In the latest outpouring of utter horse squeeze from the academic far-left and the academic-adjacent far left, Rutgers University is the subject of a Change.org petition to close down the university's Turning Point USA branch, citing "hate speech," and "creating a toxic environment."
A petition has been launched calling for the disbanding of the Rutgers University Turning Point USA chapter, accusing the conservative group of promoting "hate speech" and creating a "toxic environment."
The Change.org petition launched this week claims the TPUSA chapter has incited violence and made the community fearful.
"Having lived in New Jersey my entire life, I've always cherished the inclusive educational environment we have cultivated here," the petition on Change.org reads. Alexander Di Filippo is listed as the petition starter.
Inclusive, except for Republicans, or indeed anyone to the right of Che Guevara.
Let's cut to the chase: The TPUSA chapter at Rutgers hasn't incited violence. They haven't made the community fearful, except for a few pink-haired invertebrates who break out in monkey bites every time someone makes a casual remark that conflicts with their bizarre take on how the world ought to work. None of this is true.
What's more, the useful idiot behind this petition has no connection with Rutgers.
Di Filippo is a former student from Rochester Institute of Technology, who majored in game design and development, and minored in music and technology and creative writing. He doesn't appear to have a direct connection to Rutgers.
"Our schools have been places where diversity is celebrated, where every student and faculty member, regardless of their background, is valued and respected for solely their qualifications," the petition continued. "After all, that is how we provide the best, most well-rounded education for our youth. Yet, recently, I've witnessed a disturbing shift."
The only "disturbing shift" is the number of young skulls full of mush that take people like Alexander Di Filippo seriously.
Here's my take on how the reaction to this should go.
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First, a Change.org petition is not binding on Rutgers. It's literally just the product of a bunch of internet randos, most of whom are probably pink-haired weirdos sitting in a basement somewhere, whining about "hate speech." Rutgers can and should treat this petition as it deserves, by ignoring it.
Second, well, Rutgers may not ignore it. This is American academia, after all. They may well order Rutgers' TPUSA chapter to cease operations - in which case, the young people of the TPUSA chapter move off-campus and continue to march.
Third and finally, even if Rutgers decides to pursue this and finds a tame liberal judge to order the TPUSA chapter to shut down, this may be the time and the place to embrace the power of "No. We will not comply." It's not an easy ask, defying a court order, but this may well be the time to do it. This petition and the claims around it are laughably false. Any judge not contaminated by the woke virus would see that. The Turning Point USA chapter, after all, has the First Amendment on its side, as well as, we feel sure, the Trump administration.
Petition or no petition, university order or no university order, this is the proper response by TPUSA at Rutgers: "No. We will not comply." This should be the answer to this kind of insanity, more and more. As America's normal people, as the not-so-silent majority, we all need to embrace the power of "No."
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