The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Orwell University
“Some students at Alveda King’s speech Tuesday night did not expect a strictly literal interpretation of the advertised ‘life affirming choices’ speech,” reports Central Michigan Life, student newspaper of Mount Pleasant’s Central Michigan University:
The niece of Dr. Martin Luther King spoke out strongly against abortion at her “Can the Dream Survive?” presentation in Warriner Hall’s Plachta Auditorium. Some students were surprised to learn that was the topic of her lecture. Several of the about 650-person audience walked out.
“I felt a little misled personally,” said Flint senior Detrone Turner, who said he thought the speech was going to be about increasing diversity.
And of course the best way to increase “diversity” is by refusing to listen to anyone you disagree with.
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