Posted by
Millertime on Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:05:01 PM
Here is an interesting story about the hypocrisy that goes on, on a college campus. I am secratary of the UAlbany College Republicans, and one of our members made up new flyers for us to post around campus. Several were approved by student life, but one was denied. The one that was denied was a take off of a type of flyer the campus uses to inform students about drinking...ie. 77% of UAlbany students only drink once a week. Well, our flyer said, 100% of 9-11 Conspiracy Theorists are nuts! This flyer was turned down, despite the fact that the 9-11 Truth group, were allowed to put up flyers with a picture of Vice-President Cheney with the words....wait for it....WANTED FOR TREASON! This was fine, but our flyer was denied because it represented a direct attack on another student group. Huh? Of course it was, and we do not believe it was over the top in any shape or form. We were just using 1st Amendment right to free speech to answer and refute the 9-11 Truth group. I thought college was all about learning to express yourself freely and standing up for what you believe. The even funnier thing, is we were able to get a flyer approved that said end the holacaust of abortion. But how dare we directly respond to another specific group on the campus. This is just another in the long line of examples where college campuses practice hypocrisy. The one good thing though, is our member Jim has an "in" with David Horowitz, and he may come to our defense. Nothing like being a conservative republican on a college campus.