“Purdue Northwest has never suggested, let alone threatened, the idea of disciplining the student in question for exercising his rights to freedom of expression,” the statement said. “When, as here, an administrative meeting is called with a student on our Calumet campus, the purpose is to explore possible ways to support or establish a dialogue with that student, not to discipline him or her.”
Nah, no suggestion at all of discipline. Just a “get the eff in here to explain yourself” letter from the guy who investigates complaints which would result in discipline being meted out. How could anyone doubt the school’s sincerity?
Can these people even spell freedom of speech? Do they have even the slightest bit of understanding that a university is a place where different viewpoints are discussed, not censored and punished?
Academic brownshirts on parade. Not a pretty sight, is it?
