Timothy Birdnow

A Missouri high school has suspended a student for saying bad things about Islamic extremism.

The College Fix dishes:

"Senior Alex Lonsdale, a member of Liberty High’s nationally ranked debate club, says he was just trying to have a friendly debate.

During his free period Oct. 17 at the public school near Kansas City, Lonsdale joined a spontaneous conversation among acquaintances about the nature of Islam.

He told The College Fix in a phone call Monday that he pointed to pro-terrorist sentiment among British Muslims, as indicated in polls by ICM Research for the 2016 Channel 4 documentary "What British Muslims Really Think.” The program was presented by the former chair of Britain’s Equality and Human Rights Commission, Trevor Phillips. A Muslim sophomore also in the debate club, Faraz Pervaiz, allegedly challenged Lonsdale’s viewpoint on account of his own religious beliefs.

But the impromptu debate on Islamic extremism, by Lonsdale’s retelling, turned into a raucous imbroglio.

"Why are you making my religion out to be like that?” Lonsdale said Pervaiz asked him. The Muslim student became reticent, apparently no longer wanting to continue debating, before he ended the conversation by leaving, according to Lonsdale.

"I wasn’t saying that ‘you’re a bad kid because you’re Islamic,’” he told The Fix. "I wasn’t being rude. I didn’t personally attack him at all.”

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The school has suspended Lonsdale and said he may not appeal.

The article continues:

"Pervaiz allegedly "claimed that I said all Muslims are terrorists; all kill…” he told The Fix, trailing off. "I don’t know how you could even get any of that from this.”

School officials told him his behavior could be considered "harassing” or "hounding” and that Lonsdale should be conscious of "social cues,” according to Lonsdale.

He said they accused him of "‘creating an emotionally unsafe zone.’”

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So now we must be able to read minds and stop arguing when the truth offends.

The Left has destroyed education in this country. We can no longer point out a self-evident truth if it offends, and since everyone is ready to be offended it means we can admit to no truths.

If a large number of terrorists are Islamic that is a statement of fact. Was that any different from saying a large number of IRA terrorists were Irish? Nobody ever disputed such a truth in times gone by, but now we cannot offend someone who is Muslim because, Heaven forbid, the truth is less important than somebody's feelings. If it is not true the Muslim could make arguments showing that fact. If true, the Muslim should take steps to stop what is happening.

Essentially this is blaming the victim. Imagine if we were saying Harvey Weinstein shouuldn't have his feelings hurt, that we should look for "cultural cues" because he's being accused of sexual misconduct; nobody would do that, but we are supposed to have a different attitude where Muslims are concerned.

I would say I hope the school administrator gets fired, but he will no doubt just move on to another school to milk taxpayers and bully teenage kids.

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