Only one newspaper covered Bloomberg’s speech about the muzzling of conservative voices

Special to WorldTribune.com

Silencing and marginalization of conservative voices have become commonplace in the United States, as recently highlighted by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. . . .

Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg

“This spring, it has been disturbing to see a number of college commencement speakers withdraw — or have their invitations rescinded — after protests from students and — to me, shockingly — from senior faculty and administrators who should know better,” Bloomberg said Thursday at a commencement speech at Harvard University, according to CNN.

Bloomberg referred to an October speech by former police commissioner, Ray Kelly, at Brown University, which canceled the speech after a protest by those who were opposed to the police department’s stop-and-frisk policy. … “In each case, liberals silenced a voice — and denied an honorary degree — to individuals they deemed politically objectionable. This is an outrage,” added Bloomberg, a business magnet. …

“There is an idea floating around college campuses, including here at Harvard, I think, that scholar should be funded only if they’re work conforms to a particular view of justice. There’s a word for that idea; censorship and it is just a modern form of McCarthyism.” Bloomberg called conservative academicians “endangered species.”

 

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