{"id":1016000,"date":"2021-11-15T16:44:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T21:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1016000"},"modified":"2021-11-15T16:44:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T21:44:47","slug":"live-updates-students-protest-ben-shapiro-at-florida-state-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-updates-students-protest-ben-shapiro-at-florida-state-university\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE UPDATES: Students Protest Ben Shapiro At Florida State University"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flive-updates-students-protest-ben-shapiro-at-florida-state-university%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1016000&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Opponents of Ben Shapiro are apparently defacing property ahead of his speech at Florida State University on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>At least two progressive campus groups have planned protests over the speech, and one of them, FSU\u2019s branch of the socialist Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), is actively pushing the university to ban Shapiro from campus. Shapiro is scheduled to speak at FSU\u2019s Tucker Civic Center\u2019s Exhibition Hall at 7 p.m. in front of a capacity 1,500-person audience.<\/p>\n<p>At least one of the posters advertising the event has been defaced with Shapiro\u2019s likeness graffitied into the form of a devil with horns and black eyes. The vandal also wrote on the margins of the poster accusing Shapiro of being a \u201cracist\u201d and \u201cmisogynist\u201d who is \u201cunable to make decent arguments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy can\u2019t I be racist in public?\u201d a caption says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFree speech = N-word,\u201d another states.<\/p>\n<p>SDS and another progressive campus group, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) are planning a protest over Shapiro\u2019s speech. A poster circulating on social media blares,\u201d We don\u2019t tolerate fascists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seems that some people aren\u2019t too happy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@benshapiro<\/a> is speaking at Florida State tonight\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Watch LIVE on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eRbTS2girB\">https:\/\/t.co\/eRbTS2girB<\/a> tonight at 7 PM ET! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/30eJiEazkQ\">pic.twitter.com\/30eJiEazkQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 YAF (@yaf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaf\/status\/1460223115448012800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, SDS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/college-progressives-attack-ben-shapiro-plan-protests-ahead-of-florida-state-university-speech\">released<\/a> a statement labeling Shapiro \u201cfar-right\u201d despite the conservative commentator being the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adl.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/assets\/pdf\/press-center\/CR_4862_Journalism-Task-Force_v2.pdf\">top target<\/a>&nbsp;of antisemitism on Twitter among journalists in 2016, according to the Anti-Defamation League. The campus group also pressured university President Richard McCullough to ban Shapiro, a demand the school has rejected. FSU\u2019s statement said:<\/p>\n<p><em>On November 15, Florida State University, FSUGOP, and YAF will host far-right media figure Ben Shapiro at the Tucker Civic Center. This is extremely concerning, as Shapiro has a long history of being violently racist, homophobic, transphobic, and xenophobic. From arguing that homosexuality should remain in the DSM as a mental illness to staunchly reinforcing strict gender binaries on all aspects of society, Shapiro has shown that he stands against true freedom of expression and that his presence is antagonistic to the LGBTQ+ community, both on and off-campus. As a contributor and editor of far-right publications like Breitbart and Daily Wire, Shapiro has affirmed white supremacy by pushing back against \u201cCritical Race Theory\u201d (in other words, a correct telling of US History) and decrying systemic racism as a baseless belief. Shapiro is also a steadfast defender of the settler-colonial Israeli apartheid state, which has been engaged in the displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians for<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opponents of Ben Shapiro are apparently defacing property ahead of his speech at Florida State University on Monday evening.At least two progressive campus groups have planned protests over the speech, and one of them, FSU\u2019s branch of the socialist Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), is actively pushing the university to ban Shapiro from campus. Shapiro is scheduled to speak at FSU\u2019s Tucker Civic Center\u2019s Exhibition Hall at 7 p.m. in front of a capacity 1,500-person audience.At least one of the posters advertising the event has been defaced with Shapiro\u2019s likeness graffitied into the form of a devil with horns and black eyes. The vandal also wrote on the margins of the poster accusing Shapiro of being a \u201cracist\u201d and \u201cmisogynist\u201d who is \u201cunable to make decent arguments.\u201d\u201cWhy can\u2019t I be racist in public?\u201d a caption says.\u201cFree speech = N-word,\u201d another states.SDS and another progressive campus group, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) are planning a protest over Shapiro\u2019s speech. A poster circulating on social media blares,\u201d We don\u2019t tolerate fascists.\u201dSeems that some people aren\u2019t too happy @benshapiro is speaking at Florida State tonight\u2026Watch LIVE on https:\/\/t.co\/eRbTS2girB tonight at 7 PM ET! pic.twitter.com\/30eJiEazkQ\u2014 YAF (@yaf) November 15, 2021Last week, SDS released a statement labeling Shapiro \u201cfar-right\u201d despite the conservative commentator being the\u00a0top target\u00a0of antisemitism on Twitter among journalists in 2016, according to the Anti-Defamation League. The campus group also pressured university President Richard McCullough to ban Shapiro, a demand the school has rejected. FSU\u2019s statement said:On November 15, Florida State University, FSUGOP, and YAF will host far-right media figure Ben Shapiro at the Tucker Civic Center. This is extremely concerning, as Shapiro has a long history of being violently racist, homophobic, transphobic, and xenophobic. From arguing that homosexuality should remain in the DSM as a mental illness to staunchly reinforcing strict gender binaries on all aspects of society, Shapiro has shown that he stands against true freedom of expression and that his presence is antagonistic to the LGBTQ+ community, both on and off-campus. As a contributor and editor of far-right publications like Breitbart and Daily Wire, Shapiro has affirmed white supremacy by pushing back against \u201cCritical Race Theory\u201d (in other words, a correct telling of US History) and decrying systemic racism as a baseless belief. Shapiro is also a steadfast defender of the settler-colonial Israeli apartheid state, which has been engaged in the displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians for decades.In light of recent acts of racism and hate speech on FSU\u2019s campus, the presence of Ben Shapiro should absolutely not be tolerated by students, faculty, and administration.SDS condemns the university\u2019s decision to allow Ben Shapiro to spread reactionary propaganda on campus. Additionally, we call on all progressive student organizations to stand in opposition to the platforming of this racist commentator. For too long FSU\u2019s administration has encouraged racism, discrimination, and hate in the FSU community; this must end now! President McCullough claims to care about equity, diversity, and inclusion. If this is true, he should have no problem fulfilling the demands of Students for a Democratic Society: do not allow Ben Shapiro to appear on FSU\u2019s campus on November 15 or any other day. No Fascists on our campus!The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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