Professor Thomas Klocek was fired by DePaul University, without so much as a hearing, for creating a hostile campus environment. How? By daring to debate with some Muslim students about terrorism outside of class in a common area. It seems that free inquiry and pursuit of the truth is trumped at DePaul by the notion that minorities must be protected from hurt feelings under all circumstances.

Well, Klocek is returning to DePaul on January 24, as a speaker on the issue of free speech at Catholic universities.

CHICAGOÂ…DePaul University suspended adjunct professor Thomas Klocek without a hearing for disagreeing with Muslim students over the Arab-Israeli conflict in an out-of-classroom debate. Since then, his case has brought scrutiny on DePaul from international media and academic community while causing division among the UniversityÂ’s own faculty and students. For the first time since his suspension, Klocek will return to the school that silenced him to discuss the role of free speech at Catholic Universities. The forum will also include DePaul professor and Klocek supporter Jonathan Cohen, as well as highly controversial free speech activist David Horowitz. The event will take place in DePaulÂ’s Cortelyou Commons at 2324 North Fremont Street in Chicago on Wednesday, January 24th at 7:00 PM. The event is free and open to the public. ...
The event is sponsored by the Young America's Foundation and the DePaul Conservative Alliance. Event organizer Nicholas Hahn, of the DePaul Conservative Alliance, says, “We have heard of a leftist protest campaign hell-bent on preventing the event from happening. However, we will press forward with the forum. Now, more than ever, DePaul needs to enter the free speech discourse.”

If you are in the Chicago area, pleas try to attend – we have seen how vile and violent leftists will go to any extreme to prevent the airing of views with which they disagree. Supporters of free speech need to be in attendance to support the right of Klocek and Horowitz to speak.

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