Politicizing the Memorial
I have to agree with Jeff Soyer on and Bitter this one. It’s pretty tasteless to want to hold a gun control rally on campus on the anniversary of Virginia Tech, and kudos to the administration for throwing a flag on that play.
Of course, if it had been NRA wanting to hold a campus concealed carry rally, don’t you think the media would be all over it?
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Tastless, yes.
Should VT have stopped it – no. Since when does a government institution have the right to control speech?? Let the bigots hoist themselves on their own petard. I suspect VT was more concerned about the backlash this rally would have in Virginia and how much it would help VCDLs efforts if it got wider play.