Horowitz to U of Oregon: "This Campus is a Disgrace!"

frontpagemag ^ | February 26, 2003 | Jan Montry

[bmwcyle]

[Enduring Freedom]

Horowitz is a true Warrior.

Anyone from the Right who doesn't support this man and his unlimited courage is no friend to America or our cause.

[maica]

Encouraging signs that Horowitz was allowed to speak, serious hecklers were contained, and the U paper printed a report of the meeting.

[ThomasMore]

I love David. He has been a real warrior for the TRUTH. It's a very rare instance that his statements and arguments don't touch on the truth and point out LIEs of the Left.

[Tamzee]

Great news, thanks Indy!

I'd love to see him hit every campus in America... several times each ;-)

[KC_Conspirator]

If not already cited, I would like to nominate this for the political cartoon of the day. (see post above)

[anniegetyourgun]

Amen

[thinktwice]

The solution to the liberal mess can only be found in philosophy.

When people see the irrational, they must be able to recognize the irrational.

One for instance ...

The truth is whatever you want it to be.

Sounds great!
Makes you feel good!

But it's an irrational statement.

Can you explain why it's irrational?

If you can, you are prepared to fight liberalism.

If you can't, you now -- at least -- know the area you need to study: philosophy.

There are very few rational philosophers that were able to survive in their irrational surroundings. Such philosophers were usually suppressed by things like the Inquisition; and if suppression didn't work, they were usually killed

Aristotle was a rational philosopher that survived because his primary patron was his pupil: Alexander the Great.

Ayn Rand is another rational philosopher whose 20th century work surpasses Aristotle in philosophical greatness.

Ayn Rand's freedom as an immigrant to America guaranteed her survival; but liberals are still working hard to destroy her success and damn her philosophy into oblivion.

Ayn Rand presented her philosophy in many formats, but the best way to present any philosophy is in the context of a novel -- a dramatic story about people. And so it is that Ayn Rand's philosophical novel, Atlas Shrugged, is the number two best seller on earth, and it will probably -- someday -- outsell the Bible.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Where can one find speaking schedules for conservative speakers like Horowitz and others?

Way to go Horowitz bump!

[Dead Dog]

Although I've only attended 1 class at the U of O, I will offer a bit in their defense. They are over run by lefties, but no more so than any other public university. It is a beautiful campus and a much cleaner atmosphere than you will get at University of Washington, USC, FSU ect. At least they don't have a statue of Lenin in Eugene. In short, it's an institution worth saving

Although the UofO was used in the filming of Faber College in Animal House, it is also the home of Bill Bowerman, Steve Prefontaine, Len Casanova and Mike Belloti. Men who well represent conservative values and work ethic if not politics.

[ClearCase_guy]

"The University, in the liberal arts field, has been destroyed by the left."

It's true. I have a BA in history (most of which I had to teach myself, since the University was too focused on indoctrination to actual teach me anything). If my children want to go to college, I'll pay -- unless they choose a major in Liberal Arts. If they do that, they won't get dime one from me.

[capitan_refugio]

I remember the great distance runner Steve Prefontaine. I don't know anything about his politics. Does anyone recall the circumstances of his tragic death, before the 1976 Olympics?

[Atlas Sneezed]

He drove off the road drunk.

[Yardstick]

Horowitz is indeed a warrior. I love the idea of "agitating" for conservatism.

[jiggyboy]

Mike Linman, a student senator and co-chairman of the College Democrats, asked Horowitz whether he would support a University stance supporting a war in Iraq.

The trite ploy to try to paint his opponent as a hypocrite, lame even for a college student.

[Dead Dog]

I believe his BAC was .16, how "drunk that is with someone who drinks like a college student in the mid-seventies is debateble.

It didn't help, but neither does driving an MG at night (Lucas healights suck) and on Oregon roads. It ain't like Texas.

[Dead Dog]

Here's a pretty detailed link of what led up the accident.

http://home.europa.com/~bence/pre/pd.htm

[maxwellp]

We can only hope that some students at Oregon learned something from Mr. Horowitz. Perhaps he planted some seeds in their liberal minds - the students' minds that is - the professors are probably a lost cause.

[wizzler]

Has anybody ever figured out why Horowitz calls his organization "The Center for the Study of Popular Culture," when it has very little at all to do with popular culture?