The extreme hatred shown by the Left for months against anything Trump, has left many wondering what had radicalized so many liberals and started them destroying anything and everything they could find, ostensibly to "protest" the policies of the government elected by the people.
From rioting and burning on the day Trump was inaugurated, to throwing firebombs at police, to disrupting Town Hall meetings to shut down discussions of ideas they didn't like, to rioting, smashing windows, and chasing off speakers who the leftists disagreed with, the radicalized liberals have descended to depths not seen in generations.
Groups such as the Anti-Israel Palestinian group that tried to violently shut down speech at UC Irvine, have been radicalized for years. But with more and more leftists in America falling into their ranks, what is causing the liberals to be radicalized along with them?
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After protests and riots, free speech is MIA on college campuses | TheHill
After protests and riots, free speech is MIA on college campuses
By Kassy Dillon, opinion contributor - 02/03/17 09:41 AM EST
Conservatives have often used the term “special snowflake” to mock students who can’t handle ideas they disagree with — but “snowflake” is hardly a sufficient term to describe the rioters at UC Berkeley, who unleashed a maelstrom of destruction in protest of acceptance and tolerance.
“Liberals do a great deal of talking about hearing other points of view, [but] it sometimes shocks them to learn that there are other points of view,” William F. Buckley wrote in 1959 about the necessity of free speech. His words ring just as true today, as college administrators have recently shut down conservative speech and actions.
At DePaul University, Milo Yiannopoulos and Ben Shapiro were banned due to “
inflammatory speech” and “
safety concerns”; the administration
even threatened to arrest Shapiro if he set foot on campus again. At Kellogg Community College, three students representing Young Americans for Liberty
were arrested for handing out pocket Constitutions in a public space on campus. At UC Irvine, a pro-Palestinian group
attempted to violently shut down an event sponsored by Students Supporting Israel.
With the election of
Donald Trump, protesters have taken their opposition to an unprecedented level. Petitioning, disruptions, and general harassment were common tactics at first; but now that arsenal has expanded to include rioting, looting, and lobbing Molotov cocktails at police officers. The sting at the ballot box has caused these snowflakes — and actual “antifa” anarchists — to take out this frustration through radical tactics.
Only a few hours ago, protesters at New York University
disrupted a speech by conservative comedian Gavin McInnes. Eleven people were arrested.
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