{"id":66564,"date":"2018-04-18T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=66564"},"modified":"2018-04-15T16:58:53","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T21:58:53","slug":"the-only-rule-of-academic-club-is-never-talk-about-academic-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=66564","title":{"rendered":"The Only Rule Of Academic Club Is &#8220;Never Talk About Academic Club&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A university student <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/post\/43900\/\">is under investigation for blowing the whistle on a hack &#8220;professor&#8221;<\/a> who believes conservative students are &#8220;evil&#8221; &#8211; her words &#8211; and is acting on the belief:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Siena College student Zack Butler is currently under investigation for allegedly violating the school\u2019s code of conduct and could face punishments as severe as expulsion.<\/p>\n<p>His crime? Posting copies of an email sent March 20 by philosophy professor Jennifer McErlean to an alumnus expressing her resentment toward conservative students and a free speech event they\u2019re set to host next week, a Turning Point USA\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/business.facebook.com\/TPUSAsiena\/photos\/a.1654666911460574.1073741828.1645388942388371\/1879533208973942\/?type=3&amp;theater\" rel=\"noopener\">conference<\/a>\u00a0called \u201cLet Freedom Ring\u201d that will feature a variety of prominent conservative movers and shakers.<\/p>\n<p>In the email, McErlean decried conservative students as \u201cevil,\u201d noting she quit a civil discourse committee because working with conservative students was making her \u201cmiserable,\u201d according to a copy of the email obtained by\u00a0<em>The College Fix.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43901 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SienaCollege.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SienaCollege.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SienaCollege-117x110.jpg 117w, https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SienaCollege-319x300.jpg 319w, https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SienaCollege-426x400.jpg 426w\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"401\" \/>She also let the alumnus know that her quitting this committee has freed her up to protest the \u201cLet Freedom Ring\u201d event.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sounds like she could fit in at any college or university in the Twin Cities.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mr. Butler is my hero for the day:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Two days after the email was sent, Butler and a friend posted around 600 copies of the email around campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a conservative student, I was bothered not only by the email but also the response, or lack there of, by the administration and felt something had to be done,\u201d Butler said in a Facebook\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zack.butler.9\/posts\/10212453595600364\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a>. He added their goal wasn\u2019t to offend anyone or to gain attention, but simply to \u201ckeep the dialogue going.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Butler still has that idealism that comes with youth.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Big Left wants no &#8220;dialogue&#8221; &#8211; on academia any more than on guns, abortion, the welfare state, political correctness, or anything else.\u00a0 They want a monologue; they talk, and you sit, handcuffed to the chair, and listen.\u00a0 Gagged, if need be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A university student is under investigation for blowing the whistle on a hack &#8220;professor&#8221; who believes conservative students are &#8220;evil&#8221; &#8211; her words &#8211; and is acting on the belief: Siena College student Zack Butler is currently under investigation for allegedly violating the school\u2019s code of conduct and could face punishments as severe as expulsion. 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