We have seen conservative and pro-life groups attacked on campuses across the country, including by faculty members (here and here). The latest such example is at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, where a young man tosses a pro-life display while declaring, “I f**king hate you.”
Students for Life of America has reportedly identified the student as Adrian Miguelez.
To its credit, the school is pledging action:
“UNC Asheville is investigating the recent incident at Highsmith Student Union. Student safety is a top priority. UNC Asheville takes all allegations of student conduct violations seriously and addresses them in accordance with the procedures outlined in the Student Code of Responsibility.”
I hope so because we have seen case after case where universities fail to take action or order meaningless measures. This is not just an effort to stop the exercise of free speech, it is a form of political violence.
Conservative sites report that “a photo of Miguelez on the student government webpage appears to match the image of the young man in the video.” The profile with the photo declared opposition to “assaults on diversity and cultural programs” and says that Miguelez is “passionate about true justice.”
In the short video, posted by Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins on X, the student is shown saying “I f—ing hate you, I f—ing hate you.”
Universities must act in such cases with clarity and consistency. This warrants, at a minimum, a suspension of the student for engaging in political violence on campus. This is not speech, it is conduct.
I will be speaking at the University of North Carolina next week on the Chapel Hill campus. I will also be meeting with student groups on campus on Tuesday to discuss free speech before the event on Wednesday.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”
Nothing will happen to the perpetrator. The university is already using the appropriate language to distance itself from the incident. Pay attention to their words. Of course the wackos on the faculty who promulgate the leftist lunacy are not a factor either. The whole thing will disappear quickly, wrapped up by a PR statement written by the university’s lawyers.
Unfortunately, this expression of hate may only stop when someone behind the table decides to fight back and the attacker gets his or hers ass-kicked in self-defense.
If that happened, take a wild guess who would be convicted and jailed. Maybe not such a good idea?
For much of two centuries political disagreement in America was mostly temporarily settled at the polls on election days. Then, the insanely greedy rich took control of mainstream medicine, reorienting it from prevention and cures to perpetual treatments, for profit. New identification of a kind of food (minimally) allergy reaction was suppressed, the American diet was illegally altered with toxic FDA approved food additives and occasionally uncontrollable rage was instituted, too often in the form of mass gun violence (unintended consequences?). Added MSG (in particular) is known to be an excitotoxin and a neurotoxin which I know to aggravate my kind of food allergy reactions and to be brain damaging and mind altering, long-term. Now, we have two and a half generations of young (relative to me) adult Americans (minimally, going/gone global with the so-called “Western Diet”) with undiagnosed food allergies who’ve been ignorantly ingesting added MSG all of their young lives, many of them second and third generation.
As a former primarily diagnostic industrial electrician, until retiring early on disability, I learned early on that generally, when possible, to remove the underlying cause of a problem, once, is vastly superior to repeatedly treating only the worst symptoms, indefinitely. Two less significant, I believe, involved factors are: 1) in public schools many more-malleable students are taught to be more competitive than cooperative in spectator sports and 2) mostly young American adults are taught to be violent in the military. So called “entertainment” also puts an emphasis on competition and violence, as opposed to cooperation and peace.
Ineligible as a lone lay investigator for any of the now US$Trillions (including the Covid-19 ‘scamdemic’) of research grant money available to many college educated professionals, I can’t prove my lay findings, just keep reiterating them to mostly unreceptive professional audiences Allergy reactions rule and FDA approved food poisoning aggravates them to make more susceptible people chronically ill and/or violent. And, these days it appears to also be adversely impacting the American ‘bleedership’ to threaten even the very fabric of Constitutional democracy in America. Prove me wrong, if you can. For more details, check out the “About” page of my ad free video channel (https://odysee.com/@charlesgshaver:d?view=about).
For much of two centuries political disagreement in America was mostly temporarily settled at the polls on election days. Then, the insanely greedy rich took control of mainstream medicine, reorienting it from prevention and cures to perpetual treatments, for profit.
THANK GOD THE INSANELY GREEDY RICH LIKE ELON MUSK DIDN’T INJECT MARXISM INTO AMERICAN POLITICS TO… help mainstream medicine take control of our politics.
It’s always The Evil Rich to blame for all of our political ills… Just ask Bernie The Commie Sanders, Another Odd Communist, Barack Obama et al.
Nonsense. In the past two hundred years we had a civil war, numerous assassinations, 2K bombings by the Weather Underground in 1970’s -I could go on. But you might get a clue by now.
Yes, of course, Doug, there have been exceptions to the rule. But, when previously were mostly teen age boys so inclined to take a gun to school to murder their classmates and/or friends? The illegal, immoral, unconstitutional and unnecessary war in Vietnam (minimally) in an era of military drafting deserved mass condemnation and activism; further eroding constitutional law and enriching the rich who continue to deny just compensation to their victims back home (e.g., disabled/deceased veterans and/or their families) and never pay their fair share of taxes (e.g., earned income v. non-disability/retirement unearned income, minimally).
Have you bothered to investigate how serious the mass/school shooting problem really is, now with parents (e.g., the Curmbleys in Michigan) going to prison for also ignorantly and innocently exercising their 2nd Amendment right to give their FDA approved food-poisoned and misunderstood son a gun? I don’t make these things up, I look them up. Cheek it out: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-shootings-mother-jones-full-data/
Now, in my senior lay American male opinion, I don’t see how any young (relative to me) adult American can be held fully legally responsible for any of their misdeeds, after two and a half generations of brain damaging, mind altering FDA approved food poisoning, even in school lunches.
YO ADRIAN! ROCKY 1976
Thank you for addresing this issue.The amoint of hate exhibited is disturbing.
When is free speech not free?
This poor dude is taking this far too personally for someone without a uterus. This should be a perfect example of how well trained/slashed are these tools of the prog/left. Watch out as Trump pushes back farther on the complete power structure of the dems.
Whether or not he has a uterus is irrelevant. Abortion impacts everybody. His violent action was meant to stifle free speech and the free exchange of ideas, which a university is supposed to not only allow but also encourage. Plus his vile language didn’t help his case either. He would do much better engaging in real dialog, without using cursing or profanity.
I can not imagine why a man would be so personally angered by pro-life’s agenda. If he were the father of a child about to be aborted I could understand a rage of this nature against planned parenthood; but his rage is being generated by much stronger forces that control his thinking and that is what I find dangerous imply because I doubt if these sorts are de-programmable.
but his rage is being generated by much stronger forces that control his thinking and that is what I find dangerous imply because I doubt if these sorts are de-programmable.
That right there. Well said, whimsicalmama. Bezmonov stated as such, but he did elaborate further, saying that only a “boot on the neck” would work. Perhaps something along the lines of an El Salvadorian prison be on the list of available options. That goes doubly for those responsible for the programming.
People get really upset when you are trying to take away their fun. As long as child support laws exist, Tomcats need their hookups to get abortions.
Just how did abortion become the “go-to” form of birth control?
Whimsicalmama,
Some how, the left got it in their mind it is okay to be irresponsible and that is their right. In this day and age, I would be more concerned about STDs.
The age-old self-righteous fanaticism of ideologues. Fed political violence from the French Terror to Mao’s millions of dead to Pol Pot’s killing fields.
And here is a prime example of why the fall of humanity, is what keeps Elon Musk up at night
The American fertility rate is in a “death spiral”; more Americans die than are born.
America must have been made Great Again with great jobs for Americans (tariffs, anyone?) to facilitate stay-at-home moms and childbirth.
Rather, American dollars were sent overseas, to every s—hole country on the planet.
Corporations need cheap labor; they have obtained it through illegal immigration since 1863 and certainly since “Operation Wetback.”
Soon this will be the United States, not of America and Americans, but of unassimilable foreign parasites and leeches in search of an affluent host.
Not to worry.
Musk and others’ AI will obviate all of them; then there will be a completely ineffectual and unproductive surplus.
“Ruh-Roh!”
Anonymous 1:27 PM Agree
I am amazed and grateful of the work Dr Turley does every single day!
The Democrats’ brand is envy and hate!
The lefts definition of masculinity. Such a tough guy picking on a female. But then again, the left supports that too.
RIGHT BACK AT YOU ADRIAN!!
Come on dude its Ashville, the Portland of the East Coast! Keepin it weird everyday! That school is going to ride out the storm with a year-long investigation in hopes of a Harry Potter like disappearance of the story! The feckless bunch that run that campus are wing-nut locals who smile at these encounters but curse the idiot who does not wear a mask to give them cover to say they are at a dead-end! Sadly LATIN PASSION BOY will be appropriately fingered for the job and offered a chance to express contrition and then the school illuminati will say “ALL GOOD HERE – NOTHING MORE TO SEE” until LPB hits his menstrual trigger again!
Another, man its so easy to push your buttons post.
Okay folks, let loose, show how stupid you are.
MAN?? A SISSY LIKE ANON!!
There aren’t many pundits who have the courage to defend pro-life speech and to make note of the unhinged behavior of some of those on the other side. Thank you, Professor Turley.
Really?
I’ve got a new rule. I’m going to like every comment you insult.
Dio, that is truly hilarious! You’re going to be very busy liking “Anonymous.” Better stock up on energy bars!
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Human rites are a wicked solution performed in liberal sanctuaries under the Pro-Choice religion for social, clinical, criminal, political, and climate progress. #HateLovesAbortion
Duh?
Professor Turley it is time for you to cease being a Democrat. Every time there is a story about an attack on free speech it is perpetrated by the left.
Of course George or some other smooth brain will claim that deporting NON-CITIZENS for disrupting campus life, taking over buildings and accosting Jews is a speech issue. Or banning porn in kids libraries is a speech issue. Or using the feds to catch people attacking Tesla is a speech issue. But we all know who is really attacking speech, and it is the left!
“Professor Turley it is time for you to cease being a Democrat. “
Professor Turley need not renounce his political affiliation with Democrats. His powerful words display his sympathies.
Asheville is known as the San Francisco of the east, so kudos to the brave women who stand for life in the midst of such enmity.
Prof. Jonathan Turley, the last intellectually honest liberal in America. Thank you, Prof. Turley, for your passionate defense of EVERYONE’S constitutional rights, particularly free speech and assembly. I’m sure this forum’s trolls will be out in the usual multi-moniker, ad hominem attacks on the good professor, but we all know that thanks to cheerleading for violent political hatred on the left, the country is sitting atop a bonfire waiting to be lit. Scary times.
Boston is the San Francisco of the East: compact, densely packed with colleges and universities, Irish and Italian heritage, devotion to the local baseball and football teams, museums, famous parks, etc. Etc.
Michael, we call it California lite. We’re just a step behind those west coast wack jobs.
Just guessing, but his life must be so miserable that he’s looking for someone to blame for being born…
time to end Federal Aid to colleges, students, cities, states, non-profits
also ban public unions!
Stop rewarding failure
You never fail pal, yo truly are one of stupidest its on the planet.
Judging by all your trolling this morning, you sound deeply frustrated. Even hysterical. I wonder why that is?
Diogenes,
They are irrelevant. They know it too. They only thing they have is their hate, rage, frustration and hysterics. We see it every day as the good professor points a light on the stupid and crazy that has taken over the Democrat party. As long as they continue down this road, offering American votes nothing but the stupid and crazy, the hate and rage, they will continue to lose.
How marvelous!
Unions are criminal organizations with no bargaining points other than being absent from work without authorization, criminal trespass, vandalism, property damage, threats, stalking, harassment, assault, battery, tire slashing, windshield breaking, etc.
No contract with a criminal organization is legal, valid, or legitimate.
No governmental department may legally enter into a contract with a union.
Organizations are free to hire, fire, pay, and direct employees.
Americans are free to establish and conduct, or manage, an organization or enterprise.
Americans are free to accept or reject employment.
The Department of Labor is frivolous, inane, illegal, and unconstitutional and must be immediately closed and eliminated.