I’m set to speak at Stanford University on Tuesday night, and the social justice warriors on campus are in magnificent convulsions of rage and self-pity. The staff of the Freshman Sophomore College dormitory has told students to report other students who put up posters advertising my event to university authorities. In no fewer than eight hit pieces that have been published (so far) in the Stanford Daily attacking me, it has been claimed that I “give license” to the “oppression” of Jews, and that Muslims at Stanford are endangered by my work. It has been charged that I have incited a mass murderer and approve of restricting the right to vote. My work has been characterized, without any specific examples, of being not only inaccurate, but also inflammatory, offensive, hateful, and dishonest.
There has also, of course, been the predictable call that my event be canceled, or boycotted if it goes forward. Among the groups calling for this is Stanford Students for Queer Liberation, which may find, if members take a field trip to, say, Tehran or Riyadh, that what I was saying made a bit more sense than they may have suspected. Also signing were Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace. Note, however, that Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace brought Aarab Barghouti, the son of Marwan Barghouti, to campus. Aarab Barghouti is a supporter of and apologist for his father, a convicted jihad mass murderer.
There was no uproar when Aarab Barghouti spoke at Stanford. No calls for cancellation or boycott. No statements from administrators offering support to students who found Barghouti’s presence disturbing. No protests. No safe spaces opened. No hysterical attacks on Barghouti in the Stanford Daily. No calls by dorm staff to report students who put up posters advertising Barghouti’s event.
Likewise, when the SJP co-hosted an event at Stanford featuring Mads Gilbert, who supports the 9/11 jihad attacks that murdered 3,000 people, no one at Stanford got hysterical and called for cancellation, boycott, punishment of the students supporting the event, etc.
But now I am coming — a foe of jihad terror and of the Sharia systematic discrimination against women, gays, and non-Muslims. And Stanford is acting as if an asteroid is rapidly approaching and about to obliterate their campus.
Is my father a terrorist murderer, whose actions I go around justifying? No. Have I ever applauded the murder of 3,000 people, or the murder of anyone? No.
Moral myopia? Worse, I’d say. Moral cretinism. A near-total inversion of any rational moral standards.
Tuesday evening is going to be fun.
“Stanford Student Senate Funds On-Campus Speech by Jailed Palestinian Terrorist Leader Marwan Barghouti’s Son,” by Rachel Frommer, Algemeiner, May 25, 2017:
The Stanford student senate voted to fund an on-campus speech by the son of imprisoned Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti, a campus paper reported on Wednesday.
The event featuring Aarab Barghouthi, to be hosted on Thursday night by Stanford’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), will receive “$450 for an honorarium and $200 for facility use” from the senate, according to the report in The Stanford Daily….
Jacob Kaplan-Lipkin, a past president of the Stanford Israel Association, told The Algemeiner that he was “not at all surprised” that SJP invited Barghouti to come speak about his support for his father, who is currently heading a hunger strike of Palestinians jailed in Israel. Marwan Barghouti — the head of Fatah’s Tanzim armed wing and a founder of the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades — orchestrated a string of deadly terrorist attacks during the Second Intifada before being arrested in Ramallah by Israeli troops in April 2002. He was convicted on five counts of murder in May 2004 and is serving life in prison.
Aarab Barghouti has been a leader in crafting the international campaign in support of the hunger strikers, including launching the “Salt Water Challenge,” in which anti-Israel activists film themselves drinking a cup of saltwater and challenging friends to do the same.
“SJP has hosted far worse people,” said Kaplan-Lipkin, adding that he “would expect an administrative response” if SJP were to invite, for example, Marwan Barghouti himself….
Don’t hold your breath, Kaplan-Lipkin. If Stanford invited Marwan Barghouti, administrators would probably roll out a red carpet for him and give him an award.
Kaplan-Lipkin noted that hosting pro-terror speakers was the “bread and butter of SJP…[and] if we took the time to be outraged at every iteration of this, we would not be able to focus on planning” the numerous pro-Israel events SIA has held this year, including Israel Independence Day parties and lectures by Israeli diplomats.
“I am, of course, concerned that Aarab is speaking in support of terrorists, but unfortunately, I am not the least bit surprised, and it would simply be impossible to be emotionally distraught every time this happened,” he said.
Jewish Voice for Peace is among the co-sponsors of the Barghouti event….
In 2015, Stanford’s SJP co-hosted a program featuring Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor who said in November 2001 that he supported the 9/11 terror attacks, as “the oppressed…have a moral right to attack the USA with any weapon they can come up with.”
Ashley says
Stop the world. I want to get off.
jihad3tracker says
HELLO ASHLEY —
Please allow me to parachute into your rosebushes with an off-topic comment, but still relevant to Stanford University and the apparent abundance of fascist thugs who masquerade as students seeking an education.
Go here: https://www.stanforddaily.com/2017/11/10/not-in-my-name-2/ That is a link to Courtney Cooperman’s attempt to portray Muslims as the new Jews. Robert, in his reply, shreds her, of course. But there is a terrific avalanche of comments at the bottom of that piece, IN THE STANFORD DAILY ITSELF, separate from our remarks here on JW.
Toss in your thoughts at the Daily, too, if you haven’t already done so. But be patient, because what you write might not appear immediately. That campus news blogs staff is getting so many it takes time to examine (moderate) them for actual contributory appropriateness.
And, if you are hesitant to log in with Facebook, Diqus is an alternative — opening an account with it is simple, giving you a 2nd way to post thoughts on the many other venues which use it.
Ashley says
Thank you, friend. I don’t do FB but I DO have a Disqus account.
Right now I’m just blinded by rage, jihad3tracker. I simply cannot believe this pig circus regarding Robert’s scheduled appearance at Stamford. I fear that expressing my anger and outrage directly at Stanford will not cast Robert in the brilliant light he so deserves.
Robert will be in Palo Alto in a scant 48 hours. To be blunt, I don’t want to fuck up and go ape-shit on Stanford on the eves of this event.
You can parachute into my rosebushes anytime!
Ashley says
Correction….Stanford.
mortimer says
HYPOCRISY… thy name is Stanford STUDENT SENATE.
Their empty-headed virtue-signalling is just an apology for Islamic terrorism.
jihad3tracker says
Hello again — About 7 years ago I discovered Jihad Watch and its twin-sister in counter-jihad resistance, www [dot] pamelageller [dot] com, titled eponymously by the most courageous civilian in our United States, Pam Geller.
Back then, 2010, I also often became blinded by rage. Gradually, to preserve my sanity and keep stress below “impending-stroke level”, I mellowed out of necessity.
It may help you to keeping in mind the ceaseless (literally 7 days a week) work by Robert and others (Pam, David Wood, Daniel Greenfield, Jamie Glazov, Bill Warner, Frank Gaffney, dozens more not named here).
CONTINUE TO SEND LINKS FROM JIHAD WATCH TO THE OODLES OF CLUELESS PEOPLE AMONG US. One of the categories I frequently mention as recipients: chief executives at over-the-air (rabbit ears) TV stations in your own state.
Particularly the mid-size & smaller ones. My guess is that such little fish in a big mainstream media ocean rarely get thoughtful email correspondence from viewers. Include a brief biography of YOUR progress from wishful fantasy about Islam’s violent essence embodied in sacred texts — to reality based knowledge.
Lydia says
Hi Ashley,
I second what jihadtracker3 says.
I have been on the front lines of various things like this for years now also and I know the feeling. Certain things are just appalling, disgusting, and a total outrage and affront to all human dignity (and to the church, one of the areas I’m in). It is hard not to lose your cool over the outright insulting things that come our way, the shameful and outright evil onslaughts. I took a short retreat from it all myself because of all the online anger and back stabbing and vitriolic caustic antagonism. And then I just did not let it get to me after that but just kept functioning for the ’cause’ and the sake of the good of others. For what would it be if I stopped? I did not want to get a heart attack either and I do have conditions in that direction so I needed to be cautious. But me? Stop? Never. It was simply not an option. Thankfully as a Christian I have the Holy Spirit and He gives me all the grace and peace I need to proceed all while staying calm. After all, what I do, I do in love. Out of love for God, love for the church, and love for the unsaved world. So that is the energy that drives me, and I did not let anger flare up, even if it is very upsetting. We think, how can these people be so blind? But at the same time, those who are not saved don’t see a problem with so many other sins as well. I try to look at humanity in two ways; the converts, and the potential converts. I think of Paul the Apostle, who went around persecuting the church until he became one of it’s leading missionaries, bearing the marks of the sufferings of Christ as a result. You just never know who will be next!
We must continue to fight for what is right and true.
Don’t let anger be your undoing.
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Love and peace,
Lydia
jihad3tracker says
NOTE — The Stanford Daily, with Courtney Cooperman’s article, does NOT permit hotlinked or even unlinked web URLs. So, skip including any, even if they are excellent sources of information.
Ashley says
True story. And one I should probably share with Stanford if I had my wits about me…
I stumbled upon this site because it was cited as a “hate forum” by the Southern Poverty Law Center. I was curious…and spooked.
I was “liberal” with a Hampshire College degree to boot. I wanted barren/infertile women to have access to abortion. Hell, I wanted men to have access to abortion. I had ten “coexist” bumper stickers adhered to my eco-friendly vehicle.
I was a lost soul…
“Marisol” took me under wing in those days. As did Graven.
In summation, I have learned more here than I ever did in my college years…
Lydia says
Hi Ashley,
Yes, it’s funny how our real education takes place outside of the ‘university.’ I had a real wake up call too.
I responded to your other comment above also.
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Have you found Jesus yet?
All the mess makes sense in perspective of the gospel truth in the Bible.
I rarely do this, but I will share a bit from my past. I married young and was quite a bit younger than my husband. He had been at the University in another country long before I even attended University much later. He had gotten involved with a group of idealists at the University. They had all these goals to make things better. And of course, lots of things could definitely be a lot better in the world, no doubt, from the economy to health care, the list is long. Anyway, they were one of those ‘subversive’ groups at the time. So I asked him what happened, did they do any exciting things to change the situation? And he told me; no. He said the reason was because there was so much internal strife in the group, which ranged from adultery to drugs to other illegal actions and they did not agree or get along and it all fell apart. Later I saw that this was the situation all over the world. People want ‘good’ things, they want to ‘make the world a better place,’ but it is only on the surface and that does not work. The root of the problem is humanity’s sinful nature. That is why we have these problems to begin with. Addressing the surface and not the root of the problem does nothing. Often times the goals are all wrong to begin with, like ‘universal access to abortion, rah, rah,’ etc. That is why Jesus the Messiah came to deal with sin, our sin nature, by dying on the cross, rising again, and giving us power over sinful desires. When we turn to Him and He saves us, we are renewed and able to obey what God wants. He puts His Spirit in our hearts and we understand His ways. Nothing that can happen to us is as beautiful as this event in its fullness. It won’t change the world, but it changes us and things through us. He deals with the rest of the problems of the world later, but that’s ‘another chapter.’
Lastly I recall a scene from a movie that is true to reality too. There was this ‘peace rally,’ with all these crowds of people giving all these lofty speeches. Then some technology malfunctioned and a fight breaks out over it and it turns to chaos. I see this all the time in the real world, ironic, funny, and sad all at once. I know we can’t ‘save the world.’ Only God can and will in His timing. But that does not mean we should just roll over and play dead, not do anything good like share the good news, help orphans and other good things.
Anyway,
blessings! ( :
gravenimage says
Thanks, Ashley. Always good to see you posting. 🙂
John S. Obeda says
Jihad3, thank you for your note. And this also I would not consider to be off topic. Let us pray often for the welfare of Mr. Spencer and all of the other warriors for the truth. Their welfare is also linked with the welfare of our country. God bless us all.
John Forbes says
THERE IS ONE SLIVER OF LIGHT OF POSSIBLE SANITY !
EASTERN EUROPE IS AWAKE EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS IKE A DAVID/GOLIATH FIGHT !
WESTERN EUROPE i FEEL IS ACTUALLY ALMOST TERMINAL NOW !
THE US HAS THE BEST CHANCE I BELIEVE BUT CANADA – WITH MUSLIM JUSTIN /SOROS /MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD & THE LEFT LIBERALS IS ALSO IN HUGE TROUBLE !
SHEER HAS NO CHANCE AGAINST MUSLIM JUSTIN !!
Dum Spiro says
Robert,
You will always win with the facts, corroborated by evidence, against those who can attempt to counter with only ad hominem attacks, misrepresentations and half truths.
Fight the good fight. God bless you.
Openminded people will come to acknowledge and appreciate the truth you tell (even if it takes them a while to recognize the false propaganda to which they had been subjected and likely immersed before finally hearing you)…
— Spero
Kay says
+1
mortimer says
Dum Spiro, people will eventually recognize the facts, but history shows facts often meet with resistance before they become the received wisdom.
The Leftist propaganda spawned in the bowels of the KGB in the 1960s is still playing out, even though the KGB is long gone.
American Leftards are amoral people who love receiving and inflicting pain. Sadomasochism is their game. They have no philosophy, because they are opportunists.
Diane Harvey says
Leftists, thy name is Hypocrisy.
Norger says
“A near-total inversion of any rational moral standards.”
Precisely.
Westman says
It seems so obvious: Campus liberalism is a religion, and religions are allowed to suspend rational thought without censure. The University is their Mosque. The glaring difference is that for most religions the sought after nirvana comes in the next life, mediated by a God, while the leftists, like communists, intend to force their dogma on everyone and create their nirvana(hell) on earth.
You must not question a religious belief… Like the students who brought in the Ayatollah and revolution to Iran – when they lose their future and find themselves on the front line of a war, then they start asking, “What the Hell was I thinking?”
And sooner or later the bill for freedom will come due.
Lydia says
Only Jesus is true religion.
I found total love, peace, and joy that transcends the natural world as a result.
It is ‘heaven on earth,’ and the joy is there despite the circumstances and trust me, I’ve had bad ones. Of course more awaits in heaven. ( :
All belief systems are a ‘religion’ in their own sense, even satanism and atheism. They hold to a set of beliefs that they live by and whatever is put first is their ‘god.’ You have the ones who claim only to believe in ‘what they can see.’ I ask, can they see atoms? Can they see gravity? Do they know everything? Were they there when God created everything? Obviously… no. Those who deny the supernatural are stumped when they see an actual case of demon possession. Then you have the deniers of truth who claim the ‘absolute’ statement that ‘there is no absolute truth,’ a contradiction in logic itself. As it says; the wise have become foolish by their own ‘wisdom’ which is folly. Anyway the quagmire is deep and wide, the counterfeits many. He who seeks with a sincere heart finds.
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Dawn Davenport says
Robert. you have more courage in the tip of your pinky finger than I have in my entire bloated body.
Lydia says
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Lol! That is a truism!!!
Thankfully there are a few Robert’s around… very few though.
gravenimage says
Dawn, I agree.
And I get a kick out of your username. 🙂
Benedict says
Hopefully Robert Spencer at Stanford could turn into a pleasant surprise and a resounding success similar to the one of Dennis Prager at the University of Wyoming? :
https://youtu.be/Z__uUMhJ0y4
gravenimage says
Yes–some of the clueless might actually learn something. It does happen…
Bezelel says
To quote Ted Nugent ” People have a right to remain stupid” and on an individual level I agree, but stanford is charging tuition. When I lived in Atl. I met several people who were products of the estranged reality who could get along quite well at stanford. I am not skilled in debating. I allways think of the right thing to say a week later. Robert is amazing and needed badly.
Max Publius says
Case closed.
The Standford students attempting to block Robert Spencer are really just jihad terrorist enablers.
They need to take a good hard look in the mirror and ask themselves if they want to stay that way, or if they were duped into running interference for the wrong side of history.
Lydia says
“A near-total inversion of any rational moral standards.” Exactly. Or better yet, let’s stop being modest and just say it…
A TOTAL INVERSION OF ALL RATIONAL MORAL STANDARDS!!!
That says it best because that is exactly what they are doing.
What?! No protest, no uproar, no reporting of those hanging up posters, no boycott, no nothing when they host a supporter of terrorism?!?! But over Robert, they have a hernia, a seizure, a tantrum, a meltdown, a spaz attack fit, a tirade, outburst, and a total violent rampage of a demonic nature?
We are closer to the next Holocaust than even I thought!
I pray that Robert is kept safe to, from, and during this visit to the new academic twilight zone!
DRHazard says
What, no far right extremist mobs rioting? No extra security? Nobody telling school administrators to cancel the speech? No safe spaces for Jews? What does Stanford stand for?
gravenimage says
Stanford hosted son and supporter of “Palestinian” jihad murderer and supporter of 9/11 jihad attacks, with no uproar
……………………..
*Appalling*. Compare this to the storm of opprobrium against a peaceful man who *opposes* Jihad. Madness.
MFritz says
A discussion between Spencer and Barghouti would have been interesting! Instead Stanford’s elite obviously worships islamists and wants to shut down critics. There will be long term consequences out of this. The public is no longer neither blind nor ignorant in this regard.
Cheer Bear Girl says
I am not surprised. These people are pro Jihad. Anyone who is pro Jihad is our enemy.