Fordham University Bans Ann Coulter

Conservative Refocus

Barry Secrest

Apparently, it was the college Dean who rejected and banned Coulter from speaking.

The Fordham Republican club was the college organization which originally invited her, only to be upbraided by the Dean of Democrats, Joseph McShane, seemingly.

However, the supposedly “Conservative” University has entertained such brilliant functionaries as left-wing ideologue Bill Maher and even avowed baby killing advocate, Peter Singer.

So, why single out Coulter?

When Jessee Watters approached the students to inquire, the words “strong opinion, racism, and other comparably ridiculous reasons were given,  including the ever-present “blank stare” response.

So what’s up with Fordham which began, in Bronx New York, as a Jesuit University.

According to the Fordham website, here is what college Dean, McShane stipulates regarding Fordham:

“From the very beginnings, Jesuit education has been characterized by a number of different qualities:  We have a great emphasis on care for the individual student; We have a great desire to introduce excellence and rigor into the classroom and every subject we teach; Third, we believe that students have to be invited to wrestle with the great ethical issues of their time.

We want them to be bothered by the realization that they don’t know everything and bothered by injustice.”

Or apparently, the possibility that the Catholic University’s extreme views might be challenged…..since they apparently “do” know everything?