PC Insanity: Missouri College Students Urged to Call Police If They Experience "Hateful/Hurtful Speech"

The swastika thing is just an allegation, of course -- and anonymous swastikas on campus do have an unfortunate history of turning out to be hoaxes. There have been a lot of campus hoaxes involving black students, of course -- though for the sake of politeness you're not supposed to say so. Normally it involves students who have been ginned up by race hustlers. The most notorious case involved fake rape allegations from Tawana Brawley. What's remarkable about Missouri is that mere allegations have been enough to topple [the University's president and a chancellor…]Some of the alleged racial incidents at Missouri occurred with multiple witnesses. The students at Missouri, in other words, may have legitimate concerns… The chief black activist group on campus, Concerned Student 1950, published an extraordinary list of demands last month…. Among the items on the list, which can be read in full here, was a demand for the (now-former) president, Tim Wolfe, to hold a public press conference to read out a "handwritten apology" to students, and publicly "acknowledge his white male privilege…"

There were also demands for more affirmative action… [with a] greater focus on hiring "persons of color" at the school's mental health and social justice centres. Because never mind who's the best qualified to help: what matters is that nurse is a black woman. Indoctrination is also on the agenda. The group demands that the University of Missouri "creates and enforces comprehensive racial awareness and inclusion curriculum throughout all campus departments and units, mandatory for all students, faculty, staff and administration."

In other words, they want astrophysics students -- who should be focusing on exploring and explaining the solar system -- to be focused on the politics of racial grievance instead. Oh, and naturally, white people aren't allowed to decide what's on the agenda. The demanded curriculum "must be vetted, maintained, and overseen by a board comprised of students, staff, and faculty of color."

"Not to have a correct political point of view is like having no soul." …those are the words of Mao Zedong, the Chinese communist leader with the extreme distinction of having caused more deaths than any person in human history -- 50 to 70 million, more than Stalin and Hitler combined.

Mao was a rabid believer in "political correctness." In fact, he wrote the book. Mao's 1967 book -- officially titled "Mao Zedong on People's War" (though better known as Mao's "Little Red Book") -- became the ultimate authority for political correctness during the 1960s…

A few excerpts from the once-ubiquitous [book (which contain his collected works)] demonstrate just how fanatical Mao was about political correctness -- which, whether on an American university campus or a communist dictatorship, amounts to the gradual, long-term conditioning (brainwashing) of the population:

• "Where do correct ideas come from? Do they drop from the skies? No. Are they innate in the mind? No. They come from social practice and from it alone. They come from three kinds of social practice: the struggle for production, the class struggle and scientific experiment." ("Where Do Correct Ideas Come from?," May 1963, 1st pocket ed., Page 1.)

• "... [T]he Communist Party has always advocated a firm and correct political orientation. ... This orientation is inseparable from a style of hard struggle. Without a firm and correct political orientation, it is impossible to promote a style of hard struggle. Without the style of hard struggle, it is impossible to maintain a firm and correct political orientation." ("Speech at the Yenan Rally in Celebration of International Labor Day," May 1, 1939.)

• "Be a pupil before you become a teacher; learn from the cadres at the lower levels before you issue orders.... What the cadres at the lower levels say may or may not be correct, after hearing it, we must analyze it. We must heed the correct views and act upon them.... Listen also to the mistaken views from below, it is wrong not to listen to them at all. Such views, however, are not to be acted upon but to be criticized." ("Methods of Work of Party Committees," March 13, 1949, Selected Works, Vol. IV, Pages 378-379.)

The first students to call themselves "Red Guards" in China were a group of students at the Tsinghua University Middle School who were given the name Red Guards to sign two big-character posters issued on 25 May -- 2 June 1966. The students believed that the criticism of the play Hai Rui Dismissed from Office was a political issue and needed greater attention. The group of students, led by Zhang Chengzhi at Tsinghua University Middle School and Nie Yuanzi at Peking University, originally wrote the posters as a constructive criticism of Tsinghua University and Peking University's administration, which were accused of harboring "intellectual elitism" and "bourgeois" tendencies.

However, they were denounced as "counter-revolutionaries" and "radicals" by the school administration and fellow students, and were forced to secretly meet amongst the ruins of the Old Summer Palace. Nevertheless, Chairman Mao Zedong ordered that the manifesto of the Red Guards be broadcast on national radio and published in the People's Daily newspaper. This action gave the Red Guards political legitimacy, and student groups quickly began to appear across China.

Due to the factionalism already beginning to emerge in the Red Guard movement, Liu Shaoqi made the decision in early June 1966 to send in Communist Party of China (CPC) work teams. These work groups were led by Zhang Chunqiao, head of China's Propaganda Department, and were the attempt by the Party to keep the movement under its control. Rival Red Guard groups led by the sons and daughters of cadres were formed by these work teams to deflect attacks away from those in positions of power towards bourgeois elements in society, mainly intellectuals. In addition, these Party-backed rebel groups also attacked students with 'bad' class backgrounds (these included the children of former landlords and capitalists). These actions were all attempts by the CPC to preserve the existing state government and apparatus.

Mao, concerned that these work teams were hindering the course of the Cultural Revolution, dispatched Chen Boda, Jiang Qing, Kang Sheng, and others to join the Red Guards and combat the work teams. In July 1966, Mao ordered the removal of the remaining work teams (against the wishes of Liu Shaoqi) and condemned their 'fifty days of White Terror'. The Red Guards were now free to organise without the restrictions of the Party and, within a few weeks, on the encouragement of Mao's supporters, Red Guard groups had appeared in almost every school in China.

To continue to ensure that the University of Missouri campus remains safe, the MU Police Department (MUPD) is asking individuals who witness incidents of hateful and/or hurtful speech or actions to:

• Call the police immediately at [phone number redacted]. (If you are in an emergency situation, dial 911.)

• Give the communications operator a summary of the incident, including location.

• Provide a detailed description of the individual(s) involved.

• Provide a license plate and vehicle descriptions (if appropriate).

• If possible and if it can be done safely, take a photo of the individual(s) with your cell phone.

Delays, including posting information to social media, can often reduce the chances of identifying the responsible parties. While cases of hateful and hurtful speech are not crimes, if the individual(s) identified are students, MU's Office of Student Conduct can take disciplinary action.