The National Lawyers Guild chapter of CUNY School of Law posted a lengthy statement Monday on a March 29 protest against a speech on “Free Speech on Campus” sponsored by the Federalist Society and featuring law professor Josh Blackman.
Students at CUNY Law Protested and Heckled My Lecture about Free Speech on Campus https://t.co/HyD3H9MNpV https://t.co/diATEWN86G
— Josh Blackman (@JoshMBlackman) April 12, 2018
"We are not children," proclaimed a protestor, yet a good number of @CUNYLaw students sure acted like children at this event. https://t.co/0OqHL4qcn6
— Jonathan H. Adler (@jadler1969) April 12, 2018
The students seem upset that “conservative media has become focused on the words of one protester: ‘F**k the law” and thought that a press release could clear things up.
The Students of @CUNYLaw National Lawyers Guild provided an analysis of what "Fuck the Law" means. https://t.co/h8ZBUXscFQ
— Josh Blackman (@JoshMBlackman) April 23, 2018
What We Mean When We Say “Fuck the Law” | A Statement from CUNY Law’s National Lawyers Guild Chapter pic.twitter.com/4yE2eYTJU8
— CUNY NLG (@cuny_nlg) April 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/JASutherlandBks/status/988488648449552385
Among their gripes? For one, Dean Mary Lu Bilek “chose not to release a statement admonishing Blackman’s hateful views” and “she failed to provide a safe space for student’s [sic] affected by those views.”
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Another complaint: “Blackman, and conservatives who espouse similar views, write about the law as though it is inherently neutral.”
However, the students explained what they meant by “f**k the law”: “We mean that the law was written to uphold white supremacy, and limit the freedom of communities of color … As it is written, the law oppresses, dehumanizes, displaces, deports, and incarcerates our communities and loved ones.”
They continue: “When we say ‘f**k the law,’ we mean f**k the law.”
Yeah, the minute you conflate the Federalist Society and conservatism with "alt-right" groups is the minute I cease taking anything else you have to say seriously. https://t.co/h4EY6S9jjX
— Avi Woolf, WTF Conservative? (@AviWoolf) April 23, 2018
Good strategy.
Holy cow. These supposedly educated people actually believe that the argument for limited government (the explicit raison d'être of the Federalist Society) is predicated on racism and violence. Nothing could be further from the truth. https://t.co/6qnjZ472YQ
— Connor Bryant (@ConnorJBryant) April 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/Jahaza/status/988482900004925440
Maybe the problem isn't the law.
Maybe the problem is the lawyers. https://t.co/GaCHD6E3on
— AgainstTrumpDude (@TheAmishDude) April 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/JoshuaJPrince/status/988522679182417920
https://twitter.com/_pickels/status/988482525843472385
please stop digging https://t.co/4feiKZyOM6
— PoliMath (@politicalmath) April 23, 2018
This response is even dumber than I imagined. Wow. https://t.co/Dg4LUYwHDh
— MagnoliaPeach ?? (@magnoliapeach) April 23, 2018
Jesus christ, this is embarrassing. https://t.co/nXMvlpcAPS
— Polina Koroleva (@PVo13) April 23, 2018
Hopefully I don't have to explain what I mean when I say "Do not hire or retain attorneys from CUNY if this is their attitude toward free speech." https://t.co/aSYGWogX0T
— Dan (@BullsLawDan) April 23, 2018
This is some wordy stuff from the worst law school in NYC. https://t.co/GKpW8mMhTT
— OnTheBench (@Huerts31) April 23, 2018
The authors of this statement may be in line for a law degree, but they are a looooong way from being effective lawyers. https://t.co/zsXtG2na3v
— Lance Salyers (@lancesalyers) April 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/DoctorBringus/status/988513764923334656
FYI, "Safe Space" was provided to shelter the poor little lambs.
That place was "literally anywhere but the room Blackman was in." https://t.co/Cw5ShKYf0v
— Not Jim Ardis (@NotPeoriaMayor) April 23, 2018
Just a pointer to the law students coming up behind the rest of us: you cannot fight for justice in a "safe space." Ever. It is inherently dangerous and unsafe out here, emotionally, spiritually, economically, and physically. Justice or safety – pick one. https://t.co/4GBdMTRvUY
— ?Johnny "These Hands" Danger ? (@K_NoiseWaterMD) April 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/ElliottRHams/status/988513614083608578
Only law students can be this insufferably self-righteous, unethical, bigoted, and illiterate, and remain proud of the entire thing decades later. https://t.co/Nh5lnJxREw
— (((≠))) (@ThomasHCrown) April 23, 2018
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