Another radical hairball strikes
For the second time in a week and the fifth time this year, a notable conservative speaker was assaulted on the campus of an American university. Sadly, diversity of opinion, free speech, and scholarly discussion of weighty issues have not been seen on campuses for many years:
A conservative activist who criticizes what he calls the leftist domination of college campuses was struck with a pie Wednesday night at Butler University. David Horowitz, president of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, had just started a lecture at Butler when he was hit.
Horowitz's supporters followed the assailants out of the hall, and confronted them with what a witness called "pushing and shoving." However, the attackers got away. "There's a wave of violence on college campuses, committed by what I'd call fascists opposing conservatives," Horowitz said. "It's one step from that to injury." After the incident, Horowitz completed his lecture.
It was the second time in a week that a conservative lecturer was hit by a pie at an Indiana university. On March 30, William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, was attacked during a speech at Earlham College in Richmond. Butler spokesman Marc Allan called Wednesday's incident "deplorable."
Why do these attacks always stem from students and faculty that laughingly label themselves "progressives?" I can't think of one instance where a radical leftist speaker has been assaulted by conservative students in this fashion...ever. If you can, I'd be interested in knowing about it.