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   From: bksperman@outlook.com   
      
   More than 100 students walked out on retired U.S. Army Lt.   
   Colonel Allen West on Thursday as he began a speech at Saint   
   Louis University to discuss the threat of radical Islam.   
      
   The students protesters — led by the SLU Rainbow Alliance and   
   the Muslim Students’ Association — had arrived early and filled   
   many of the seats in the two-story auditorium where West was   
   slated to speak. As he took the stage they stood up and filed   
   out.   
      
   At issue is West’s use of the term “radical Islam” — also the   
   subject of his speech.   
      
   Last week an administrator at Saint Louis University told the   
   conservative and Republican students organizing the talk that   
   they were not allowed to use the words “radical Islam” on   
   advertisements for the event, reported Young America’s   
   Foundation, which sponsored the talk.   
      
   In response, West wrote an article saying he had been   
   “censored,” called modern college students who seek safe spaces   
   “little cupcakes,” and added:   
      
   I along with the YAF activists will not back down from this   
   challenge. And if this is just a case of ill-conceived political   
   correctness, we’ll rectify that. But, if this is a case of the   
   influence of stealth jihad radical Islamic campus organizations   
   such as the Muslim Student Association, an affiliate of the   
   Muslim Brotherhood, then you will be exposed. And I recommend to   
   the President of St. Louis University, you do not want it known   
   that a radical Islamic organization is dictating speakers on   
   your campus — that is not the type of PR you really want.   
      
   The fiery comments and the subject of his speech prompted the   
   walk out.   
      
   “Our administrator made a request for him to tailor his speech   
   to our community, and in response he made a lot of hateful   
   comments about our students,” student Claire Cunningham told The   
   Riverfront Times.   
      
   Saint Louis University president Fred Pestello told students in   
   an email he stood in “solidarity” with them, calling West a   
   “provocateur.”   
      
   The students — reportedly inspired by West calling them “little   
   cupcakes” — also sold cupcakes outside the venue with proceeds   
   to benefit Syrian refugees. As the students left the auditorium,   
   West donated to the cause.   
      
   Had the students stayed, they would have heard a speech on how   
   radical Islamic terrorism has reached American shores, and how   
   the U.S. government is obfuscating the issue, and in some cases   
   apparently covering it up, calling terrorist attacks on U.S.   
   soil workplace violence or other names.   
      
   West cited more than a dozen terrorist attacks in America in   
   recent years inspired by radical Islam as he continued his   
   speech.   
      
   West said these issues should not be muddled in party politics,   
   considering that “during 9/11, no one came in looking for   
   Republicans or Democrats. They came looking to kill Americans.”   
      
   As a 22-year veteran who participated in both Operation Desert   
   Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom, West also noted his extensive   
   experiences dealing with radical Islamic terrorism, saying that   
   “the greatest enjoyment I had was working with the Afghan army   
   to make sure little Afghani girls could go to school.”   
      
   As for the walk out, YAF national spokeswoman Emily Jashinsky   
   said the response received at SLU is not uncommon.   
      
   “This is what happens when students attempt to bring one   
   conservative speaker to a liberal campus,” she said. “Threatened   
   leftists do everything they can to erect obstacles.”   
      
   http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/29261/   
        
      
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