{"id":134639,"date":"2023-09-29T00:03:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T04:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/?p=134639"},"modified":"2023-09-29T00:42:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T04:42:12","slug":"my-leftist-peers-tore-down-my-free-speech-even-when-you-hate-to-hear-it-flyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/my-leftist-peers-tore-down-my-free-speech-even-when-you-hate-to-hear-it-flyers\/","title":{"rendered":"My leftist peers tore down my \u2018Free Speech, Even When You Hate To Hear It\u2019 flyers"},"content":{"rendered":"

OPINION:<\/strong> ‘If we did the same thing to leftist groups, you can bet we would be hauled into administrators\u2019 offices and given stern warnings’<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Within 24 hours of hanging up flyers promoting an upcoming event on my campus focused on \u201cFree Speech, Even When You Hate To Hear It\u201d — they were vandalized and torn down.<\/p>\n

As president of the Turning Point USA chapter at West Virginia University, I spent nearly two hours designing and picking up the flyers to advertise our upcoming event Oct. 2 with Justine Brooke Murray.<\/p>\n

We hung them around several buildings, including Oglebay Hall. When I woke up Thursday morning and went to class — I saw they were all taken down throughout most of the buildings.<\/p>\n

I am pretty sure I know who did it. Wednesday night we caught a couple of the culprits red-handed.<\/p>\n

Our Turning Point USA chapter hosted a GOP presidential debate watch party in Oglebay Hall, and when we arrived at the room we reserved it was already occupied by a \u201cWVU Peer Advocates \u2018Consent Tea Party.\u2019\u201d The group is affiliated with the school’s DEI office to bring awareness to assault and consent.<\/p>\n

To be polite, we decided to take the empty room next door to watch the debate.<\/p>\n

Midway through, however, we noted one \u201cPeer Advocate\u201d had decided to rip down some of our Brooke Murray flyers.<\/p>\n

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