BE OUTRAGED – AT 11:41 P.M. ET:   Readers know that we try to keep up with the madness and decline that have many of our colleges in a lock grip.  Immature professors compete with immature students for the coveted title of "dumb act of the year."  The awards ceremony is very moving, conducted in the dark, so no carbon energy is used.

This latest, from Berkeley (natch), should infuriate you.  From Fox: 

A student senator at the University of California, Berkeley, who was kicked out of her own party and is being pressured to resign or face a recall because of her religious views, says she won’t back down.

Isabella Chow, a daughter of Malaysian-Cambodian immigrants and a junior double majoring in business administration and music, told Fox News she abstained from a largely symbolic student vote Oct. 31 because she did not fully agree with certain clauses, not the majority of the pro-LGBTQ+ bills, which passed from the support of 18 of the 20 senators (another being absent). She was labeled “homophobic” and “transphobic” and within two days felt like the whole campus was against her.

Two weeks ago, the Queer Alliance Resource Center (QARC) reportedly asked the student body to condemn the Trump Administration’s “proposed definition of sex under Title IX” defining individuals as being male or female as fixed from birth. The student government bills argued the definition is “trans-exclusive,” rolling back the Obama Administration’s added protections for individuals who identify as transgender from “harassment, denial of access to the student’s preferred restroom, and requirements regarding medical documentation.”

Chow’s former party, Student Action, left her with the decision to fully support the bills and the LGBTQ lifestyle or get ousted.

“No matter how difficult this has been, if I don’t represent the Christian perspective – the minority perspective – there won’t be anyone to represent these views,” Chow said. “I’m doing this for the Christian community. I know that I was called for such a time as this…backing down is not an option, especially when backing down means giving in to political pressure and political correctness.”

In her statement, Chow said discrimination is “never, ever okay” and condemned Christian bullies and bigots, calling the LGBTQ community valid and loved, even if their views were different.

“That said, I cannot vote for this bill without compromising my values and my responsibility to the community that elected me to represent them,” Chow said. “As a Christian, I personally do believe that certain acts and lifestyles conflict with that is good, right, and true. I believe that God created male and female at the beginning of time, and designed sex for marriage between one man and one woman. For me, to love another person does not mean that I silently concur when, at the bottom of my heart, I do not believe that your choices are right or the best for you as an individual.”

COMMENT:  Whether you agree or disagree with Isabella Chow, her bravery and dignity must be respected.  She shows us what freedom of speech is really about, but she is paying the price.  She reports that friends walk her everywhere she has to go on campus because she is seriously afraid of a physical attack.

No student should have to live with that.

We don't need a First Amendment to protect popular speech.  I assure you that no one in human history has gone to prison for agreeing with his government.  We need the revered Amendment to protect the unpopular thought, the rejected opinion. 

The Daily Californian, which passes itself off as the campus newspaper, editorialized against Ms. Chow, then refused to allow her to answer the editorial.  The editors are contemptible cowards and should have the dignity to resign.  They won't.  Cowardice on the left is fully respected at places like Berkeley.

From the article above:  "Chow, who identifies as an independent moderate and has interned for Democratic representatives in Congress, said while it felt like everyone on campus was against her, she has received supportive messages from people across the country.

“'I’m reminded the rest of the world is not a bubble the way Berkeley is, and honestly that gives me hope,' she said."

November 14,  2018