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Will Black Lives Matter and ‘Concerned Student 1950’ protest Obama for saying this? - Liberty Unyielding
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. —THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1788
By Deneen Borelli December 21, 2015
Barack Obama’s views on campus free speech might surprise many college liberals, who consider the former law professor to be an ally in the social justice movement and the “war on microaggressions.”
The New York Times transcribed portions of Obama’s radio interview with NPR, focusing — of course — on his comments disparaging Donald Trump. But hidden far beneath the headline was something way more interesting and potentially controversial: Obama doesn’t agree with the shout-down and aggressive tactics of the Black Lives Matter and Concerned Student 1950 movements.
“I think it’s a healthy thing for young people to be engaged, and to question authority,” Mr. Obama said. “I do think that there have been times on college campuses where I get concerned that the unwillingness to hear other points of view can be as unhealthy on the left as on the right.”
He cited as examples student protests last year of planned appearances by Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, at Smith College, and Condoleezza Rice, the former secretary of state, at Rutgers University that led both women to withdraw.
“Feel free to disagree with somebody,” the president said, “but don’t try to just shut them up.”
First of all, I’m a little surprised the Times didn’t go back and secretly remove this quote to protect the president, the way ot did last week.
But now that Obama’s criticism is out there, are Black Lives Matter and the Concerned Student 1950 groups going to hold him to the same ridiculous standard as the rest of the political figures they’ve shouted down?
Or in classic progressive fashion, do you think they will sweep this under the rug and forget he ever said it because it doesn’t fit with their political agenda?
Posted in: Law and Government, Politics, Social IssuesTagged: Barack obama, Black lives matter, liberals
Deneen Borelli is Outreach Director for FreedomWorks, a grassroots organization dedicated to limited government. She is a contributor at Fox News and has written for The Blaze, The Daily Caller, Los Angeles Times, and dozens of other publications. She is the author of the book ”Blacklash: How Obama and the Left are Driving Americans to the Government Plantation.”
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