Read the Strongly-Worded Petition Circulating Online Ahead of Conservative Filmmaker’s Speaking Engagement at College

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The Blaze:

A new online petition condemns conservative filmmaker and author Dinesh D’Souza from speaking at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama, because of his past “controversial statements.”

 

“Due to Mr. D’Souza’s extensive history of controversial statements and instances of insensitivity, we believe that he will only debase the vital dialogue within our community that is necessary for learning, the Change.org petition states, adding that D’Souza’s “hateful rhetoric” will “demean and degrade” those at the college.

 

The petition cites D’Souza’s past statements regarding the 9/11 attacks, race and members of the LGBT community.

 

“While Mr. D’Souza’s freedom of speech is constitutionally protected, the campus community also has the right, and in our view the obligation, to object to and condemn the hateful rhetoric that Mr. D’Souza routinely engages in,” the petition adds.

 

The student who wrote the letter, however, said the goal of the petition was not to block D’Souza from speaking. Rather, he claimed, the intention was to publicly condemn D’Souza.

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Snowflake triggered by more free speech.