Posted on 01/27/2016 10:18:44 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski
"If anyone wants to see a case study of the puerile politically correct campus culture that pervades modern colleges, they need only look at the incredible overreaction at the University of Missouri." I wrote that sentence a few weeks ago, without any idea the article it introduced would initiate a firestorm of censorship, death threats, and intimidation. As managing editor of my high school newspaper, The Centralizer of Central High School in Philadelphia, I’ve always been concerned with the issue of censorship and free speech on campus. As I’ve learned from the past few weeks, the culture of micro-aggressions, safe spaces, and political correctness many of us lament arises not from a vacuum, but from the high school classroom.
We ran my article against the protests at Mizzou, as well as against the broader narrative of the Black Lives Matter protesters, as part of a pro/con series in the print and online editions of our faculty-approved and school-sponsored newspaper...Death Threats Ensue! The article, headlined "A Case of Overreaction," ironically enough elicited from students, alumni, and teachers the precise brand of mindless overreaction to which the article itself alluded. Students posted on Twitter that someone ought to "shoot" me, that I must be "dealt with," and that I will "catch these hands" in the main hallway. They wrote that I am "a smug (expletive) that thinks his white privilege will keep him from getting popped," and that I need to be "smoothed the (expletive) out," two thinly veiled allusions to shooting and otherwise severe violence...
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
"Rome succumbed [...] because of a dramatic disintegration of social codes and civic virtues among its citizens [because of Christianity]." - Edward Gibbon
"The clergy successfully preached the doctrines of patience and pusillanimity; the active virtues of society were discouraged; and [Christianity destroyed] the last remains of military spirit were buried in the cloister; a large portion of public and private wealth was consecrated to the specious demands of charity and devotion." - Edward Gibbon
Europe and America's leadership, paragons of post-Christian enlightenment, skepticism, and rationalism are implementing their "final solution" to resurrect the Roman Empire. Their predecessors were unsuccessful using military [like Napoleon and Hitler] and monetary policy [like the Euro], so now they are radically transforming the demographics. Why? Because Christians and believing Jews are naturally distrustful of men and government. A biblical worldview shows that all men are corrupt, fallen, and prone to evil in the absence of God's council, therefore trust is given only with verification. Who wants to lay their life down for a corrupt dictator in Rome, Berlin, or Washington?! But if you bring in millions of 3rd world savages on the public dole, they will vote for Rome. They will dutifully follow the leadership to hell!
Thought at first he was getting death threats for egregious overuse of alliteration.
The tolerant left showing how mush they really value independent thought.
I, as a student journalist, wrote an article that faculty approved. We published the article, I received threats against my life, and the response of the administration was censorship of my speech, silence on my security, and suppression of my editorial duties. The mob of people claiming to be "personally victimized" by my article, at the same time I was receiving actual threats and being censored, won at Central.
BLM is anti-American, anti-White, and promotes violence.
Democrat traitor trash elected the Negro Nazi party with the help of the GOPe and a lot of people fooled into believing they are Christians.
No one should ever miss an opportunity to tell a democrat what a stupid, treasonous waste of a vote they are.
Bonhoeffer said failure to speak out against evil is evil itself.
The goal of importing Muslims is to create a permanently aggrieved underclass that is unassimilated and antithetical to Western culture. The goal is to subjugate the public at large, and thus create authoritarian rule by the elites.
The Muslim cohort will cause the breakage of Democracy when its higher birth rates, demand of Sharia law, increased demand of public benefits and criminal behavior stresses the shrinking native population to the point where they demand a “strong leader” to deal with the deterioration of lifestyle and economic opportunity.
Of course, the “strong leader” will simply seize power and play the two groups against each other as they enrich themselves and their cronies.
Gibbons, while a great historian, wasn’t always right. The Roman empire had been in decline for nearly two hundred years before Christianity became the official state religion. The Romans’ fall had more to do with poor fiscal policy and the continuous border wars, with major internal battles over possession of the caesarship.
I thought it was a very/I> well-written article, and superior to most of the dreck that passes for journalism nowadays. Refreshing to see such a sharp young person actually "get it".
Hope my colloquialisms didn't offend your stylistic sensibilities to much.
That's the Faustian bargain from hell... CHEAP LABOR EXPRESS meets BRAIN-DEAD BLOC VOTERS ...
I don’t disagree with you. However, I think the leadership believes believes Gibbon’s thesis and hence, wants to get rid of Christianity.
It’s against the law to threaten journalists. Sue the heck out of everybody involved in the violent threats. Also, out them and their comments by name! Everyone needs to know who operates in the klan with a tan.
Disgusting. But this is what racism looks and acts like.
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