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Flyers For Conservative-Jewish Event Were Posted on ‘Tolerant’ Campus. Here’s What Happened Next.

   DailyWire.com

Those “tolerant” campus leftists are at it again.

The College Fix reports that flyers promoting a conservative-Jewish event were ripped off a public wall on the University of Michigan campus earlier this week. The apparently unacceptable flyers read: “Why we are conservative: A conversation with leaders from the Jewish community.”

One free-speech respecting student, who self-identifies as a “liberal,” drew attention to the vandalism, which he called a blow to “political discourse,” by posting a picture of the torn posters to Yik Yak.

“A conservative club’s flyers were torn down in public by someone who disagrees with them,” wrote the student. “As a liberal on campus I am ashamed. We are better than this.”

One of the panelists at the event, David Littmann, a senior economist at Mackinac Center for Public Policy, said that the intolerant backlash on liberal campuses toward conservative ideas and discourse is “resembling more and more a microcosm of the Socialist quagmire.”

The College Fix notes that Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), a conservative group, co-hosted the event on Wednesday, adding that “the vandalism marked the second time in roughly the last year that the group has had its promotional materials stolen.”

A large, 4- by 6-foot sign touting conservative National Review editor Jonah Goldberg’s appearance was stolen by unknown bandits at UMich in February 2015 from one of the busiest parts of the quad as students headed to and from class.

YAF has hosted notable conservatives such as Dinesh D’Souza and The Daily Wire’s editor-in-chief Ben Shapiro. Shapiro’s event last month was initially banned and caused a near riot as protesters forcefully blocked all entrances to the event in hopes that Mr. Shapiro could be silenced. YAF and Shapiro continued, undeterred. Following the event, the liberal activists turned on the university president, demanding his resignation for allowing Shapiro to speak.

There is at least some signs of hope out of the University of Michigan, spokesman Rick Fitzgerald issuing a statement in support of YAF:

“This student group, Young Americans for Freedom, has a solid track record for handling speakers who may seem controversial,” said Fitzgerald. “Our campus regularly hosts speakers who represent a wide range of perspectives on many different topics. Freedom of expression is a core value of the University of Michigan…”

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