Posted on 04/12/2019 1:18:01 PM PDT by Red Badger
Conservative author and commentator Michael Knowles was assaulted by a protester while giving a lecture at the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus on behalf of Young Americans for Freedom.
The Thursday event was called “A Night with Michael Knowles," and the topic of the lecture was "men are not women." Knowles was lamenting the identity politics peddled by many progressives, which he says has cheapened higher education.
There is a course being taught right now at an American university on angry white men. When I look at who's angry, I'm not so sure," said Knowles, 29, a Yale University graduate. But protesters then interrupted Knowles, calling his rhetoric divisive and hateful.
"I know, I seem so hateful. You guys seem so lovely and sweet," he responded.
A female protester threw some kind of liquid substance, which Knowles assumed some milk or paint, which resulted in law enforcement officials tackling her to the floor and arresting her. One officer appears to use a stun gun against the protester. The protester has been identified as a UMKC student.
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BREAKING VIDEO: One person injured following protest at event hosted by conservative group Young Americans for Freedom. According to guest speaker Michael Knowles, a student threw bleach at him and was arrested. pic.twitter.com/nBC2B25dXz — UMKC University News (@University0News) April 12, 2019
As the protester was arrested, others began shouting "hands up don't shoot!" Other law enforcement officials pushed the rest of the protesters out of the room before Knowles resumed his lecture.
Outside of the venue, protesters held signs outside that said: "Trans rights are human rights," "Respect my existence," and "Trans men are men," according to Twitter users on campus Thursday night.
Knowles said after the event via Twitter that law enforcement officials told him the substance thrown at him by the protester was bleach.
A student tried to squirt bleach on me during my speech tonight. Lucky for me we was a left-winger and couldn’t even shoot a squirt gun! pic.twitter.com/VHKS4hD4vW — Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) April 12, 2019
“Trans rights are human rights,”
A whole generation just needs a good plague to wipe them out.
It’s nice to see someone actually arrested for attacking a conservative. But will they be prosecuted?
Liberals will deny this (while secretly encouraging it), and try to steer the conversation to Right Wing violence.
Signs should read:
“Trans rights are subhuman rights”
“Terminate my existence,”
and
“Trans men are NOT men.”
This is a spiritual battle. We are but watching it play out between people.
God continues to urge: pray for your enemy. This can result in the enemy being first humbled then blessed with grace.
The worst thing we could do is to deal tut for tat.
But we’re the Fascists...
That crazy Mizzou professorette aside, political venom is still blessedly contained in the US. The water pistol could have been filled with acid, as Muslims do in the UK. (Well, maybe they use some sort of squirt bottle to protect their hands. I’m not up on the delivery technology.)
Not a bad idea, followed by “God raises the subhuman to human again.”
Another 2-Hot, 12-Crazy
3 months in jail for assault might cool her heals.
Probably not.
Title is wrong. This article cites UMKC as the location of this incident. Same system as Mizzou (Columbia, MO), different campus. There are four in this system:
University of Missouri - Columbia (Mizzou)
University of Missouri - St Louis (UMSL)
University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC)
Missouri Science & Technology - Rolla
(Formerly University of Missouri - Rolla, (UMR), or ‘Rolla School of Mines’ or simply ‘Rolla’ because there is quite literally nothing else in Rolla.
Is the University of Central Missouri part of that system? It is one of the major diploma mills cranking out OPT visas for foreign students to work here.
lol
I don’t even know what to say anymore.
There are millions like these out there.
I have come to believe this insanity MUST happen in a country that becomes too wealthy.
The human body/mind was not meant for so much down time to delve into it’s deepest and darkest realms and make them a reality.
Unbelievable that this is allowed to go on. Disrespectful twits.
These people need their teeth knocked down their throats. We don’t have to put up with assault. RETALIATE!!
:)
Trans rights.
####ing speechless.
I’m beginning to think there was NEVER REALLY a conservative movement in this country.
Perhaps with the exception of The Great One for 8 years, there was none before for a long time and none after until 2016.
ALL are deep staters and one world govt folks with the exception of a few in congress.
We were had.
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