Canada: Ryerson University cancels “Stifling of Free Speech on University Campuses” event after Leftist threats
As I detail in my book The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Free Speech (and Its Enemies), universities campuses are no longer centers of hig…
Canada: Ryerson University cancels “Stifling of Free Speech on University Campuses” event after Leftist threats
As I detail in my book The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Free Speech (and Its Enemies), universities campuses are no longer centers of higher learning, but radioactive wastelands of hard-Left indoctrination that do not allow opposing points of view. They worship “diversity,” except intellectual diversity. Ryerson University is a disgrace for giving in to the Left-fascists and submitting to their violent intimidation, but in this submission it’s just like virtually every other university and college out there these days.
“College Responds To Hosting Panel On Free Speech By Canceling It,” by Rob Shimshock, Daily Caller, August 16, 2017:
Ryerson University canceled a panel Wednesday dedicated to discussing the silencing of free speech on college campuses, citing “campus safety.”
The Canadian school canceled “The Stifling of Free Speech on University Campuses,” an Aug. 22 panel featuring three doctors and a pro-free speech journalist, citing a prioritization of “campus safety” over free speech “in light of recent events,” according to correspondence obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Social justice activists set up a Facebook page entitled “No Fascists in Our City!” to protest the event. The page’s header image depicted a swastika crossed out.
“Fascists are planning to meet on August 22nd at Ryerson University to discuss how to avoid what they call ‘SJW’ Culture,” the protest description reads. “Tickets are being sold for $20 and frankly it makes us virulently ill … Considering the rise of Nationalism here and abroad we need to show these people and their guests that we will not tolerate their backward nonsense in our city.”
Approximately 500 individuals signed up for the protest, with nearly 2,000 others stating that they were interested. Sarina Singh, a Ryerson graduate who was hosting the free speech event, received a call from Ryerson Wed..
