I am set to speak tonight at the University of Rhode Island, and a group calling itself Protest College Republicans has sent around this email. Clearly they’re planning a lively intellectual exchange, marked by the civility and high standards of evidence and exposition that are the hallmark of the Left, particularly on campuses these days:
Hello,
The same URI College Republicans who brought you a White, Heterosexual Male Scholarship are now bringing you an Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week. The racism, sexism and bigotry continues.
The URI College Republicans must be stopped!
Join myself and dozens of other students as we protest the URI College Republicans tomorrow night at 7PM when they host Robert Spencer, a Muslim-Hating, Bush propogandist in the Memorial Union Ballroom.
Let’s put an end to this racism, sexism and bigotry!
This man wrote “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam”. What a sicko!
Protest Details:
What: Robert Spencer Speech
Where: Memorial Union Ballroom
When: Wednesday Oct 24 @ 7 PM
Of course, little do these academic titans know that I neither hate Muslims nor am a Bush “propogandist” — whatever a “propogandist” is.
UPDATE 11PM: Just got in. The College Republicans and I were not stopped. No protests or disruptions materialized, just the usual windy bloviating during the question period, trying to hijack the presentation with an alternative lecture. But the evening as a whole went smoothly.