Shot in the Dark

Liberal Tolerance In Action

The headline is sarcastic, of course. Saint Thomas University, a Twin Cities catholic school, has never tolerated conservative opinion or action.  Under their previous president, Father “Hanoi Dennis” Dease, they disinvited conservative speakers, harassed conservative newspapers, and – in 2000, when a Cuban national team baseball player in town to play an exhibition against Saint Thomas defected at the airport, Dease forbade any Saint  Thomas students from harboring him.

Dease is gone – he apparently retired last year – but his legacy lives on.  A Saint Thomas school mascot – some sort of rodent, I think – “wiped his rear” with Republican literature on campus:

Angie Hasek, Chairman of the Minnesota College Republicans, posted a brief description of the event on Facebook.

“Tommie Mascot just wiped his rear with some GOP lit. I wouldn’t have expected someone at UST to stoop to that level.”

“Tolerance at its finest,” Hasek said.

According to the university’s website, the Tommie Mascot Team consists of up to six undergraduate students with the goal of “foster[ing] school spirit in a positive and professional manner.”

 

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3 responses to “Liberal Tolerance In Action”

  1. Bill C Avatar
    Bill C

    Someone on FB made a great suggestion (if you can ignore that whole “don’t stoop to their level” rule that lots of conservatives have): Next time there is a sporting event that this mascot is at, the MCRs should get stuffed animal versions of the mascot, run out on the field and wipe their rears with it.

  2. bikebubba Avatar
    bikebubba

    One thing that is missing is a picture. At a certain point, stopping this kind of thing really requires taking a picture–all the kids are carrying smart phones now, aren’t they?–and sending it to school officials and asking them “what are you going to do about this? My credits will transfer, you know.”

  3. Scott Hughes Avatar
    Scott Hughes

    Civility at it’s finest !! These are the ones that should be getting the free Obamacare birth control, and forced to use it, definitely don’t want them breeding.

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