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   From: mxp@invalid.ca   
      
   On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 10:25:36 -0800   
   a425couple  wrote:   
      
   > It makes me sick how the institution's protection   
   > of free speech has just failed!!!!   
   > Law Enforcement in the past was guided by standards.   
   > It is now ruled by politicians who refuse to take stands   
   > on issues that the local ruling party does not like.   
   >    
   > from   
   > https://mynorthwest.com/ktth/ktth-opinion/uw-title-ix-complaint/4045535   
   >    
   > Rantz: UW Seattle hit with Title IX complaint for letting radicals   
   > shut down conservative event   
   > Feb 14, 2025, 4:55 AM | Updated: 5:40 am   
   >    
   > Image: After Antifa agitators effectively forced UW students with    
   > Turning Point USA to cancel their...   
   > After Antifa agitators effectively forced UW students with Turning   
   > Point USA to cancel their event, the school partially blamed the   
   > victims, Rantz writes. (Image courtesy of Turning Point USA, UW and   
   > Evergreen)   
   >    
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   > BY JASON RANTZ   
   > AM 770 KTTH host   
   > Officials at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle sat by as    
   > violent Antifa radicals forced student members of the campus Turning    
   > Point USA to cancel an event focused on women’s rights. Now the UW   
   > faces a Title IX complaint under a Trump administration that has   
   > vowed to take these kinds of complaints more seriously.   
   >    
   > Olivia Krolczyk from the Riley Gaines Center was scheduled to speak   
   > to students at an event titled, “Protect Women from Men: The Threat   
   > of the Trans Agenda” on January 21, 2025. However, approximately 200   
   > left-wing students and outside agitators prevented the event from   
   > taking place. She said she was eventually “instructed by police   
   > officers to dress in a police uniform they provided in order to   
   > disguise herself” for her own safety, according to the Title IX   
   > complaint Krolczyk provided to “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH.   
   >    
   > The activists, some dressed in black bloc, an all-black outfit that   
   > is worn by Antifa to conceal their identity so that police cannot   
   > follow up with citations or arrests, surrounded the hall where the   
   > event was taking place. Someone pulled a fire alarm in the building.   
   > Others banged on the windows and door of the room where the event was   
   > being held. Others shined bright lights into the room, while another   
   > shattered a window by throwing a noise maker through it. The interior   
   > of the hall was vandalized with graffiti.   
   >    
   > As the chaos was unfolding, neither UW Police nor UW security staff    
   > intervened, and the event had to be canceled.   
   >    
   > More from Jason Rantz: After another hate rally, the Trump admin must    
   > investigate antisemitism at University of Washington   
   >    
   > What is alleged in the Title IX complaint against UW?   
   > In her Title IX complaint, Krolczyk is alleging sex-based   
   > discrimination by UW officials and students. She is asking the   
   > Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to investigate.   
   >    
   > Krolczyk says an official UW Instagram account labeled her    
   > “transphobic,” while offering students counseling from a “queer    
   > counselor.” She said this “set the stage for the hostile environment    
   > that followed.”   
   >    
   > “As the event started, the protestors’ actions became increasingly    
   > aggressive,” the UW Title IX complaint states. “Police officers were    
   > stationed at each door, as protesters began banging on the doors,    
   > shouting insults, and calling Ms. Krolczyk names such as ‘Nazi’ and    
   > ‘fascist.’ Ms. Krolczyk felt trapped. She was being held hostage in   
   > the room, with no safe way to exit due to the violent actions of the    
   > protesters. The police suggested that she end the event for safety    
   > reasons, though she insisted on waiting for the protest to calm so   
   > that she could give her speech. Unfortunately, the violence only   
   > escalated.”   
   >    
   > More from Jason Rantz: Homeless people terrorize Tacoma church, use   
   > it as a toilet, as city sits by   
   >    
   > UW tried to blame the victims for being targeted by Antifa thugs   
   > The Title IX complaint against UW concludes by criticizing a   
   > statement the university released the day after staff allowed   
   > harassment against Krolczyk and conservative students.   
   >    
   > The statement effectively blamed Krolczyk for being targeted by   
   > violent Antifa activists and took a quote of hers out of context to   
   > imply she was “excited” that the event was shut down. It even   
   > appeared to frame her as more responsible than the lawbreakers who   
   > destroyed property in order to intimidate Krolczyk into canceling the   
   > event.   
   >    
   > “These statements were not only inaccurate but deeply insulting to   
   > her. They belittled Ms. Krolczyk’s intent to have a peaceful and   
   > meaningful conversation about women’s rights. The University’s   
   > comments implied that Ms. Krolczyk was somehow to blame for the   
   > violence and disruption, instead of condemning the actions of those   
   > who actively engaged in a hostile environment to Ms. Krolczyk,” the   
   > Title IX complaint against UW explains.   
   >    
   > More from Jason Rantz: Washington superintendent Chris Reykdal   
   > declares war on female athletes   
   >    
   > Whether it’s a Title IX complaint or something else, UW should be   
   > held accountable   
   > UW is not unique in campus faculty are far-left. They often express    
   > little to no concern for radicals who break laws or student policies    
   > when it’s for a left-wing cause. They do not involve themselves in   
   > any meaningful way until they see no other option.   
   >    
   > This campus is also particularly hostile to conservatives. In the   
   > past, the administration has not been shy about criticizing political   
   > points that conservative students make while asserting its own   
   > progressive identity. And given the UW administration’s hostility   
   > towards Jews by embracing antisemitic student activism, it’s about   
   > time that the campus faces serious investigation for its misconduct.   
   >    
   > “It is critical that educational institutions foster an environment    
   > where all students and invited guests can freely express their views    
   > without fear of retaliation or censorship,” Krolczyk explained in a    
   > statement to “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH. “The University of    
   > Washington’s treatment of my views and failure to support free   
   > speech, particularly on the topic of protecting women’s sports, is an    
   > infringement on my rights. I filed this complaint to ensure that the    
   > University upholds its responsibility to protect free speech for all    
      
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