Protesters at BYU get the Brown Shirt treatment

[_Mercury]

for Digg users:
http://digg.com/politics/Free_Speech_Cl ... U#c6017387

For the Article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bryan-you ... 45032.html

Hey Mormons, What if Mormon missionaries were told you could only tract for two hours, couldn't use the standard means of getting your point acrost and at the end of the day the police would come and confiscate your handouts like the videos, pamphlets and those craptastic copies of the Book of Mormon?

Life it seems continues to be bizarro world on the BYU campus.

[_moksha]

Thanks so much for posting this. The thread at MAD did not list these pertinent items.

[_skippy the dead]

Yesterday I stared at my screen in total disbelief at the description of the suits collecting all of the protest signs to keep in a safe place until the next designated protest. I was able to accept the whole permit for a protest thing - this is a private university, after all. The prohibition on shouting and bullhorns was a bit weird, but again: BYU. But then to have the hall monitors come in their suits and earpieces and collect all the signs and such?? Really??

Check out some follow-up from the documentarian's blog:

http://thisdividedstate.blogspot.com/20 ... ouder.html

And to think, I've got two stoopid degrees from that place.

[_moksha]

From the link by Why Me:

BYU Democrats President, Diane Bailey, was applauded by BYU President, Cecil Samuelson for her efforts to keep yesterday's on-campus protest civil and respectful. Other students' questions were ignored outright as Samuelson found them to be redundant, uninformed, or offensive in nature. He took special offense to a question by one student as to why his sign had been taken away following yesterday's protest, refusing to answer. But Samuelson was generally pleasant and warmed to some easier questions like "How did you become so successful?" and "Will you attend our club party?"

[_Mephitus]

Im suprised they even got away with what little they did.

[_Bryan Inks]

If you guys want, I can keep you all updated on this situation. I'm best friends with two of the three guys that are organizing this sequel.

I did get an email from them last night (same guys that run the huffington) and several of the camera crews that have been fielded were threatened with lawsuits and rumor has it that there has been an unofficial "We'll pink-slip your ass" to some of the faculty members who are participating/assisting our documentarians.

[_gramps]

Please, do so.

[_harmony]

If you guys want, I can keep you all updated on this situation. I'm best friends with two of the three guys that are organizing this sequel.

I did get an email from them last night (same guys that run the huffington) and several of the camera crews that have been fielded were threatened with lawsuits and rumor has it that there has been an unofficial "We'll pink-slip your ass" to some of the faculty members who are participating/assisting our documentarians.

Your tithing dollar at work. Repression, threats, confiscating others' property. *sigh*

[_guy sajer]

If you guys want, I can keep you all updated on this situation. I'm best friends with two of the three guys that are organizing this sequel.

I did get an email from them last night (same guys that run the huffington) and several of the camera crews that have been fielded were threatened with lawsuits and rumor has it that there has been an unofficial "We'll pink-slip your ass" to some of the faculty members who are participating/assisting our documentarians.

Your tithing dollar at work. Repression, threats, confiscating others' property. *sigh*

I can see the COB's disclaimer here:

"Rest assured my fellow Saints, no tithing funds were used to suppress freedom of political speech at BYU."