David Horowitz at UT Austin Part 1 - Welcome Protest

David Horowitz is a demagogue who routinely targets the "liberal" academy. He has published several books profiling liberal and left-wing professors, and is a advocate of "academic freedom" legislation that, if passed, would stifle critical thought in the classroom. While it's tempting to dismiss Horowitz as an ideologue who will just go away if we ignore him, he has gained significant traction in media and legislatures, and has helped create a political climate in which respected scholars like Norman Finkelstein are denied tenure for their provocative work. He wants to marginalize and effectively do away with feminist, gender studies, critical race, and a host of other important areas of study.

Does UT have a liberal agenda? Campus bias wildly sensationalized
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http://www.freespeechoncampus.org

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[snarge]

Is that the geology building!

[hoomanity]

yes the Geology Auditorium

[darklegionnaire13]

It's funny how liberal college kids who don't know anything just repeat the same thing over and over without really doing their homework.

[Coolins335]

Wow way to deny his freedom of speech while calling him a fascist.

[cirosuperiore]

the problem with DH is that he provokes his audience rather than make his point and leave it up to the listeners to decide...there is the still the Marxist self-righteousness in him of his youth.

[cirosuperiore]

those protesters a complete idiots...

[jmay420]

Go Austin. Whorowitz is nothing but a hateful twit, no matter what your political affiliations are....you should be able to spot a twit. & fine, let him have his damn freedom of speech, but if you take this guy seriously you need help.

[SexDrugsFinance]

The person who yelled "now he's a traitor" personifies the collectivist morality and support for group thing that is the left.

[IcedCoffee81]

They should just SHUT THE HELL UP. DAMN, they're so feisty and annoying. FYI, I have a BA in sociology since I'm interested in different cultures, religions, ethnicities, the challenges that the disabled face, difficulties that the elderly encounter, as well as, reducing sexism and racism and I'm still conservative. But I sure didn't fall for the queer agenda and leftist sexuality lessons of radical instructors. If you're a leftist against conservatism, then you are a one-sided bigot yourself!

[mjn76]

What a disaster of an event. The students at University of Texas have proven themselves to be an embarrassing group of drones.

[kartman13]

Now I know who the MSNBC views are.

[TheUnknownVisiter]

I would say ,,really green ears" this kids.