Letter
to the editor
Horowitz heads pro war rally at CSULB
When
you hear the name David Horowitz you might
think of the popular Fight Back with David
Horowitz television series. Do not be confused,
this is not the same person. Horowitz was
the grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants
and was raised in a Communist/socialist
neighborhood in New York City.
He was active in the social and political
movement of the ‘60s but became discontent
about his financial status. To boost his
popularity and begin his shift in politics,
Horowitz joined the Black Panther Party,
only to shortly afterward publish a book,
“Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts
About the Sixties.”
The ex-communist and former Black Panther
groupie later went on to become founder
and president of Center for the Study of
Popular Culture, a conservative think tank
funded by right wing endowment foundations.
Horowitz has become strong opponent of affirmative
action and believes that racism no longer
exists in American and blacks are just deluding
themselves.
Horowitz is attempting to wage national
campaigns against American universities
curriculum and any anti-war movement. He
believes that university professors are
corrupting the minds of students by not
being as radically conservative as his own
political views. He believes that professors
that express views outside of the Republican
Party line should be put on a list for surveillance,
along with one who opposes any of America’s
wars. He perpetuates the religious degradation
of Islam by stating, that “We are at war
with Radical Islam,” in a July Townhall.com
article. That is why the CSULB Young Republicans
paid to bring this man on campus, to help
him in his crusade against free thinking
and spread the same type of social falsehoods
of war.
So here we are, in the middle of Black History
Month, and we have the Republican Party
bring a right-wing advocate to our campus
to show the same attitude that led to the
Trent Lott debacle. Being on the verge of
another imperialist war, the Young Republicans
bring in a speaker that believes that war
is the answer and that Blacks need to remain
silent.
America is never going to be truly united
until it recognizes its wrong doings to
its own peoples and people of the world.
David Horowitz is another war mongering,
greed thirsty ideologue.
However, we must defend this idiot’s right
to free speech to protect our own. Let him
speak; besides the more he speaks, the more
he discredits himself.
—
Uduak-Joe Ntuk, campus progressives
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