College student faces charges for expressing conservative opinions
The coming dark age: A student senator at the University of Southern California (USC) faces removal from office merely because he is a conservative.
The complaint against him cites three charges, all absurd. The best however is this one:
The third violation Ellenhorn is accused of also concerns a Campus Reform article, but in this case, he is charged with failing to secure permission before filming the “Consent Carnival” that was held on campus in January by several student groups. The complaint specifies that university rules require approval “for any filming required as part of an event (including footage for use on YouTube, Facebook, and other online platforms).”
In other words, according to the fascist making the charges, no one is allowed to film anything on this so-called college campus without first obtaining permission first from school authorities. Such a charge demonstrates that this fascist has a complete lack of understanding of the concept of freedom, or the first amendment.
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The coming dark age: A student senator at the University of Southern California (USC) faces removal from office merely because he is a conservative.
The complaint against him cites three charges, all absurd. The best however is this one:
The third violation Ellenhorn is accused of also concerns a Campus Reform article, but in this case, he is charged with failing to secure permission before filming the “Consent Carnival” that was held on campus in January by several student groups. The complaint specifies that university rules require approval “for any filming required as part of an event (including footage for use on YouTube, Facebook, and other online platforms).”
In other words, according to the fascist making the charges, no one is allowed to film anything on this so-called college campus without first obtaining permission first from school authorities. Such a charge demonstrates that this fascist has a complete lack of understanding of the concept of freedom, or the first amendment.
Now available in hardback and paperback as well as ebook!
From the press release: In this ground-breaking new history of early America, historian Robert Zimmerman not only exposes the lie behind The New York Times 1619 Project that falsely claims slavery is central to the history of the United States, he also provides profound lessons about the nature of human societies, lessons important for Americans today as well as for all future settlers on Mars and elsewhere in space.
Conscious Choice: The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space, is a riveting page-turning story that documents how slavery slowly became pervasive in the southern British colonies of North America, colonies founded by a people and culture that not only did not allow slavery but in every way were hostile to the practice.
Conscious Choice does more however. In telling the tragic history of the Virginia colony and the rise of slavery there, Zimmerman lays out the proper path for creating healthy societies in places like the Moon and Mars.
“Zimmerman’s ground-breaking history provides every future generation the basic framework for establishing new societies on other worlds. We would be wise to heed what he says.” —Robert Zubrin, founder of founder of the Mars Society.
All editions are available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and all book vendors, with the ebook priced at $5.99 before discount. The ebook can also be purchased direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit, in which case you don't support the big tech companies and I get a bigger cut much sooner.
Autographed printed copies are also available at discount directly from me (hardback $24.95; paperback $14.95; Shipping cost for either: $5.00). Just email me at zimmerman @ nasw dot org.
It’s getting weirder by the week now.
-When I attended a State College in the late 70’s, it was a (written) “violation of the student code of conduct” to post “any printed matter,” without first getting a literal “stamp of approval” from the “office of student-life.” –
-College employee’s regularly ripped down any flyer’s that did not have that stamp. When Reagan was elected in ’80, tons of anti Republican flyer’s went up non-stop. None of which had the Stamp & none of which were ever torn down.
The first step in setting up a police state is establishing an ungodly number of rules. The second step is selective enforcement.
Garry–
Amen to that!
–I’ve heard it said, “we all commit at least one “felony” per day.”
When they get around to “rounding us up” (he said sarcastically) it will all be under some “perfectly legal” pretense. (It wouldn’t be “right,” but it would be “legal.”)
Our Rule of Law should be equally enforced to all, regardless of outcome.
Lack of “virtuous” Leader’s = lack of “virtuous” Laws.
Ya, I think there is a 100% chance that filming without approval has been done on campus for various activist events, probably even the one in question, without anyone getting in trouble. And as we have seen when Democrats protest, none of the rules apply to them.
If this kid is removed from office, he should consider it a badge of honor for his civil disobedience and then sue.
Garry wrote at March 9, 2016 at 11:51 am: “The first step in setting up a police state is establishing an ungodly number of rules. The second step is selective enforcement.”
The second step is underway, as so many people now (mis)use the phrase “prosecutorial discretion.” This discretion is whether to prosecute, plea bargain, or pursue other forms of disciplinary action, not whether to ignore the charges and let the offender go free, but that is how it is being discussed, these days.
http://thelawdictionary.org/prosecutorial-discretion/
That is supposed to be the distinction between selective enforcement and prosecutorial discretion. Selective enforcement is still universally acknowledged as a bad thing, which is why the more palatable phrase is now being (mis)used. This allows the abusers of power to look like they are not abusive at all.
Jimenez seems to be abusing the system in order to get her way. People get away with abusing the system, because there is little down side to the tactic. She can only win, because to lose her case only allows the status quo, and there is no harm to her. But if she wins, she intimidates all others who disagree with her and emboldens all who agree with her to continue abusing the system, harming her opponents.
Thus, our own system of freedom allows for the formation of the very tyranny that our Founding Fathers feared would happen. It is not only We the People who must be eternally vigilant, but those who adjudicate disputes must discourage the abuse of their system of justice.
Edward wrote in part:
“That is supposed to be the distinction between selective enforcement and prosecutorial discretion.”
Excellent point; huge difference between “selective” & “discretion.”