Mary Katharine Ham compares Harvard and Columbia liberal students arbitrary application of free speech. At Columbia a conservative group’s free speech was stifled while the previous president of Iran, Khatami was allowed to openly speak about the execution of homosexuals in his country. In comparing the school papers she writes:

The Crimson refers to Khatami in somewhat more gentle terms than the Daily Spectator used for the Minutemen. The editorial page editors concede that he has a “twisted” world view, but refer to him in the headline as only “objectionable.” They called the event “remarkable” in that it sparked debate on an important issue.

The headline is extremely polite to the Iranian guest: “Khatami Deserved a Forum.”

Would that we could see such an unequivocal headline from a campus paper when referring to fellow American citizens who wish to patrol the Southern border and have immigration laws enforced. Of course, those views are “repugnant.”

The free speech of heads of state that refuse to give those rights to their own people must be respected while citizens that hold a dissenting view to your postion must be squelched. What kind of idiotic logic is that? For that record neither voice should be censored but if you have to censor its a no brainer who gets muted.

Seriously, when was the last time a conservative student body booed off a liberal while throwing things at him. I hope my kids learn to be tolerant like liberals.

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