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‘That plainly undermines the university’s commitment to freedom of expression,’ says FIRE
During the height of the pandemic, two college administrators from Clemson University used phony ticket reservations to suppress attendance at a conservative student event and bragged about it on Facebook.
The conservative group Turning Point USA’s local chapter hosted speakers Tomi Lahren, Brandon Tatum, and Graham Allen for an event on the South Carolina campus in April 2020.
The event was limited in capacity because of COVID-19, and people had to reserve tickets from a smaller pool in advance.
Clemson administrators Amy Burke and Sharetta Bufford bragged about using that limited capacity to stuff the admission box with phony reservations, the Young America’s Foundation revealed in late June.
Financial aid counselor Burke wrote, “i’ve reserved my two. and then two for pippi. and two for my work email. and two for my business account. i just realized i have plans though, dang it…” on Facebook, in a post that has appears to have been either purged or protected .
In comments, Bufford, who serves as assistant director of recruitment and inclusive excellence, said, “I just reserved 10. I JUST might show up to see what all the fuss is about!”
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Bufford signaled what the Young America’s Foundation characterized as sarcasm by following the comment with a meme of Late Night Jimmy Fallon saying “MAAAAAAAYBE,” with a mischievous look on his face.
An unexpected outcome? MAAAAAAAYBE! Clemson University, Amy Burke, and Sharetta Bufford have ignored The College Fix ’s multiple emails and calls for comment.The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education condemned the incident.“If university staff members were submitting false reservations for seats in order to prevent others from attending the event that plainly undermines the university’s commitment to freedom of expression, which includes not just a right to speak but a right to hear the speech of others,” said FIRE’s Director of Individual Rights Defense Program Adam Steinbaugh in an email to The College Fix .Steinbaugh noted that it was not the first time such tactics had been used. He added that it’s typically “not a productive form of opposing speech, since it’s […]
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