Flyer Posted At University Of Colorado Demands Ban On Military Veterans
Source: Red Alert Politics
According to Campus Reform, "A flyer recently appeared at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS) declaring that 'in order to protect our academic institutions we must ban veterans from four-year universities.' The group that apparently hung the flyer is not affiliated with the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs."
Source: Campus Reform & Twitter user @OnlyTrashPanda
The flyer is part of the "Social Justice Collective Weekly," a newsletter which aims to "promote justice in our society." The first issue of the newsletter included an article titled "Should Veterans Be Banned From UCCS and Other Universities?"
The article states, "A four-year, traditional university is supposed to be a place of learning, of understanding, of safety, and security. However, there is an element among us who may be frustrating those goals: Veterans. Many veterans openly mock the ideas of diversity and safe spaces for vulnerable members of society ... this is directly in contradiction to the mission of UCCS."
The author of the article then says "veterans typically have an overwhelming presence in the classroom which distracts other students, particularly vulnerable individuals [associated with groups] such as LGBTQQI2SAA, who have been known to be the butt of insensitive jokes made by veterans.”
Source: Campus Reform
A public spokesperson from the university stated the newsletter was posted on an "open community bulletin board in the University Center." The person made it clear that the group named on the flyer is not affiliated with UCCS.
According to Campus Reform, "UCCS Chancellor Venkat Reddy also released a statement declaring that 'UCCS does not endorse and vigorously rejects the offensive viewpoints expressed in the flyer,' but acknowledged 'the right of people to express their viewpoints, even when those viewpoints are offensive to many in our community.'"
