ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN – AT 11:48 A.M. ET:   You'd think, from what we read, that all college students are whackjob leftists.  In fact, there's a small but growing movement of conservatives on American college campuses, including elite campuses.  These are heroic students, fighting back against the mob, sometimes at their own risk.  From AFP: 

Boston (AFP) - US universities are often bastions of progressive Democrats, but Donald Trump's election has spurred a growing number of conservative students to step out of the shadows and become increasingly vocal.

Even though both right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos and conservative firebrand Ann Coulter cancelled planned appearances at the University of California, Berkeley in the face of threats and violent protests, Democrats don't always have a stranglehold on campus.

"Conservative students are becoming less hesitant to speak out," says Sterling Beard, editor-in-chief of Campus Reform, which supports young conservatives in denouncing progressive bias on campus.

The recent violence at Berkeley, he says, makes the job easier "because so many of their liberal peers have become hysterical."

Two of these new conservative voices are Nick Fuentes at Boston University and William Long at Harvard, who are finishing the school year happy to go into battle to defend their ideas to peers in the majority opposing camp.

Both voted for Trump, if for different reasons.

COMMENT:  Read the whole piece.  It's a start, only a start, and the left will push back with threats, gimmicks, and attempts to label conservative statements as "hate speech."  But these kids will inspire others, and possibly bring some balance to our campuses. 

May 24, 2017