Mark Meckler
Well, this is nice. A Kent State socialist group said a conservative student belongs in a Soviet prison camp. Why? Because she believes in free speech. (Remember when this was a typical, American belief? Not just a conservative one? Me either.) Campus Reform has the details:
The comment was made after Leandra Westbrook, vice president of the school’s Turning Point USA chapter, defended her organization from a petition designed to stifle free speech.
“Silencing speech is fascism,” she tweeted. “The petition is useless. We aren’t going anywhere.”
The Kent State Socialist Collective (KSSC), a student organization that was formed in 2013, responded to Westbrook by tweeting a map of the Soviet Gulag system and telling her that “there’s one place you might be going…”
According to the group’s Facebook page, the organization “exists to facilitate a sense of understanding and community between those who are interested in socialism and those who are socialists.”
“We stand on the side of the working class, the oppressed, the exploited, and anyone who wishes to create a better world based upon equality, justice, and peace,” the group’s mission statement reads. “The KSSC is a coalition of ideologically diverse students and community members united by a desire to advance the idea of a world beyond capitalism.”
Later, on Twitter, the Socialist group clarified that they were not actually for gulags:
quick clarification for what it’s worth: we’re against gulags (and all prisons/forced labor). we’re also generally in favor of silly jokes
— Socialist Collective (@KentStateSocCol) October 26, 2017
Glad to hear that these socialists can find the deaths of innocent people humorous. Here’s a reading suggestion for you, Kent State Socialists: The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 I-II
However, be warned. You might not feel as affectionately toward socialism when you’re finished.
Photo Credit: Wikimedia
Hat Tip: Campus Reform
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