{"id":10427,"date":"2015-11-18T01:06:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T08:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=10427"},"modified":"2015-11-18T13:41:49","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T20:41:49","slug":"the-modern-red-guards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2015\/11\/18\/the-modern-red-guards\/","title":{"rendered":"The Modern Red Guards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;During China&#8217;s &#8220;Cultural Revolution&#8221;, students were organized into a paramilitary <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Guards_(China)\" target=\"_blank\">social movement<\/a> to be the vanguard to destroy the old way of thinking and institute a more <em>socially just<\/em> ideology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In an equally obvious attempt at astroturfing, organized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/american-society\/college-kids-coddled-revolt\/\" target=\"_blank\">groups<\/a> at college campuses across America has &#8220;spontaniously&#8221; arose demanding that incorrect speech be banished, incorrect races denies access to &#8220;safe spaces&#8221;, and that already liberal to hard Left administrations cater to the whims of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/?ID=6987\" target=\"_blank\">pampered and elitist students<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10428\" title=\"MillionStudentMarch\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MillionStudentMarch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MillionStudentMarch.jpg 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MillionStudentMarch-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The lit match in this Leftist tinder was the now infamous &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2015\/11\/12\/mizzou-releases-photos-of-poop-swastika-discloses-details-of-previously-unreported-racial-slurs\/\" target=\"_blank\">poop swastika<\/a>&#8221; at the University of Missouri (AKA &#8220;Mizzou&#8221;), which was reported and under investigation.\u00a0 While this &#8220;poop swastika&#8221; did exist, it is far from clear whether this is a genuine expression of racial hatred, or if is a giant <a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2015\/11\/10\/was-the-poop-swastika-incident-at-mizzou-a-giant-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\">hoax<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Never letting a crisis go to waste, the student body president at the university decided lie and declare that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/2015\/11\/11\/mizzou-student-body-president-issues-warning-on-confirmed-kkk-presence-on-campus-amid-online-panic-the-truth-emerges\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ku Klux Klan<\/a> was invading the university.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10429\" title=\"Mizzou 01\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Mizzou-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Mizzou-01.jpg 600w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Mizzou-01-300x80.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10430\" title=\"Mizzou 02\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Mizzou-02.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Mizzou-02.png 516w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Mizzou-02-300x116.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Despite this being an admitted lie, a Professor at the university was made a target and example of for daring to&#8230; hold class and an exam.\u00a0 Not being happy at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/?ID=6971\" target=\"_blank\">purging a professor<\/a>, they forced the President and Chancellor of the university to not only resign, but <a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_UNIVERSITY_OF_MISSOURI_TURMOIL?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2015-11-09-11-24-09\" target=\"_blank\">beg forgiveness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unsurprisingly, the top protest leadership includes an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2015\/11\/figures-top-mizzou-campus-protest-leader-and-social-justice-warrior-is-democrat-mccaskills-intern\/\" target=\"_blank\">intern for Democrat Sen. McCaskill<\/a>, as well as an oppressed hunger striker who comes from a family worth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2015\/11\/mizzou-hunger-striker-claims-hes-oppressed-rips-white-privilege-comes-from-family-worth-20-million\/\" target=\"_blank\">$20 MILLION DOLLARS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/2015\/11\/08\/missouri-protest-list-demands-issued-to-university.html\" target=\"_blank\">demands<\/a> were simply that the university dismiss any requirement for evidence in declaring racism, declare war against &#8220;White privilege,&#8221; end free speech, rewriting curricula to conform to a narrow Social Justice worldview, and, of course, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2015\/11\/13\/mizzou-miserable-heres-fascist-student-protesters-actually-demanding\/\" target=\"_blank\">FREE STUFF<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Also, they demand a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2015\/11\/09\/mizzou-protesters-to-media-stay-out-of-our-safe-space-or-we-ll-call-the-cops.html\" target=\"_blank\">safe space<\/a>&#8221; where people are excluded based race, amongst other factors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This insanity spread in a not-so-organic fashion across the country.\u00a0 Students at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/articles\/students-691896-uci-black.html\" target=\"_blank\">University of California, Irvine<\/a>, infamous for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/articles\/-173175--.html\" target=\"_blank\">anti-Semitism<\/a> on campus, made similar demands.\u00a0Students at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purdueexponent.org\/campus\/article_9a40a5c2-8b40-11e5-9437-53fbc13874e0.html\" target=\"_blank\">Perdue<\/a> have outright demanded <a href=\"http:\/\/iotwreport.com\/black-purdue-students-demand-free-speech-be-revised\/\" target=\"_blank\">censorship <\/a>and &#8220;revision&#8221; of the 1<sup>st<\/sup> Amendment.  Claremont McKenna College, for example, saw a Dean of Students forced to resign for daring to suggest that a student that <a href=\"http:\/\/tsl.news\/opinions\/5116\/\" target=\"_blank\">felt oppressed<\/a> didn&#8217;t &#8220;fit our CMC mold.&#8221;\u00a0 This created a protest wherein <a href=\"http:\/\/laurencejarvikonline.blogspot.com\/2015\/11\/the-revolt-of-elites.html\" target=\"_blank\">privileged and elitist <\/a>students <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2015\/11\/13\/claremont-mckenna-dean-resigns-racial-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\">whined incessantly<\/a> about being oppressed despite having the power to not only force the Deans resignation, but get school officials to verbally self-flagellate.\u00a0 Perhaps the sadist part was when one student told of an actual racist encounter&#8230; with a Black male and how a White woman came to her aid.\u00a0 Needless to say, she was shouted down and almost physically dragged away for expressing this thought crime.\u00a0 Liberal and anti-SJW Youtuber, Sargon of Akkad, fisked the video of this shameful display.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W-H1dMakvSo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The display was so sad and pathetic, that the school newspaper <a href=\"http:\/\/claremontindependent.com\/we-dissent\/\" target=\"_blank\">condemned<\/a> both the protesters and the spineless administration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Even more sad and pathetic was the temper-tantrum at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/427154\/video-college-protest-clown-car-careening-out-control-david-french\" target=\"_blank\">Dartmouth<\/a>, where #BlackLivesMatter protesters stormed into the library to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/427151\/more-dartmouth-roger-clegg\" target=\"_blank\">disrupt<\/a> students who were actually try to study. College students, of all races and both sexes, are becoming increasingly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/427152\/university-protestors-demands\" target=\"_blank\">feral<\/a>&#8230;with the administration increasingly abandoning students who want to learn to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2015\/11\/dartmouths-disgrace-hanlon-edition.php\" target=\"_blank\">placate these feral yutes<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OJAuVQlLxD0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Perhaps the most telling incident happened at <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2015\/11\/09\/meet-the-privileged-yale-student-who-shrieked-at-her-professor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yale<\/a>, where in a spoiled brat declared that the purpose of a college is not &#8220;intellectual&#8221; but rather to create a &#8220;home&#8221; where students would feel part of a <a href=\"http:\/\/acculturated.com\/living-in-a-dorm\/\" target=\"_blank\">coddled community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9IEFD_JVYd0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Yale whiners made<a href=\"http:\/\/downatyale.com\/post.php?id=537\" target=\"_blank\"> similar demands<\/a> as students at other schools.\u00a0 The administration under siege, however, does not deserve any sympathy, for they were the ones <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiked-online.com\/newsite\/article\/the-yale-snowflakes-who-made-these-monsters\/17613#.VkNHs4RllBx\" target=\"_blank\">responsible <\/a>for this <em>fundamental transformation<\/em> of institutes of higher learning into indoctrination centers for <a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/tatler\/2015\/11\/09\/yale-halloween-controversy-seen-through-a-culturally-marxist-prism\/\" target=\"_blank\">cultural Marxism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3373\" title=\"Marxist Graduation\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Marx_Graduation1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Marx_Graduation1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Marx_Graduation1-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What recourse, then, do the sane people of America have?\u00a0 University and college campuses have transformed from places of learning and open academic debate, into <a title=\"An Intellectual Monoculture Dedicated Above All to Identity Politics\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2013\/04\/11\/an-intellectual-monoculture-dedicated-above-all-to-identity-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\">monocultures<\/a> where <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/426972\/politically-correct-college-campus-free-speech\" target=\"_blank\">dissenting thoughts<\/a> are <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2015\/11\/13\/wsj-tolerance-aint-what-it-used-to-be-folks\/\" target=\"_blank\">declared unthinkable<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;With the laughable claims that colleges, consistently one of the most Left-wing institutions in the United States, are somehow controlled by the KKK and oozing &#8220;White supremacy&#8221;, being dismissed as simply <a href=\"http:\/\/j.school\/post\/133025099640\/crying-wolfe-exposes-real-problem\" target=\"_blank\">crying wolf<\/a>, is there any doubt that at the very least an intellectual enema is required?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Once upon a time, university leadership stood up against these bullies.\u00a0 But that time seems past.\u00a0 The question is increasingly not <em>could<\/em> we save universities, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2015\/11\/08\/only-conservatives-can-save-the-american-campus-but-should-we\/\" target=\"_blank\">but <em>should <\/em>we<\/a>.\u00a0 These breeding grounds of the modern day Red Guards raise the question of not only should we <em>let<\/em> the universities <em>as they exist now<\/em> collapse, but if they need to be <a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2015\/11\/09\/mizzou-and-yale-show-why-its-time-to-burn-the-universities-to-the-ground\/\" target=\"_blank\">proactively abolished<\/a>, and ironically enough, <em>rebuilt from scratch<\/em>.\u00a0 http:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2015\/11\/where-is-sam-hayakawa-when-we-need-him.php<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Modern Red Guards\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"During China's 'Cultural Revolution', students were organized into a paramilitary social movement to be the vanguard to destroy the old way of thinking and institute a more socially just ideology.\"><meta name=\"twitter:image:src\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/MillionStudentMarch.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;During China&#8217;s &#8220;Cultural Revolution&#8221;, students were organized into a paramilitary social movement to be the vanguard to destroy the old way of thinking and institute a more socially just ideology. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In an equally obvious attempt at astroturfing, organized groups at &hellip; 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