Students at Saint Louis University are signing a petition to have an upcoming Matt Walsh talk on campus canceled, citing safety concerns over “hate speech.”
Walsh, a popular podcast host and conservative writer for the Daily Wire , is scheduled Dec. 1 to give a talk titled “Why the Pro-Life Movement is Center Stage in the Culture War.”
The event is sponsored by the Young America’s Foundation and co-hosted by the College Republicans and Students for Life groups at Saint Louis University, a private Jesuit university in Missouri.
“This is not about politics. This is about safety. We urge you to protect the SLU community by not allowing Matt Walsh to speak on campus,” stated the petition , which has more than 1,600 signatures as of Sunday.The petition pointed to “extreme statements” on Walsh’s social media accounts that “promote dangerous stereotypes.” One example it provided was Walsh calling gender theory “by far […]
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