{"id":1392676,"date":"2022-03-21T19:14:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T23:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1392676"},"modified":"2022-03-21T19:14:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T23:14:56","slug":"university-of-virginia-student-paper-pressures-administration-to-ban-mike-pence-from-speaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-virginia-student-paper-pressures-administration-to-ban-mike-pence-from-speaking\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Virginia Student Paper Pressures Administration to Ban Mike Pence from Speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Funiversity-of-virginia-student-paper-pressures-administration-to-ban-mike-pence-from-speaking%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=1392676&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--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Leftists at the University of Virginia are pressuring the school\u2019s administration to ban former Vice President Mike Pence from speaking at a student-sponsored event on Grounds, saying his presence is \u201cdangerous\u201d threatens student safety.<\/p>\n<p>Pence is set to speak at a Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) event at the University on April 12.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In both an op-ed and an editorial in the University newspaper, the <em>Cavalier Daily<\/em>, leftist students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavalierdaily.com\/article\/2022\/03\/editorial-dangerous-rhetoric-is-not-entitled-to-a-platform\">argue<\/a> that \u201cdangerous rhetoric is not entitled to a platform,\u201d continuing that \u201cspeech that threatens the lives of those on Grounds is unjustifiable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The radical editorial board outrightly makes the argument that \u201cdiversity of thought\u201d is no longer a virtue at Thomas Jefferson\u2019s university.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe as an Editorial Board found ourselves questioning what should be protected under the premise of \u2018diversity of thought\u2019\u00a0and more importantly, what values we choose to accept on Grounds,\u201d they wrote. \u201c<strong>For us, the answer is simple. Hateful rhetoric is violent \u2014 and this is impermissible<\/strong>.\u201d [Emphasis added].<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>After trashing an event called \u201cIn Defense of Mr. Jefferson\u201d as an attempt to \u201cglorify a known enslaver who exploited Black labor to construct the University\u201d \u2014 as if that defines his entire legacy \u2014 the board turned to Pence, saying he should not be allowed to speak because \u201cfor Pence, gay couples signify\u00a0a \u2018societal collapse,\u2019 Black lives do not matter, transgender individuals\u00a0and immigrants\u00a0do not deserve protection and the pandemic should not be taken seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kara Zupkus, a spokeswoman for Young America\u2019s Foundation \u2014 of which YAF is the nonprofit chapter affiliate \u2014 told Breitbart News that \u201cThe marketplace of ideas should be a vital tenet of university campuses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor students at UVA to attempt to shut down YAF\u2019s Mike Pence lecture under the guise of \u2018inclusivity\u2019 and \u2018safety\u2019 is laughable at best,\u201d she continued. \u201cThe Left has grown so accustomed to only hearing one perspective, that they feel physically threatened by those who hold different views \u2014 a sad reflection of the failures of America\u2019s education system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of participating in cancel culture, we invite anyone who disagrees with the VP\u2019s message to attend this event with an open mind, and take part in the Q&#038;A session where ideas can be robustly debated and discussed \u2014 exactly how it should be on a college campus,\u201d Zupkus concluded.<\/p>\n<p>But the <em>Daily<\/em>\u2018s radical editorial board appears relentless in its quest to censor Pence, implying that political conservatism is not truly a legitimate \u201cperspective\u201d in American society.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSo-called \u2018perspectives\u2019 should not be welcomed when they spread rhetoric that directly threatens the presence and lives of our community members,\u201d they wrote. \u201cThe LGBTQ+ individuals Pence has attacked, the Black lives he refuses to value and the successful stories of immigration he and the former president hope to prevent \u2014 these very people are our peers, our neighbors and our community members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The University did accept the event, with spokesperson Brian Coy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavalierdaily.com\/article\/2022\/03\/young-americans-for-freedom-to-host-former-vice-president-mike-pence\">telling<\/a> the <em>Daily<\/em> that, while it is not a University-sponsored event, it \u201cfits well within the University\u2019s academic mission to offer our community the opportunity to hear from, and engage with, leaders and experts from a wide variety of fields and perspectives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe University\u2019s silence is deafening,\u201d however, according to the editorial board as they set up the \u201csilence is violence\u201d argument popular among leftists. \u201cDo not mistake this for neutrality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be silent in the face of those like Pence is a choice \u2014 in this case, a choice to fail to protect the lives of those on Grounds who Pence blatantly threatens through his rhetoric and policies,\u201d they assert. \u201cTo hide behind a sentiment that celebrates engaging with \u2018leaders and experts from a wide variety of fields and perspectives\u2019 is to actively undermine the values of diversity, honor, integrity, trust and respect that the University purports\u00a0to celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After arguing that Pence\u2019s lecture series about taking a \u201cstand for America\u2019s founding\u201d should \u201csound warning bells\u201d because of Charlottesville\u2019s \u201cUnite the Right,\u201d and then overtly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/2020-election\/2020\/08\/20\/fact-check-joe-biden-repeats-the-very-fine-people-hoax-at-dnc\/\">lying<\/a> about former President Donald Trump calling \u201cwhite supremacists \u2018very fine people,&#8217;\u201d the editorial board implies that Pence\u2019s speech would represent covert \u201cwhite supremacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe political climate at the University of Virginia has grown to become nearly inhospitable towards conservatives,\u201d YAF at UVA chairman Nick Cabrera, a third-year, told the <em>Daily<\/em>. \u201cWe are targeted for discussing our beliefs in the classroom, yet liberals are praised for their progressive and divisive tactics under the guise of \u2018diversity, equity, and inclusion.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBringing the 48th vice president, Mike Pence, will allow for a reinvigorated sense of intellectual diversity across Jefferson\u2019s campus,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>A Pence aide told Breitbart News that the former Vice President has no intention of canceling the event at UVA, just as he had no intention \u201cwhen a similar small group of students attempted to stop his speech at Stanford.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Breccan F. Thies<\/em>\u00a0<em>is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreccanFThies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BreccanFThies<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leftists at the University of Virginia are pressuring the school\u2019s administration to ban former Vice President Mike Pence from speaking at a student-sponsored event on Grounds, saying his presence is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1392676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1392676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1392676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1392676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}