Whiny, Self-Martyred Republicans of the Week

[quaoar]

And the award goes to:

The idiot student journalists who are aghast that they have to fill out a registration form in order to use the name of their school in their new conservative rag.

OMG! The horror! The oppression! Quick, someone call the ACLU!!!!!!

http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2006/04/21/new_conservative_newspaper_at_northeastern_snagged/

New conservative newspaper at Northeastern snagged

By Cristina Silva, Globe Staff

A new conservative student newspaper, which bills itself as not for ''the faint of heart," hit a snag during its debut this week at Northeastern University.

Students running the Northeastern Patriot distributed about 2,000 copies on Monday, then received a call from university officials cautioning them that they had to register as a student organization before distributing another issue or change the paper's name. The university requires groups with Northeastern in their name to register.

The first issue of the Northeastern Patriot featured editorials denouncing illegal immigrants, quotes from Republican leaders, and a picture of students at an antiwar protest titled, ''peace Nazis." A note in red at the bottom of the front page warned: ''This publication is printed for a conservative-minded audience and is not recommended for the easily offended, the narrow minded, or the faint of heart. God bless America!"

Students working on the independently run publication said they are worried that university officials are singling them out for printing views that could be considered unpopular on a campus where students often wear anti-Bush pins and hold rallies in support of gay rights. University officials, however, said they are not censoring the paper and simply want the new publication to follow university rules.

That type of clash has been playing out on campuses across the country as more conservative student newspapers appear in the traditionally liberal realm of higher education, according to free speech advocates and conservative groups. In the last five years, conservative publications have started at Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis, Harvard, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, according to the Collegiate Network, a nonprofit conservative group that offers funding and guidance to nearly 100 alternative student newspapers in the country.

''It seems that they have problems because they are publishing viewpoints that are not popular on campus," said Mike Hiestand, an attorney for the Arlington, Va.- based Student Press Law Center, a national advocacy group for student journalists.

[Webster Green]

1. Like all repukes, they assume that the rules don't apply to themselves

Typical right-wing assholes.

[marbuc]

2. unpopular viewpoints, hate speech

tomato, tomahto

[Erika]

3. Yes, they claim the right to be intolerant.

They wish to subject gays to bigotry and defamation.

But they don't want to be picked on for their bigotry. These people are so sickening.

[catnhatnh]

4. Oddly enough...

...I feel that a youthful partisan has the ability to become a mature partisan....it doesn't mean it will happen but that a 20 year old who feels strongly (if incorrectly) about any position has a better chance of becoming a democratic supporter than someone who drifts through four years of school with NO opinion...Most may be tools,but an honestly converted person STAYS converted.....just sayin'...

[Erika]

5. Sorry, kids can be cruel n/t

[Llewlladdwr]

6. I dunno.

Maybe it's just me, but as long as the publication makes it clear that they aren't affiliated with the University they should be able to use any title they choose. This kind of thing can cut both ways given time.

[Toots]

7. I think by using the University's name and distributing on campus

There should be concern. The university does not want the idea that they are behind this propaganda rag. :shrug:

[Doctor_J]

8. Why aren't hese "Patriots" in Afghanistan?

Shouldn't they be putting their lily-white asses where their mouths are? Maybe the NU brass is being patriotic, and wants to notify the USMC recruiters that they have a few dozen willing combatants ready for service.