Tolerance

My son's alma mater (the second-largest public university in the state) is in the midst of a controversy over an upcoming lecture. Walid Shoebot (a former PLO terrorist) is scheduled to speak on why he left Jihad. The Muslim students want his speech canceled because ....
(get this) ....

they are in favor of diversity.

Censorship
for the sake of promoting
tolerance
and diversity.

Yeah. Right. Clear as mud.



The administration of the college is charging a $2500 security fee to the group that invited Shoebot. Some people seem to think that this is a "conservative tax," seeing as how it's about 6x larger than the security fee usually charged to groups putting on lectures or other events. That may be true. The administration may be trying to discourage a lecturer who would say something contrary to the politcally correct mantra.

But IF it's not...
If the fee is NOT an attempt to hush Shoebot and his message, then what does the exorbitant fee demonstrate? It means that when liberals put on lectures that highlight their viewpoint, the conservatives quietly let them do their thing, without riots, without protests, without violence. But when conservatives put on lectures that highlight their viewpoint, the university administration wants loads of cops on hand because they expect trouble. And from whom would that trouble arise? The conservatives who agree? Or does this outrageous security fee indicate that liberals might resort to violence and threats to intimidate their opponents?

So what's your choice? Neither one is a pretty option. Either the university administration is using their power to prevent a conservative from speaking. Or this is evidence that liberals respond to conservatives with a whole lot less TOLERANCE than conservatives respond to liberals. Hmmmm.