Presumably, you heard the faculty and students at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey revolted against the idea of Condoleeza Rice being their commencement speaker. A commenter over at Alicublog had an appropriate response to the Republicans’ outrage and claims of free speech suppression.
Helmut Monotreme
How uncouth of the students and faculty at Rutgers to be upset by the choice of commencement speakers. After all, who among us has never embroidered the truth? And when we did that didn’t it lead to trillion dollar wars, the de facto legalization of torture, thousands of dead American soldiers, and hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis? So aren’t we all just a little like Condoleeza Rice? Aren’t campaigns to un-invite her to speak at university commencements just a little too much like *some mutually agreed on atrocity* for red blooded Americans to be comfortable with? Shouldn’t we forgive this rich and powerful person and pay her $30000 or $40000 for an hour’s speech?
Well, when you put it like that, the president of Rutgers looks like a real asshole.
