Comments on: Student Thugs at Butler University http://urbangrounds.com/2005/04/butler-student-thugs/ Off-the-cuff commentary on the day's events Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:45:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: lthatbutler http://urbangrounds.com/2005/04/butler-student-thugs/#comment-7248 lthatbutler Tue, 21 Jun 2005 22:10:07 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2005/04/07/butler-student-thugs/#comment-7248 It's too bad that Mr. Horowitz was a deplorable speaker. The few excellent points in his speech were clouded in his animosity toward the natural development on college campuses toward the left (with the exception of business schools). Not only did he come across as un-educated, but he also came across as one of the most racist people of our time. The pie-throwing incident was unfortunate, but to blame the incident on Butler students is just plain wrong. This was a public event that just happened to have been held on Butler's campus. It has been determined that it was members of the general public who were not affiliated with the university that threw the pastries. In the future, if Mr. Horowitz feels the need to continue his poor speeches that are filled with prejudicial influence, then perhaps he should think about providing his own security. On a small campus like Butler, where the campus police also patrol the surrounding neighborhoods, it is unreasonable for him to request that our police department be stretched past its limit because he is a risky speaker. Needless to say, Butler did the best it could given the circumstances. Butler took a risk in trying to appease the lopsided balance at many universities, and it got burned. Butler tried to do the right thing, and all anyone has done is to rip Butler apart. You all should be ashamed of yourselves. It’s too bad that Mr. Horowitz was a deplorable speaker. The few excellent points in his speech were clouded in his animosity toward the natural development on college campuses toward the left (with the exception of business schools). Not only did he come across as un-educated, but he also came across as one of the most racist people of our time. The pie-throwing incident was unfortunate, but to blame the incident on Butler students is just plain wrong. This was a public event that just happened to have been held on Butler’s campus. It has been determined that it was members of the general public who were not affiliated with the university that threw the pastries.

In the future, if Mr. Horowitz feels the need to continue his poor speeches that are filled with prejudicial influence, then perhaps he should think about providing his own security. On a small campus like Butler, where the campus police also patrol the surrounding neighborhoods, it is unreasonable for him to request that our police department be stretched past its limit because he is a risky speaker. Needless to say, Butler did the best it could given the circumstances. Butler took a risk in trying to appease the lopsided balance at many universities, and it got burned. Butler tried to do the right thing, and all anyone has done is to rip Butler apart. You all should be ashamed of yourselves.

]]> By: Crystal Clear http://urbangrounds.com/2005/04/butler-student-thugs/#comment-2635 Crystal Clear Fri, 15 Apr 2005 03:37:35 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2005/04/07/butler-student-thugs/#comment-2635 Thank you very much for your mention and kind words. You also have written a very thoughtful piece. Great job Thank you very much for your mention and kind words. You also have written a very thoughtful piece. Great job

]]> By: TexasTommy http://urbangrounds.com/2005/04/butler-student-thugs/#comment-2479 TexasTommy Sat, 09 Apr 2005 19:07:34 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2005/04/07/butler-student-thugs/#comment-2479 UG, Great post. It is important that right thinking people continue to contest the bizarrities passed off as "education" and "diversity" on college campuses....these students are going to take care of us in our old age! Closer to home, I've blogged on what appears to be institutional bias at the University of Texas. Click here: http://austinvitw.blogspot.com/2005/03/something-stirs-in-40-acres.html and here: http://austinvitw.blogspot.com/2005/03/something-stirs-in-40-acres-part-ii.html We need to dig deeper into the permissive attitude of university administrators towards dissenting opinions and hold our taxpayer servants to account. UG,
Great post. It is important that right thinking people continue to contest the bizarrities passed off as “education” and “diversity” on college campuses….these students are going to take care of us in our old age!

Closer to home, I’ve blogged on what appears to be institutional bias at the University of Texas. Click here: http://austinvitw.blogspot.com/2005/03/something-stirs-in-40-acres.html
and
here:
http://austinvitw.blogspot.com/2005/03/something-stirs-in-40-acres-part-ii.html

We need to dig deeper into the permissive attitude of university administrators towards dissenting opinions and hold our taxpayer servants to account.

]]> By: Jeff H http://urbangrounds.com/2005/04/butler-student-thugs/#comment-2439 Jeff H Fri, 08 Apr 2005 23:50:18 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2005/04/07/butler-student-thugs/#comment-2439 Interesting question, GatC... Midgets are a minority, so we can surmise that they are owned by the lefties. Lefties have a long history of loudly proclaiming themselves as champions of the "little people", while at the same time crassly using those for whom they claim to advocate, in the pursuit of raw political power. I'd say this would be the scenario: the Dems would toss the midgets, blame it on the Repuke-likans, and raise taxes for programs to further enslave the midgets. Yeah, that sounds about right. Interesting question, GatC…

Midgets are a minority, so we can surmise that they are owned by the lefties.

Lefties have a long history of loudly proclaiming themselves as champions of the “little people”, while at the same time crassly using those for whom they claim to advocate, in the pursuit of raw political power.

I’d say this would be the scenario: the Dems would toss the midgets, blame it on the Repuke-likans, and raise taxes for programs to further enslave the midgets.

Yeah, that sounds about right.

]]> By: GOP and the City http://urbangrounds.com/2005/04/butler-student-thugs/#comment-2426 GOP and the City Fri, 08 Apr 2005 17:51:58 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2005/04/07/butler-student-thugs/#comment-2426 <strong>Feed The Children</strong> Would the left be outraged if it were midgets they were being tossing at conservative speakers instead? Feed The Children
Would the left be outraged if it were midgets they were being tossing at conservative speakers instead?

]]> By: Jeff H http://urbangrounds.com/2005/04/butler-student-thugs/#comment-2397 Jeff H Thu, 07 Apr 2005 19:19:16 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2005/04/07/butler-student-thugs/#comment-2397 "...denounce in the strongest possible terms the substitution of physical humiliation and intimidation for intellectual argument" Never happen, because, by-and-large, those who run the halls of academia long ago lost those 2 small appendages in their nether region that allow for actually taking a stand. They got no balls. “…denounce in the strongest possible terms the substitution of physical humiliation and intimidation for intellectual argument”

Never happen, because, by-and-large, those who run the halls of academia long ago lost those 2 small appendages in their nether region that allow for actually taking a stand.

They got no balls.

]]> By: snrub http://urbangrounds.com/2005/04/butler-student-thugs/#comment-2394 snrub Thu, 07 Apr 2005 18:40:46 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2005/04/07/butler-student-thugs/#comment-2394 No, you've got it all wrong. See when someone who is a lefty does this kind of crap it is there right to protest, but if someone does it to a lefty then the effect is "chilling" free speech. You'll need to be assigned to the re-education classes. No, you’ve got it all wrong. See when someone who is a lefty does this kind of crap it is there right to protest, but if someone does it to a lefty then the effect is “chilling” free speech. You’ll need to be assigned to the re-education classes.

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