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Group Hangs Pro-Life Fliers At Big University. Within Hours, Something Despicable Happens
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Almost as quickly as a College Republican group posted flyers calling for the defunding of Planned Parenthood, liberals tore them down and posted an obscene gesture on social media bragging about their exploits.
On Wednesday night, the American University College Republicans (CR) went around their Washington, D.C., campus, lawfully posting flyers advocating Planned Parenthood being defunded, based on what has been revealed through a series of undercover videos released by the Center for Medical Progress.
Approximately two hours after they had posted the last of their flyers, this image showed up on a Twitter account called @AUJusticeLeague.
The account has since been taken down.
Campus Reform reports that: “Several CR members and other conservative students responded to the tweet, lambasting the group not only for its censorious actions, but also for hiding behind an anonymous pseudonym.”
The first to engage was Andrew Magloughlin, president of the Students for Rand group at AU, who tweeted:
.@aujusticeleague great job enforcing the patriarchy by referring to our entire aboard as “guys” considering we’re 5/9 female
— Andrew Magloughlin (@Andrew_9450) September 24, 2015
“’Too scared to release your name?’ taunted Tom Herbert, treasurer of American CR’s, prompting the group to reply, “we would also like to continue our efforts in the future, so revealing our names would be slightly contrary, doncha think?’” according to Campus Reform.
Krista Chavez, president of the AU chapter of the conservative group Network of Enlightened Women, tweeted:
The way to voice your opinion is not to tear others down but build yourself up. — Krista Chavez (@KristaAChavez) September 24, 2015
Sam Shutmate, vice president of the AU CR’s, told Campus Reform that 86 percent of the university’s student body identifies themselves as liberals; nonetheless, he said that “even a lot of the liberals on campus have agreed that it was a really low-class, disrespectful move.”
Kelly Alexander, Director of Public relations for AU, told Campus Reform that there is no registered group called the AU Justice League, and that, “AU does not approve of the behavior that was displayed regarding the recent removal of pro-life flyers that were posted around campus.”
Emily Jashinsky, writing for Breibart, speculated how different the response would likely be if conservatives had been guilty of the same type of censorship.
What would happen if a conservative campus organization tore down #BlackLivesMatter posters and gave them the middle finger? Al Sharpton would call an Uber and be there in ten minutes. There would be rallies. The conservative group would be defunded and removed from campus. Students with megaphones would be shouting melodramatic soliloquies on racism between classes. Like Ahmed the clock maker, President Obama would hail the liberal students as heroes for holding their conservative classmates accountable and they would spend a morning in the West Wing.
Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/group-hangs-pro-life-fliers-at-big-university-within-hours-something-despicable-happens/
