You’d think, would you not, that journalists-in-training would be inclined to, well, so what journalists are supposed to do when listening to a presentation, take notes so they can report? And you’d think that these journalists-in-training, who in a couple of years will be publishing classified material in the NYT then screaming “Freedom of the Press! Free Speech!” when ordered to reveal their sources, would have some basic respect for the right of others to speak, yes?
Well, you’re wrong:
According to the Harvard Crimson, four students were arrested for heckling FBI Direct Robert Mueller during his speech there.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, two of the hecklers were editors for the school’s newspaper, the Crimson.
Some of the idiocy they spewed:
“Freedom for political prisoners!” the protestor shouted. “Justice for Herman Bell!”
and:
“We will never forget the role of the FBI in McCarthyism!” screamed Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky ’07, who is also a Crimson editorial editor.
and my personal favorite, for its sheer mindless stupidity, and complete lack of familiarity with the Constitution of the United States:
stop the unconstitutional repression of the environment
Savor that one. Roll it over on your tongue. Consider the drooling, mouthbreathing stupidity required to utter it with a straight face.
The real zinger is where this happened, and what university’s paper these morons represent. If I say “Ivy League,” what is the first thing that comes to mind?
That’s right. Harvard. It doesn’t say much for the quality of education there that their “best and brightest” are blithering idiots, does it?
weaver says:
heh heh heh. i needed a good laugh to go with my morning tea.
the good news is that mainstream america is not as stupid as these raving liberal academic types.
April 28, 2007, 9:17 amDarren says:
Journalism is about as much a profession as is education–not much.
April 29, 2007, 12:55 pm