This week, Parkland survivor Kyle Kashuv announced that Harvard University has withdrawn his acceptance to the college. In the aftermath of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the then-high school junior became a prominent voice for school safety, meeting with politicians across the political spectrum. He was also a prominent defender of Second Amendment rights. After scoring 1550 on his SATs and graduating second in his class, Kashuv was admitted to Harvard, turning down scholarship money at other schools to do so.
Then came the tsunami.
Former classmates who oppose Kashuv&#8217;s politics revealed on social media that when he was 16, months before the Parkland shooting, he typed egregious racist slurs, including the N-word, in a private Google doc. This revelation led Kashuv to immediately apologize publicly for his use of the language, which he insisted was not a reflection of racist belief but a juvenile attempt to shock his peers. He pointed to his record of public-facing accomplishment and pledged to learn from his mistakes. He issued an apology to Harvard, taking full responsibility for his comments; he reached out to the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to see what steps he could take to assure them that he had changed.
No matter. Harvard&#8217;s admissions committee decided to withdraw his acceptance.
There are several lessons here &#8212; all of them bad for the country.
First, grace is no longer an aspect of American life &#8212; at least for one side of the aisle. Kashuv has been in the public eye for a year and a half. In that time, he has acted with remarkable poise, as have many others in his class. The fact that he participated in an idiotic and disgusting private group chat months before the Parkland shooting has had apparently no effect on his public behavior. If the new standard is that past private statements, once surfaced, override all public behavior since &#8212; including apologies, evidence of decency and willingness to evidence repentance &#8212; we are entering a dangerous new era. Is Harvard prepared for dredging up every incoming first year&#8217;s Twitter direct messages for scrutiny?
But that won&#8217;t be the standard, obviously. The commentariat calling for Kashuv&#8217;s expulsion was loudly decrying Harvard for having barred Michelle Jones, who killed her own 4-year-old , just two years ago. The problem for Kashuv is that he is conservative; the old racist slurs were merely a means of damaging him. There is little question that were pro-gun control David Hogg the Parkland survivor at issue rather than Kashuv, a little more grace might have been applied here.
Second, public life comes with inherent risks and thus should be avoided by rational actors. Kashuv would have been admitted to Harvard if he had never engaged in activism: He scored a 1550 on his SAT and graduated second in his class. No one on the radical left or alt-right would have tried to destroy his academic career; no one would have bothered. Kashuv dared to speak up politically and thus became a target. Rational actors will take note and stay away from the public square, leaving that square to the most shameless and the most enigmatic.
Third, Harvard has become an institution not for education but for capitulation to the mob. Forget Kashuv for a second. Focus instead on Harvard Law School professor Ronald Sullivan, a political liberal who was tossed as dean of a residential house for the grave sin of acting as a defense attorney on Harvey Weinstein&#8217;s team. Cross Harvard&#8217;s most radical students or the wokescolds on social media and the administration will capitulate in short order.
Kashuv will be fine. He&#8217;ll move on, go to another school, mature and grow. But Harvard won&#8217;t be a part of that process. The social media mob was motivated not by a desire to purify by our politics &#8212; after all, Ralph Northam is still governor of Virginia &#8212; but by a desire to damage the Parkland student they just didn&#8217;t like.

SHAPIRO: The Dis-Grace Of Harvard

Harvard

Kyle Kashuv

Kyle Kashuv, the 18-year-old conservative activist and high school shooting survivor, will not attend Harvard next year.
He has the grades and the test scores: a 3.9 GPA and 1550 on his SAT. He has the extracurriculars. For almost a year, Kyle served as the high school outreach director for Turning Point USA, organizing young conservatives throughout the country. He even has an acceptance letter welcoming him to the Harvard College class of 2024. But Harvard has rescinded that acceptance after a political adversary of Kashuv&#8217;s leaked a years-old Google Doc on which he had written the &#8220;n-word&#8221; and other offensive terms.
Kashuv promptly apologized for the childish private remarks. &#8220;We were 16-year-olds making idiotic comments, using callous and inflammatory language in an effort to be as extreme and shocking as possible,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;The comments I made are not indicative of who I am or who I&#8217;ve become in the years since.&#8221;
Of course not. I suspect the comments do not reflect even who he was at 16. On the leaked Google Doc, Kashuv also wrote, &#8220;f*** my a** now NOW&#8221; and &#8220;I WILL LITERALLY F*** YOUR UGLY A** DOG.&#8221; Either Kyle leads a secret double life as a zoophilic, gay racist, or he, like all teenagers, said something outrageous among his friends for shock value.
How many other students admitted to Harvard have ever written or uttered an offensive phrase or racial epithet &#8212; even jokingly, even just once? How many have ever sung along to a rap song or quoted a Quentin Tarantino movie? Does the Harvard College admissions office plan to investigate the private teenage chat logs of the 2,000 students it just admitted?
Surely the admissions officers themselves, up to and including Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons, have never uttered an untoward remark or made an off-color joke in private. Perhaps some enterprising journalist ought to examine all of their private correspondence from age 16 onward just to make sure.
The cruel irony is that, while there is no evidence that Kyle Kashuv harbors any actual racial bigotry, there is plenty of evidence that Harvard does.
Read the rest <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/michael-knowles-kyle-kashuv-harvard">here</a>.

Knowles At ‘Fox’: Kyle Kashuv Isn’t Racist, But Harvard Is

Conservatism

Parkland Shooting

Racism

The radical Left claimed its latest trophy this week, as Harvard University rescinded Kyle Kashuv’s admission to its undergraduate class of 2023. With yet another head thrust upon the outrage mob’s ideological spike, and another person’s life ruined by the clawing hands of the faceless masses, we must fight to protect three basic truths.
Children Are Humans, Not Weapons
Like all things in the eyes of the radical Left, children are seen as political tools. The Left truly adores children who are willing to become the flag-bearers of its agenda. Look to the adulation poured upon Swedish climate change advocate Greta Thunberg, or the endless media attention dedicated to the outspoken (and often controversial) gun control advocate David Hogg. Every child who is willing to become the Left’s voice-piece is immediately promoted as a mainstream authority figure, with supposed youthful innocence or sincerity acting as a convenient proxy for actual substantive knowledge.
As those who spend their time in the trenches of social media know full well, many on the Left blindly idolize their figures of allocated authority and often demonstrate complete and utter contempt for those who do not conform — especially when these nonconformists belong to an intersectional group under the “protection” of the Left. The result is the destruction of characters like Kashuv, with cheers of delight as the mob witnesses their downfall.
Kashuv made the mistake of swimming against the tide by refusing to allow himself to be used as a leftist pawn in the aftermath of the Parkland school shooting. Any such victim who is unwilling to allow his shoulders to become the foundation of leftist propaganda must eventually pay the price, and the Left’s macabre method of retrospective vengeance finally found its target in Kashuv.
Time Is Not Static
Time is a selectively malleable construct for those on the Left who hope to weaponize the past of their ideological enemies. It is uncontroversial to argue that most teenagers are emotionally and socially immature and, as a result, say or do immature (or even appalling) things. It is also uncontroversial to argue that we are not the same people at every stage of our lives. As our brains develop, our behavior develops, as does our opinion of our past selves. This is true year-on-year, if not day-by-day. It is certainly true if the child in question experiences a traumatic and life-flashing-before-your-eyes type of event, such as the Parkland school shooting, which may forever alter the individual and his perception of his past behavior.
Setting aside the undeniable fact that his language was despicable (Kashuv himself has admitted this publicly), his actions occurred months before the Parkland shooting — months before he became a public figure. We must acknowledge that his actions occurred as part of a timeline of human growth and progression, and that the 18-year-old Kyle Kashuv is not the 16-year-old Kyle Kashuv being condemned.
With our past becoming locked in an immortal electronic database, we must be forced to decide how we delineate human development. With many children holding some form of online identity at increasingly younger ages, there has to be some form of objective metric by which we measure behavior, and by which we can compare behavior across developmental stages.
Many will argue that Kyle Kashuv’s behavior was that of a stupid 16-year-old, but as an 18-year-old who has genuinely repented, he should be forgiven. However, we must also ask the broader question: What timeline should be used when it comes to rendering judgment? Would the Left have reacted with equal fury if Kyle Kashuv had used that same language as a 14-year-old? What about as a particularly vocal 1-year-old? If yes, can we ever escape our past?
Unless we can acknowledge the clear fact that we are forever developing, and that our past selves are often inferior versions of our current selves, we will be reduced to living as stagnant prisoners of our possibly immature and reckless childhood states.
Apologies Are Virtuous
The overwhelming reaction to Kyle Kashuv’s former actions demonstrates that the virtue of apology seems to be dying a slow and painful death. As discussed in <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2019/01/11/left-doesnt-want-public-apologies-wants-public-self-immolation/">The Federalist</a>, this problem has been developing for some time. Apologies are not sought after in the hope of repentance or remorse, but to enforce an act of servile capitulation to the radical Left.
It is undeniable that Kashuv faced this public wave of criticism honorably, and his apology was offered sincerely and without equivocation. But that did not stop the bloodthirsty mob from calling for him to be preemptively expelled from Harvard, or from cheering with joy when the elite American university gladly obliged. Time and time again, we find that the act of apology leads inevitably to complete and public self-immolation. This leads us to ask the terrifying question: “Why apologize?”
In this modern world where our pasts are torn to shreds in order to uncover former misdeeds, where these misdeeds are weaponized to destroy our lives or livelihoods, we are left with a clear choice. The first option is to continue to do the honorable thing and acknowledge our wrongdoings: Own your mistakes, apologize publicly, and attempt to learn and grow. This act, which sacrifices one’s ego in favor of what is right, used to be hailed as a sign of virtue. However, the second option has become the only option which does not result in utter self-destruction: Deny and deflect. When faced with legitimate criticism, respond with a shameless refusal to acknowledge any wrongdoing.
As a society, we are truly on the edge of a moral abyss. Either we return to the virtuous world where we encourage and value apologies, or we continue to spiral downwards by rewarding those who don’t apologize while screaming for the blood of those who do.
Regardless of how you feel about Kashuv, we should no longer allow mobs fueled by artificial outrage to destroy the lives of those who dare to oppose the mainstream Left. We should fight for a return to a world of virtue, instead of a world of moral destruction.
Kyle Kashuv is not alone. He is one of countless men and women who have moments in their past they regret — moments which define a person who no longer exists. Unfortunately for Kashuv, he entered the public fray and swam against the tide. When objectively criticized for his past behavior, Kashuv did the honorable thing and apologized. His reward was to have his academic future sacrificed in order to silence the hordes massing at the gates.
We’re in a battle for “sorry” over “not sorry.” Let’s pick the right side.

HAWORTH: Harvard Destroyed Kyle Kashuv’s Virtuous Apology

Education

Leftism

Political Correctness

Our universities may be irrevocably broken.
On Monday, Parkland survivor and outspoken conservative Kyle Kashuv announced that Harvard University had withdrawn his admission from the school over the revelation of racist, offensive, idiotic posts written on a private Google document with friends when he was sixteen years old. Never mind that Kashuv apologized publicly for the comments; never mind that his public behavior has evinced no racism whatsoever.
Forgiveness must be withheld.
Kashuv explained:
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1/ THREAD: Harvard rescinded my acceptance.
Three months after being admitted to Harvard Class of 2023, Harvard has decided to rescind my admission over texts and comments made nearly two years ago, months prior to the shooting.
I have some thoughts. Here&#8217;s what happened.
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1140605133346283521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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2/ A few weeks ago, I was made aware of egregious and callous comments classmates and I made privately years ago &#8211; when I was 16 years old, months before the shooting &#8211; in an attempt to be as extreme and shocking as possible.
I immediately apologized.
Here is my apology: <a href="https://t.co/eI38ziiQE8">pic.twitter.com/eI38ziiQE8</a>
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1140605144368898049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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3/ After I issued this apology, speculative articles were written, my peers used the opportunity to attack me, and my life was once again reduced to a headline.
It sent me into one of the darkest spirals of my life.
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1140605147313266688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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4/ After the story broke, former peers &amp; political opponents began contacting Harvard urging them to rescind me. Harvard then sent this letter stating that Harvard &#8220;reserves the right to withdraw an offer of admission&#8221; and requested a written explanation within 72 hours. <a href="https://t.co/RfEQCvjgDX">pic.twitter.com/RfEQCvjgDX</a>
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1140605153789272064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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5/ I responded to the letter with a full explanation, apology, and requested documents. <a href="https://t.co/yWd6FeKWOJ">pic.twitter.com/yWd6FeKWOJ</a>
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1140605163721437189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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6/ I also sent an email to the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to seek guidance on how to right this wrong and work with them once I was on campus. <a href="https://t.co/3M1UEXXeQm">pic.twitter.com/3M1UEXXeQm</a>
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1140605171644403712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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7/ Harvard decided to rescind my admission with the following letter. <a href="https://t.co/P3bLkF3hHn">pic.twitter.com/P3bLkF3hHn</a>
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1140605179311656962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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8/ Somewhat ironically, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion sent me this response regarding my apology:
&#8220;Thank you for your email. We appreciate your thoughtful reflections and look forward to connecting with you upon your matriculation in the fall of 2020&#8230;&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/YUX67QW3KE">pic.twitter.com/YUX67QW3KE</a>
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1140605185921863680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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9/ After receiving Harvard&#8217;s letter revoking my acceptance, I responded by asking for the opportunity to have an in-person meeting to make my case face to face and work towards any possible path of reconciliation.
Harvard responded by declining my meeting request. <a href="https://t.co/rdsGU7BhjD">pic.twitter.com/rdsGU7BhjD</a>
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1140605195052863488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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10/ Harvard deciding that someone can&#8217;t grow, especially after a life-altering event like the shooting, is deeply concerning. If any institution should understand growth, it&#8217;s Harvard, which is looked to as the pinnacle of higher education despite its checkered past.
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1140605198035017728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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11/ Throughout its history, Harvard&#8217;s faculty has included slave owners, segregationists, bigots and antisemites. If Harvard is suggesting that growth isn&#8217;t possible and that our past defines our future, then Harvard is an inherently racist institution.
But I don&#8217;t believe that.
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1140605199414943744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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12/ I believe that institutions and people can grow. I&#8217;ve said that repeatedly.
In the end, this isn&#8217;t about me, it&#8217;s about whether we live in a society in which forgiveness is possible or mistakes brand you as irredeemable, as Harvard has decided for me.
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1140605200920719360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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13/ So what now? I&#8217;m figuring it out.
I had given up huge scholarships in order to go to Harvard, and the deadline for accepting other college offers has ended.
I&#8217;m exploring all options at the moment.
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1140611008798629888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
As far as his Harvard qualifications, they weren&#8217;t based on his activism. Kashuv was ranked second in his class, with a weighted GPA of 5.345 and an unweighted GPA of 3.9; he scored a 1550 on his SATs. But Kashuv&#8217;s activism has been impressive nonetheless: he has worked consistently across the aisle to bring about school safety measures to protect other high schoolers, and that his terrible comments were written before the life-changing event the mass shooting at Parkland represented.
Kashuv&#8217;s comments were originally surfaced by fellow students who oppose him politically, in an overt attempt to damage him. Kashuv did the right thing and issued an immediate apology:
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A quick note on callous comments I made a few years ago in high school that are circulating. <a href="https://t.co/E6Ki6XIhtc">pic.twitter.com/E6Ki6XIhtc</a>
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1131395413938966528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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In a normal world, this would have been enough. Kashuv is 18 years old, and he wrote the comments when he was 16. He didn&#8217;t commit a crime; he didn&#8217;t espouse his gross views publicly; his behavior since has not mimicked any of the content or attitude of the comments. He also underwent a life-changing trauma &#8212; the kind of trauma that has provided an unbreakable shield of protection from the media for all other Parkland survivors. Hell, criticizing outspoken anti-gun activist David Hogg was considered an act of extreme evil by the mainstream media, an act worthy of advertiser boycott.
Not for Kashuv.
His apology wasn&#8217;t sufficient, Harvard determined. Instead, Harvard University issued a letter asking Kashuv to explain his comments or face the rescinding of his attendance.
Before responding to the main email, Kashuv wrote this one to the Office of Diversity Education and Support:
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Around two years ago, when I was 16 years old, before the mass shooting that occurred at my high school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, I was part of a group in which we used abhorrent racial slurs. We did so out of a misplaced sense of humor: we treated the words themselves as though they bore little weight, and used them only for their shock value. Looking back two years later, I cannot recognize that person. I make absolutely no excuse for those comments. I said them, and I regret them deeply. I bore no racial animus whatsoever: the context was a group of adolescents trying to use the worst words and say the most insane things imaginable. The horrible things I said were not directed to any specific person or individual, and my intent was never to hurt anyone.
I do not have access to the electronic record of that conversation and do not recall other things that may have been said; I have only seen what has appeared in the media. When reminded of those comments, I immediately apologized publicly, knowing that there would be an immediate media uproar, given that I have become a public figure over the past year. That uproar did ensue, and I have continued to accept responsibility for my comments, and I accept fully the resulting legitimate criticism. I am entirely embarrassed and do not recognize the person who wrote those things.
As you may not know, I had already intended to take a gap year to continue my school safety activism, before beginning my studies in the fall of 2020. I will hope to enter Harvard as a more mature member of the community, with three years and many life experiences between the foolish child who said those things two years ago and the man I am today and wish to become in the future.
I am deeply sorry for my past comments, I know I am not the same person. But I realize there is always more I can do to understand and learn about the struggle and pain of minority communities in America and worldwide. During my gap year, I will supplement my activism to include reaching out to minority communities. I am open to any advice or suggestions on activities I might pursue during my gap year in pursuit of that goal. I am committed to engaging on this issue, and I plan to visit your office when I arrive at Harvard in the fall of 2020 after I complete my gap year.
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Then Kashuv wrote this response to William Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions and financial aid:
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Dear Mr. Fitzsimmons:
Thank you for the opportunity to elaborate on what has been a very difficult and painful public controversy, which has left me with feelings of deep regret over an episode I had long forgotten. Let me first state that I apologize unequivocally for my comments, which were made two years ago in private among equally immature high school students. In the attached document, I have attached all the comments I have been able to record. I do not have access to the electronic record of that conversation and do not recall other things that may have been said; I have only seen what has appeared in the media. I take full responsibility for the idiotic and hurtful things I wrote two years ago. I make absolutely no excuse for those comments. I said them, I regret them, and by explaining the context and my subsequent experiences I am not trying to excuse them. Instead, I am seeking to demonstrate the hurtful things I said do not represent the man I am today.
I understand Harvard&#8217;s concern over these offensive statements from my past, and I further understand that Harvard has been contacted about them by people expressing concern about them. I am very sorry to have put the College in this position. I am determined to take whatever steps are necessary to rectify this past wrong and to reassure Harvard of my commitment to values of tolerance, diversity, and inclusion, which I hope to advance as a member of the class of 2024.
This is the context in which I made these comments. While this does not excuse my comments, I made poor choices with regards to the people I surrounded myself with, I became part of a group in which those words bore little weight and were used only in a means for their shock value. I bore no racial animus; the context was a group of adolescents trying to use the worst words and say the most insane things imaginable. Until these writings were disclosed, I had long forgotten about them. While I will forever bear incredible shame for typing them, I especially feel remorse now that they have been made public knowing they have caused terrible pain to people I care about. I gave no consideration to the meaning and weight of the words I wrote in an effort to impress then friends and classmates, and looking back I know clearly know I wrote terrible things I can never unwrite.
My intent was never to hurt anyone, and to do so would have magnified the harm immensely. I also feel I am no longer the same person, especially in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting and all that has transpired since. I had to mature not only to address that horrible situation but to fulfill my new role as a school safety activist. I have tried hard to be a better man in honor of the friends I lost, and I believe I have grown and matured significantly through this experience. I am proud of some of the things I have accomplished in the wake of that tragedy, and I do not recognize the person who wrote those things.
When I was reminded of the writings I was mortified and embarrassed. My parents raised me to be better than what is represented in those screenshots from about two years ago. In an effort to be as honest and transparent as possible, I immediately apologized publicly when reminded of those messages, while knowing the media uproar that would ensue. It did ensue, and I have continued to accept responsibility and the resulting legitimate criticism.
As you know, I intend to take a gap year before beginning my studies to continue my work promoting school safety. I will continue to mature and will enter Harvard with three years and many life experiences between the foolish child who said those things and the man I am today. As an aspiring member of the Harvard community, I aspire to the values that the community strives to uphold. Therefore I have already written to the Harvard College Office of Diversity Education and Support both to express my deepest apologies and remorse, and to reach out to begin a dialogue that I hope will be the foundation of future growth. While I am no longer the same person who wrote those comments, there is always more to learn: especially about the legacy of racism in our society.
Thank you again for this opportunity to address these issues. I hope this fully addresses your concerns, but if not I would be happy to provide any further information or discussion you require.
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No good. Harvard sent Kashuv a blunt letter kicking him out of Harvard:
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Dear Mr. Kashuv,
Thank you for your response to our letter of May 24. The Admissions Committee has discussed at length your account of the communications about which we asked, and we appreciated your candor and your expressions of regret for sending them.
As you know, the Committee takes seriously the qualifies of maturity and moral character. After careful consideration the Committee voted to rescind your admission to Harvard College.
We are sorry about the circumstances that have led us to withdraw your admission, and we wish you success in your future academic endeavors and beyond.
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This is, to put it mildly, gutless. There are ex-convicts who, quite properly, have been admitted to Harvard &#8212; they earned forgiveness. There are current students who undoubtedly have said things privately that would shock the conscience. There are likely administrators who have said things when they were 16 years old that embarrass them now. Is the new standard that if you said something on a private message board when you were 16 years old that we should deny you the possibility of a degree at a top college, so long as those who join you on that message board decide to out you?
This isn&#8217;t about Kashuv&#8217;s politics. I&#8217;ve worked with other Parkland survivors including Cameron Kasky, with whom I disagree politically, but who happens to be a wonderful young man &#8212; I would certainly defend him if something similar happened to him. I&#8217;ve defended Sarah Jeong of The New York Times from calls to be fired over her old tweets; I&#8217;ve done the same with James Gunn; I&#8217;ve even suggested that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam ought to be judged based on his lifelong career record on race, not based on a racist yearbook photo. I&#8217;ve stumped against the social media bannings of people with whom I virulently disagree &#8212; people who have in fact targeted me personally.
This move by Harvard is the worst move I&#8217;ve ever seen in academia &#8212; and it represents the establishment of a standard so insane that no one can possibly withstand it. All those who have never written an embarrassing thing privately, please step forward. Not so fast, SJWs.
The move comes just three weeks after Harvard University fired Professor Ronald Sullivan and his wife Stephanie from their deanships at Winthrop House over the apparently unforgiveable sin of Sullivan&#8217;s representation of alleged rapist Harvey Weinstein. Sullivan was ousted because students said they were offended by Sullivan doing what he&#8217;s always done: defending alleged criminals. Over at Yale, Professor Nicholas Christakis and his wife Erica were effectively ousted from their roles as co-masters of Silliman House because they suggested that perhaps students shouldn&#8217;t take offense at Halloween costumes. Over at Evergreen College, Professor Bret Weinstein and his wife Professor Heather Heying were forced out over Weinstein&#8217;s refusal to stop teaching for a &#8220;Day of Absence&#8221; for white teachers.
Our colleges are irreparably broken; the inmates are in charge of the asylum.
Kyle Kashuv acted like a dumb kid. He&#8217;s remorseful. Denying him the chance to prove it is horrifying. And if the new standard is that anyone whose old comments are resurfaced for fun and games can have their life ruined, no one will survive. I look forward to tasking my reporters with digging up everything everyone on the admissions committee has ever said. If these are the new rules, so be it.
But these are, apparently, the new rules. Kashuv is the first to feel the brunt. He certainly won&#8217;t be the last.

Harvard Rescinds Admission To Conservative Kyle Kashuv Over Private Racist Remarks He Wrote At 16, Despite Apology And Evidence Of Growth. This Is Disgusting.

Parkland student Kyle Kashuv is asking others to <a href="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/award-presidential-medal-freedom-parkland-shooting-hero-and-victim-peter-wang-who-died-saving-others">sign a petition</a> he started to encourage President Donald Trump to give a student who died in the Parkland Shooting while helping others the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Peter Wang, 15, was a Junior Reserve Officers&#8217; Training Corps (JROTC) cadet who was killed while holding the door to let others out of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February last year during an active shooter situation where a total of 17 students and staffers were killed.
Wang and two other JROTC members who were killed, Alaina Petty, 14, and Martin Duque, 14, were honored by the Florida National Guard.
Wang was posthumously accepted to the U.S Military Academy at West Point &#8212; where he dreamed of going to school &#8212; &#8220;for his heroic actions,&#8221; <a href="https://www.usma.edu/news/Shared%20Documents/Statement%20Marjory%20Stoneman%20Douglas%20High%20School%20Student.docx.pdf">the academy said in a statement</a>.
&#8220;It was an appropriate way for USMA to honor this brave young man,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;West Point has given posthumous offers of admission in very rare instances for those candidates or potential candidates whose actions exemplified the tenets of Duty, Honor, and Country.&#8221;
The petition claims Wang was buried in his JROTC uniform.
In an interview with The Daily Wire, Kashuv said that his initiative is &#8220;a great way to unify all Americans around something we can all agree on.&#8221;
&#8220;Peter is the very definition of a hero,&#8221; Kashuv said. &#8220;If you go through the past honorees, they&#8217;re all American heroes. Whether it&#8217;s sporting heroes, military heroes, musical heroes, etc. there&#8217;s no doubt in my mind that Peter belongs among those names and exulted even higher, to be honest.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s also incredibly important that the president, on behalf of a very grateful nation, is given the opportunity to thank Mr. and Mrs. Wang for raising a hero,&#8221; Kashuv added.
The petition has been shared or retweeted by the Founder and CEO of the Young Turks, Ceny Uygur; former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, MSNBC host Lawrence O&#8217;Donnell, and The Daily Wire&#8217;s Editor-in-Chief, Ben Shapiro, among others.
&#8220;This is an easy nonpartisan issue all Americans can agree with,&#8221; Uygur tweeted. &#8220;Let&#8217;s honor Peter Wang!&#8221;
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This is an easy nonpartisan issue all Americans can agree with. Let&#8217;s honor Peter Wang! <a href="https://t.co/bucDCClks7">https://t.co/bucDCClks7</a>
&#8212; Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) <a href="https://twitter.com/cenkuygur/status/1066129851411705856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Yale economics professor Howard Forman shared the petition and thanked Kashuv for &#8220;reminding us one of the many things we have to be thankful for. And the many people who have sacrificed to keep us all safer.&#8221;
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Signed. Thanks, <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KyleKashuv</a> , for reminding us of one of the many things we have to be thankful for. And the many people who have sacrificed to keep us all safer. RIP, Peter Wang. <a href="https://t.co/rVEGWIGmy4">https://t.co/rVEGWIGmy4</a>
&#8212; (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehowie/status/1065690238910193665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2018</a></blockquote>
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So far, the petition has garnered more than 3,200 signatures of its 100,000 signature goal.
Kashuv said that in the wake of the shooting, he and other student activists entered the national spotlight causing Wang and others to be &#8220;overshadowed.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s an utter shame that people like myself and other activists took the spotlight,&#8221; Kashuv said. &#8220;We messed up. We should&#8217;ve kept saying in every media situation that we must honor and remember those we lost, especially Peter and Coach Feis who are heroes.&#8221;
&#8220;The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian honor possible,&#8221; Kashuv added. &#8220;There&#8217;s literally nobody who deserves this more than Peter.&#8221;

Petition Started To Give Parkland Shooting Hero And Victim Presidential Medal of Freedom

Donald Trump

Kyle Kashuv announced Monday that Turning Point USA will be offering a scholarship for students from Majory Stoneman Douglas High School to attend a TPUSA event for high school students. 
Kashuv, a survivor of the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and contributor at The Daily Wire, has continued to support the Second Amendment after the tragedy while many of his peers have entered the national spotlight to push for gun control. Kashuv also recently became the Director of High School Outreach for TPUSA. In his new role, he is chairing TPUSA&#8217;s High School Leadership Summit which will be held on July 24-26 in Washington, D.C.
TPUSA and Kashuv are prepared to allow any student from his school to attend the conference for free with travel and lodging included. &#8220;I am offering this scholarship because, for many of my peers, they&#8217;ve been denied or just not included in the national discourse,&#8221; Kashuv told The Daily Wire. &#8220;This will give them an opportunity to come together, hear lawmakers, and have discourse.&#8221;
Kashuv also claims that he would like some of the other well-known Parkland activists to attend or speak at the conference. &#8220;I would honestly love for David [Hogg] to come &#8212; I know we go at it on Twitter, but we are all Eagles at heart,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We both know we just want to make a positive difference. I would be happy to have him there as a guest, on our school safety panel, or for a civil debate.&#8221;
So far, around 25 students from Kashuv&#8217;s school have applied for the scholarship. Kashuv claims that they would like to give out as many scholarships as possible but are prepared to offer around 75. 
&#8220;This is incredibly meaningful for me,&#8221; Kashuv added.
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TPUSA And Kyle Kashuv Create Scholarship To Bring Parkland Students To Conservative Conference

Turning Point USA

Conservative Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Kyle Kashuv demolished New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof on Thursday after Kristof wrote a columnist pushing for gun control measures.
Kristof listed in his column &#8220;10 modest steps&#8221; that he argues could cut gun violence, which Kashuv then dissected one-by-one in a Twitter thread.
Kristof&#8217;s first three points were:
1. &#8220;Require universal background checks to see if a purchaser is a felon or a threat to others.&#8221;
2. &#8220;Improve background checks by allowing the federal government adequate time to perform them.&#8221;
3. &#8220;Pass &#8220;red flag laws&#8221; that allow a judge to order the temporary removal of a gun from people who are a threat to themselves or others.&#8221;
Kashuv responded with the following three points:
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pt 1) This is a survey by gun control advocates that I trust about as far as I can throw it.
Pt. 2 see <a href="https://t.co/u922SDgDOL">https://t.co/u922SDgDOL</a>
pt. 3) &#8220;red flag laws&#8221; &#8212; If people &#8220;really&#8221; believe that these individuals are a danger to themselves or others, confine them to a mental&#8230;
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/999817234993373185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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health facility. Simply saying that someone can&#8217;t legally buy a gun isn&#8217;t a serious response. People can get guns in other ways just about as easily as they can buy illegal drugs. In addition, if you really people someone is a danger, why only take away their guns?&#8230;
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/999817377842892800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Kristof&#8217;s fourth point was &#8220;Get guns out of the hands of domestic abusers.&#8221;
Kashuv responded by writing: &#8220;The intimate relationship numbers are useless because they also include crimes committed against prostitutes by Johns and Pimps. Women shouldn&#8217;t be concerned about all men, but those who have a violent criminal history. 90% of adult murderers have a violent criminal history. When you see how relatively small murders are involving women, you get an idea how important these considerations are. Women, because they are weaker physically, also benefit much more from owning guns then men do.&#8221;
Kristof&#8217;s next two points were:
5. &#8220;Require safe storage of guns, preferably in a safe or at least with a trigger lock.&#8221;
6. &#8220;Make serial numbers harder to file off, and require microstamping, so that cartridges can be traced back to the gun that fired the bullets.&#8221;
Kashuv responded with:
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Pt 5) Safe storage laws. <a href="https://t.co/QpJM3oy4zV">https://t.co/QpJM3oy4zV</a>
pt. 6) You can easily recover the serial numbers off of guns after they have been filed off. The original stamping of the serial number alters the metal under the serial numbers and can be read. Microstamping&#8230;.
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/999819218270015489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Kristof&#8217;s last four points were:
7. &#8220;Invest in &#8216;smart guns&#8217; that require a PIN, fingerprint or nearby bracelet to fire.&#8221;
8. &#8220;Support community anti-violence programs, like Cure Violence and Becoming a Man, that work with at-risk young people and show excellent success in reducing shootings.&#8221;
9. &#8220;Limit buyers in most cases to one or two gun purchases a month, to reduce gun trafficking.&#8221;
10. &#8220;Invest in gun buybacks.&#8221;
Kashuv replied:
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Pt. 7) Smart gun laws <a href="https://t.co/paC3Ganx1A">https://t.co/paC3Ganx1A</a>
pt. 8) If you look at the month by month changes in crime in Boston for example where they did this experiment, the drop in crime occurred months BEFORE the program started. Only by looking at longer periods of time do they&#8230;.
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/999819637067059201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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obscure that fact. In other places, there have been other changes in law enforcement occurring at the same time (e.g., such as more police).
pt. 9) There no evidence that limiting gun purchases reduces crime in either the state that the law is passed in or in neighboring&#8230;
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/999820234965037056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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It&#8217;s also illegal for domestic abusers to possess guns &#8212; Lautenberg Amendment. Buybacks don&#8217;t work (mandatory Australia mid-90s), prohibited possesses won&#8217;t submit to UBCs.
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/999829716101222401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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New York Times Columnist Writes Gun Control Article. Kyle Kashuv Dismantles It.

New York Times

On Friday, far-left activists from Parkland, Florida launched vicious and absurd attacks on President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association (NRA) in response to the tragic shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas.
The shooting was committed by a 17-year-old male who used a shotgun and a revolver to kill ten people. Law enforcement officials also found pipe bombs and pressure cooker bombs in the high school and the surrounding area.
As students were dying, far-left Parkland activists politicized the shooting in a series of ridiculous tweets which were quickly smacked down by their conservative classmate, Kyle Kashuv.
In response to a tweet from Trump that said, &#8220;School shooting in Texas. Early reports not looking good. God bless all!&#8221; far-left activist Jaclyn Corin tweeted:
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Our children are being MURDERED and you&#8217;re treating this like a game. This is the 22nd school shooting just this year. DO SOMETHING. <a href="https://t.co/Lc1IWYGssE">https://t.co/Lc1IWYGssE</a>
&#8212; Jaclyn Corin (@JaclynCorin) <a href="https://twitter.com/JaclynCorin/status/997498593241116674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Kashuv replied:
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1) there hasn&#8217;t been 22, do research before making stupid statements. <a href="https://t.co/rioBzYQBWw">https://t.co/rioBzYQBWw</a>
2) remember how adults don&#8217;t know how to do anything and you were going to be the hero to finally &#8220;DO SOMETHING&#8221;?
3) he did and continues to push for school safety. What about you? <a href="https://t.co/PAd3HzmAON">https://t.co/PAd3HzmAON</a>
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/997588760215764992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Far-left activist David Hogg tweeted:
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Get ready for two weeks of media coverage of politicians acting like they give a shit when in reality they just want to boost their approval ratings before midterms.
&#8212; David Hogg (@davidhogg111) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/997504642991968256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Kashuv turned it around on him:
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Get ready for two weeks of people like David Hogg lying so they can push an agenda and calling everyone who doesn&#8217;t agree with him a &#8220;child murderer&#8221; despite their proposals having no utility or impact on the event at hand. <a href="https://t.co/gt7VyjhrUP">https://t.co/gt7VyjhrUP</a>
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/997574632701026304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Hogg continued spreading blatant lies, tweeting:
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You know if guns actually did make everyone safe America would have no gun violance because we have about 100 million guns or about 30% of the worlds total yet most of its gun violance.
&#8212; David Hogg (@davidhogg111) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/997596968938606593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Kashuv responded:
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It&#8217;s not about the availability of guns that&#8217;s the factor, it&#8217;s about who is behind the trigger. If availability of guns is the major factor in gun violence, then Indiana (low restrictions) would be like Chicago (high restrictions) <a href="https://t.co/crGNqULUin">https://t.co/crGNqULUin</a>
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/997603117951676416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Far-left activist Delaney Tarr tweeted:
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How many times to kids have to beg to not go through this before something is done? How long do we have to wait to stop being ignored? <a href="https://t.co/ZUpDjtQEHO">https://t.co/ZUpDjtQEHO</a>
&#8212; Delaney Tarr (@delaneytarr) <a href="https://twitter.com/delaneytarr/status/997573777449017349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Kashuv responded:
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Delaney, your team has proposed legislation that wouldn&#8217;t have even touched the 2 guns used. Maybe you should be honest already and call for a complete 2A repeal. That&#8217;s the only way what you Tweeted makes sense. <a href="https://t.co/YBR4hVq2q7">https://t.co/YBR4hVq2q7</a>
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/997574098678042624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Far-left activist Cameron Kasky tweeted:
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Donald Trump does not care about school shootings.
Donald Trump does nothing to stop school shootings.
Don&#8217;t talk to me about the &#8216;stop school violence act,&#8217; because that does nothing to stop school shootings.
Donald Trump does not care about you or your kids getting shot.
&#8212; Cameron Kasky (@cameron_kasky) <a href="https://twitter.com/cameron_kasky/status/997499597592424448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Kashuv put him in his place:
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It&#8217;s probably not a good idea to say the President doesn&#8217;t care about kids dying when you&#8217;re tying to push for legislation that require him to sign into law. <a href="https://t.co/Do5jjwj4iT">https://t.co/Do5jjwj4iT</a>
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/997628284941647872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Far-left activist Matt Deitsch tweeted:
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Texas doesn&#8217;t require background checks on private sales. Texas doesn&#8217;t have a Red Flag Law. Texas doesn&#8217;t require gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms. Texas doesn&#8217;t regulate the open carry of long guns.
Every state should check those boxes.
Pence sleeps with the NRA. <a href="https://t.co/ffrGjXxjr1">https://t.co/ffrGjXxjr1</a>
&#8212; Matt Deitsch (@MattxRed) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattxRed/status/997591483875180545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Kashuv responded:
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I&#8217;d take you seriously if you could show a modicum of self control to keep from an ad hominem attack. It&#8217;s pathetic and beneath discourse. If you think Pence sleeps with the NRA you&#8217;re either stupid or insincere or both. <a href="https://t.co/PXk7rXra5W">https://t.co/PXk7rXra5W</a>
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/997595588823678976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Hogg also tweeted something that didn&#8217;t quite make sense:
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I can&#8217;t wait for the day when I say can say there&#8217;s somebody alive right now that won&#8217;t be alive this time tomorrow as a result of gun violance and know that&#8217;s not true.
&#8212; David Hogg (@davidhogg111) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/997576544938799105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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To which Kashuv hilariously replied:
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Sounds like a Disney movie. <a href="https://t.co/76vVLnymbm">https://t.co/76vVLnymbm</a>
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/997586700808273920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Parkland Activists Launch Attacks On Trump, NRA. Kyle Kashuv Flattens Them.

Gun Control

On Monday, conservative Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Kyle Kashuv responded to a tweet from a far-left Parkland activist in epic fashion.
Lauren Hogg, sister of far-left provocateur David Hogg, tweeted: &#8220;I&#8217;m tired of people saying, &#8220;The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.&#8220; Fighting fire with fire never got anything done. It just burned everything down. It is the same reason why we must never fight hate with hate. Only love can drive out hate.&#8221;
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I&#8217;m tired of people saying, &#8220;The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.&#8220;
Fighting fire with fire never got anything done. It just burned everything down.
It is the same reason why we must never fight hate with hate. Only love can drive out hate.
&#8212; Lauren Hogg (@lauren_hoggs) <a href="https://twitter.com/lauren_hoggs/status/989614000471146496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Kashuv responded by writing: &#8220;Okay, so if someone comes at you with a gun make sure you offer them a hug. Let me know how it goes!&#8221;
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Okay, so if someone comes at you with a gun make sure you offer them a hug. Let me know how it goes! <a href="https://t.co/XPBPH6xbs7">https://t.co/XPBPH6xbs7</a>
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/991135905145655296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Other notable responses included:
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Uh, I&#8217;m pretty sure love won&#8217;t stop a bad guy with a gun. <a href="https://t.co/y4S7LZRBLS">https://t.co/y4S7LZRBLS</a>
&#8212; Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) <a href="https://twitter.com/WalshFreedom/status/991391374313492483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Controlled burns are one of the most effective ways to not only prevent a forest fire but to stop one.
This is what happens to children after 10 years in a public school. <a href="https://t.co/yHGNOTQPN9">https://t.co/yHGNOTQPN9</a>
&#8212; &#8216;Sources Say&#8217; is Greek for &#8216;Fake News&#8217; (@NolteNC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NolteNC/status/991327593646436352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Actually <a href="https://twitter.com/lauren_hoggs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lauren_hoggs</a>, fighting fire with fire, i.e. controlled burns, is a common tactic used to prevent and stop wildfires.
Just go back to being a kid and leave this stuff to the adults. <a href="https://t.co/RO2duDKhWk">https://t.co/RO2duDKhWk</a>
&#8212; John Cardillo (@johncardillo) <a href="https://twitter.com/johncardillo/status/991276322881236992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Well, you might as well give that a shot when you&#8217;re protected by the Broward County sheriffs. <a href="https://twitter.com/johncardillo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@johncardillo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KyleKashuv</a> <a href="https://t.co/QjcoEni3pz">https://t.co/QjcoEni3pz</a>
&#8212; Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) <a href="https://twitter.com/KurtSchlichter/status/991135486163931136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Shooting a bad guy in self-defense does not require &#8220;hate.&#8221;<a href="https://t.co/FYKQy5azP9">https://t.co/FYKQy5azP9</a>
&#8212; Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamBaldwin/status/991344170403950592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Kyle Kashuv Takes Down Far-Left Parkland Activist In One Tweet

Ken Bone, the man who became Internet famous for asking questions during one of the 2016 Presidential debates (and for wearing a now-iconic red pullover), says his son was suspended from school pending an investigation after Bone posted a photo of him and his son getting time in at the gun range.
 On Thursday, Bone reposted the photo, noting that his son was now facing an inquiry from school officials.
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Remember this photo from a few days ago? Well, a school administrator saw it and now my son is suspended from school pending a police investigation. <a href="https://t.co/tTXSBDo39g">pic.twitter.com/tTXSBDo39g</a>
&#8212; Ken Bone (@kenbone18) <a href="https://twitter.com/kenbone18/status/989610013885943808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
Bone initially posted the photo as a response to Parkland mass shooting survivor Kyle Kashuv after Kashuv, himself, was questioned by police over a photo of him spending time at the gun range learning how to operate an AR-15. Bone captioned the photo with a story about how he was teaching his son &#8220;how to shoot safely,&#8221; and suggesting that &#8220;maybe those security guys want to talk to him.&#8221;
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Here&#8217;s a pic of my son learning to shoot safely under my supervision. Maybe those security guys want to talk to him. <a href="https://t.co/tLAfnVJv9z">pic.twitter.com/tLAfnVJv9z</a>
&#8212; Ken Bone (@kenbone18) <a href="https://twitter.com/kenbone18/status/988628989831974912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2018</a></blockquote>
It turns out they did.
Kashuv is still handling the fallout from his photo. Ken Bone says his son&#8217;s situation is still developing, and that he has spoken to the principal at his son&#8217;s school.

Internet Star Ken Bone Says Son Was Suspended From School For Going To A Gun Range

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On Thursday, the situation regarding the teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who allegedly called student Kyle Kashuv &#8220;the next Hitler&#8221; became more serious as the school district confirmed that the school is now investigating the incident.
In a statement to The Daily Wire, Broward County Public Schools official Nadine Drew wrote:
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School leaders take all matters involving students and staff seriously. They are aware of the allegations and are looking into the matter.
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The alleged incident unfolded on Wednesday when two students <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/29894/tolerance-parkland-teacher-slams-student-survivor-daily-wire">claimed</a> that American History teacher Greg Pittman told students in his classroom that Kashuv was &#8220;the next Hitler,&#8221; and said that Kashuv was &#8220;dangerous&#8221; and something needed to be done about him.
Pittman, who has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/29855/stoneman-douglas-teacher-attacks-kyle-kashuv-over-ryan-saavedra">attacked Kashuv multiple times</a> on Twitter, started the situation when he attacked Kashuv for posing in a picture with of a gun that he was shooting at a shooting range with his father. Pittman accused Kashuv of being the only student in the school not &#8220;smart enough&#8221; to know not to post pictures like that and accused him of taking the photos because he wanted attention and wanted to pick up Twitter followers.
Kashuv rejected Pittman&#8217;s accusations, informing The Daily Wire that it was his first time ever shooting a gun and that he was invited to go, indicating that it was not something that he sought out.
The Daily Wire reached out to school officials at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, whose only response to the allegations against Pittman was &#8220;no comment.&#8221;

Situation Gets Worse For Teacher Who Allegedly Called Kyle Kashuv ‘Next Hitler’

According to a high school junior student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, history teacher Greg Pittman launched into a broadside directed at pro-Second Amendment student Kyle Kashuv in seventh period class; Pittman has attacked Kashuv repeatedly on social media as well. Kashuv tweeted:
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So&#8230; I just got a call from a friend of mine from <a href="https://twitter.com/GregPittman1957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@</a><a href="https://twitter.com/GregPittman1957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">GregPittman1957</a>&#8216;s class and he apparently compared me to Hitler in class and said I am a piece of crap. The rant was about 10-minutes during class time and how he was right and I was wrong with my comments&#8230;
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/989244179317477376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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and that the school said he can&#8217;t Tweet at me anymore, yet&#8230; he did. Oh well. Guess he is a vile moron.
&#8212; Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/989244416396267520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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According to the high school junior, who sought to remain unnamed for fear of reprisal, Pittman stated that posting photos from a gun range would get you into trouble, and then went on to &#8220;compare Kyle to Hitler in terms of what he believes.&#8221;
This is insanity. Teachers attacking students in the classroom for their mainstream political beliefs is obviously beyond the pale. It remains to be seen whether the high school administration will call Pittman on the carpet in the same way school security called Kashuv on the carpet for outside-of-school activities.
UPDATE: A second member of Pittman&#8217;s class has now told The Daily Wire:
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I was in class on April 25th with Gregory Pittman and near the end of class the discussion led to Kyle Kashuv&#8217;s tweet about going to the gun range. Pittman expressed that he could not speak badly about Kyle because he was specifically told by administration not to. Pittman began talking about what an ass Kyle was and called him &#8220;the next Hitler&#8221; and said that he was &#8220;dangerous&#8221; and something needed to be done about him.
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