Liberals create hostile environment on campus

Washington Times:

College conservatives say the excitement of a historic presidential election - which could send the first black American to the White House - has become clouded by an atmosphere of intimidation and hostility on campus.

"People on campus who say they're the most tolerant, they simply do not walk the walk," said Brand Kroeger, chairman of the George Washington University College Republicans and head of the D.C. Federation of College Republicans.

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GW College Democrats President Cory Struble was accused of sanctioning harassment of conservative students with comments he made earlier this week on WRGW Radio.

"We want to marginalize College Republicans as much as possible. ... We want to make sure that GW is an even more uncomfortable environment for Republicans and conservatives who seek to destroy our country," he said.

Campus Republicans were outraged, saying the comments blatantly incited political intimidation.

"There is no place for such intolerant, bigoted comments," said College Republican spokesman Brandon Hines. Mr. Struble was not available for comment.

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At Metropolitan State College of Denver, conservative students were outraged that their professor assigned them to write an essay critical of Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee.

At the University of Maryland, senior and John McCain supporter Robb Walton told the campus newspaper, the Diamondback, "It's like we're discriminated against, every time we talk, we face hostility in the classroom."

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"We are outnumbered, and we can be a very visible minority, but that doesn't mean we should be intimidated," said Tayler Lofquist, a junior College Republican at GW.

A poll conducted by the student newspaper, the GW Hatchet, and released Monday, showed 72 percent of students supported Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee.

Both the College Democrats and the College Republicans agree that Mr. Obama's huge popularity among young voters and his widening lead in the polls are making political discourse more hostile, not just at GW but nationwide.

"I feel their [conservatives'] frustrations because this campus and campuses across the country are so overwhelmingly pro-Obama," said Jessica Gordon, also a sophomore College Democrat.

Even with what some see as increased hostility this year, conservative students hope the two sides maintain the ability to respectfully disagree.

"I'm concerned about the dialogue on campus, but I feel that people of every political persuasion will understand the need to have a pragmatic discussion about the issues," said Bryson Giles, a second-year law student at GW.

Most of those Obama supporters will change their mind when they mature and outgrow liberalism. While these students are getting their liberal indoctrination in college, when they get in the real world they will mostly grow up and become conservatives. The ones that don't become professors or journalists.

David Horowitz has more on the hostile environment for conservatives on campus.

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