MSU "Liberals" Attempt To Restrict Free Speech

This morning, I stumbled across this post on RightMichigan.com by "amanda zaluckyj." The writer notes efforts by Michigan State's student government to restrict "hate speech" on campus and ties it to the campus visits of U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo and Chris Simcox, leader of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (not to be confused with Jim Gilchrist's Minuteman Project.) Here are some videos pertaining to those events, both of which the RightMichigan.com writer provides:

Tom Tancredo:





Chris Simcox:





Now, neither Tancredo nor Simcox are racists, murderers, or any of those other things those people were shouting. Tom Tancredo is simply a U.S. Representative who wants the nation to enforce its own immigration laws; pretty reasonable, right? Chris Simcox is the same; he founded the Minutemen to protect the nation's borders, which sounds radical and militant until you discover that volunteer Minutemen are required NOT to approach or confront those crossing borders, and merely report crossers to the authorities. Neither preaches death to Hispanics or any other ethnic or racial group. In fact, Simcox's group often provides material aid when its border patrols discover people in need.

Using this article from the State News, "amanda zaluckyj" quotes "Elfaki" (that is, Osman Elfaki) and incorrectly identifies him as the President of the Student Assembly. (In reality, he is the vice chairman for student programming of the Student Assembly.) Nevertheless, she is right about one thing: From the article, this definitely seems to be an attempt to shut down the ability to bring conservative speakers to campus. Who will rescue us from the depredations of a student government gone authoritarian? The SN article gives an answer:

MSU spokesman Terry Denbow said although it’s important to discuss the topic, the university does not have the authority to change rights granted by the First Amendment.

“Asking us to define or regulate speech would be asking us to come up with rules and regulations for when to lock the gate to the open marketplace of ideas,” Denbow said. “There shouldn’t be a lock in (the) first place, but if there were, we should all have keys.”

Compared to many American colleges and universities, Michigan State's administration is very good regarding speech issues and students' freedoms.

MSU's student population, on the other hand? Not so much, from the videos above. Isn't it interesting that the riotous, violent, screaming, anti-speech thugs are almost always from the Left? Just who is engaging in hateful speech here? If you're still in doubt, you must not have watched the videos.