Another Conservative Commentator Hit by Pie · 07 April 2005
Associated Press, 04/07/05
(Indianapolis) - Someone threw a pie at conservative commentator David Horowitz during a lecture at Butler University in Indianapolis Wednesday night.
It's the second time in a week a conservative has been hit by a pie at an Indiana school. Witnesses say there was some "pushing and shoving" when Horowitz's supporters followed the pie-throwers out of the hall, but the attackers got away. After the incident, Horowitz completed his lecture.
A Butler spokesman called the incident "deplorable." Horowitz has criticized what he calls the "leftist domination" of college campuses. On his blog Wednesdaynight, Horowitz spoke of "a wave of leftist violence against conservative speakers on college campuses."
Horowitz has spoken out in favor of an "academic bill of rights," proposals in several states including Florida that would force educators at the college level to present diverse views on the subject matter they teach. The movement was initiated by conservative student groups who feel they are discriminated against by "liberal" professors. Opponents worry that such a measure would chill academic freedom and force professors to acknowledge long-discredited theories.
Last week, Weekly Standard editor William Kristol was hit by a pie during a speech at Earlham College in Richmond. And commentator Pat Buchanan was doused with salad dressing during at talk at a Michigan school.
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