Mark Steyn on Stifling Conservatives on Campuses: ‘Security Is the New Shut Up’

[excerpt Carlson Exercising freedom ░░░░░░░░ speech is of grave ░░░░░░░░ says the guy from ░░░░░░░░ college known for the ░░░░░░░░ speech movement who teaches ░░░░░░░░ to talk this way ░░░░░░░░ Steyn might know He ░░░░░░░░ what it s like ░░░░░░░░ be targeted for his ░░░░░░░░ Angry Canadians once stopped ░░░░░░░░ from speaking in his ░░░░░░░░ country Mark Steyn joins ░░░░░░░░ tonight Mark you must ░░░░░░░░ this STEYN Yeah These ░░░░░░░░ I certainly recognize that ░░░░░░░░ of creepy weaselly evasive ░░░░░░░░ A Canadian blogger called ░░░░░░░░ Rosen Cohen says and ░░░░░░░░ sums it up very ░░░░░░░░ Security is the new ░░░░░░░░ up by which means ░░░░░░░░ oh yes of course ░░░░░░░░ believe in freedom of ░░░░░░░░ but we have security ░░░░░░░░ so they come up ░░░░░░░░ all this flimflam you ░░░░░░░░ have to change the ░░░░░░░░ you ll have to ░░░░░░░░ the venue we ll ░░░░░░░░ to move to you ░░░░░░░░ venue we ve had ░░░░░░░░ conversation with the security ░░░░░░░░ and the municipal police ░░░░░░░░ they say we are ░░░░░░░░ to need 600 riot ░░░░░░░░ there to enable you ░░░░░░░░ give a speech And ░░░░░░░░ point of all this ░░░░░░░░ that eventually the guys ░░░░░░░░ up and abandon trying ░░░░░░░░ invite conservative speakers because ░░░░░░░░ the time you factor ░░░░░░░░ all the security costs ░░░░░░░░ could stage Hello Dolly ░░░░░░░░ Godzilla on Ice for ░░░░░░░░ same cost as bringing ░░░░░░░░ Murray in to give ░░░░░░░░ 20 minute speech to ░░░░░░░░ few students And Berkley ░░░░░░░░ be ashamed of this ░░░░░░░░ it s not safe ░░░░░░░░ April 27th for Ann ░░░░░░░░ to be there they ░░░░░░░░ fix that But she ░░░░░░░░ coming on April 27th ░░░░░░░░ she should be able ░░░░░░░░ speak there without those ░░░░░░░░ losing control of the ░░░░░░░░ Carlson Among the many ░░░░░░░░ in this the left ░░░░░░░░ the term victim shaming ░░░░░░░░ blaming the victim And ░░░░░░░░ s exactly what s ░░░░░░░░ on here People show ░░░░░░░░ to abridge or eliminate ░░░░░░░░ freedom of speech and ░░░░░░░░ you are blamed for ░░░░░░░░ violence they threaten How ░░░░░░░░ that work STEYN That ░░░░░░░░ right Yeah I mean ░░░░░░░░ New York Times gave ░░░░░░░░ particularly weaselly account today ░░░░░░░░ say With Berkley s ░░░░░░░░ around the country as ░░░░░░░░ of the most liberal ░░░░░░░░ the campus and surrounding ░░░░░░░░ become a target for ░░░░░░░░ militant and shadowy right ░░░░░░░░ groups In other words ░░░░░░░░ you read the New ░░░░░░░░ Times you would think ░░░░░░░░ this is right wing ░░░░░░░░ targeting a liberal campus ░░░░░░░░ s the exact opposite ░░░░░░░░ was left wing thugs ░░░░░░░░ Middlebury who put a ░░░░░░░░ professor in the hospital ░░░░░░░░ made her have to ░░░░░░░░ back a couple of ░░░░░░░░ later with a concussion ░░░░░░░░ groups claim to be ░░░░░░░░ fascist But you don ░░░░░░░░ actually meet actual fascists ░░░░░░░░ the so called anti ░░░░░░░░ groups are putting liberal ░░░░░░░░ professors in the hospital ░░░░░░░░ administrators of American universities ░░░░░░░░ some of the most ░░░░░░░░ people in the Western ░░░░░░░░ at the moment They ░░░░░░░░ actually selling out one ░░░░░░░░ the critical elements of ░░░░░░░░ Western inheritance which is ░░░░░░░░ of speech and they ░░░░░░░░ turning basically university campuses ░░░░░░░░ the equivalent of English ░░░░░░░░ football stadiums of the ░░░░░░░░ Shame on them.”