The College Fix reports the University of Oregon lost a civil court battle with a Portland State U. prof who responded to a leftist rant in one of their websites with the rejoinder “all men are created equal.” He was subsequently blocked from their comments section, and sued U. of O.
Rather than recognize that a quote from the Declaration of Independence is protected speech, U. of O. fought the suit and lost. They ended up out half a million plus in their own legal fees and having to pay nearly two hundred thousand in the winner’s fees.
I did my doctoral work at U. of O. several decades ago. It was a leftist swamp then, even in the business school, and apparently has not changed. I kept my head down, ignored most of it and survived.
During my three years there anti-Vietnam war protestors occupied the acting president’s office, and presented him with “non-negotiable” demands he had no authority to accede to. They hassled him until he committed suicide by driving his VW bug at speed head-on into a loaded logging truck - central Oregon’s version of the juggernaut. They also torched the ROTC building. Crazy times.
Hat tip to Instapundit for the link.
