Threatened Incoming Marquette Freshman Conservative on Vicki McKenna

Zach Petrizzo/Vicki McKenna on Student Expelled from Marquette

The student was expelled in due to a supposed “racist” photo that circulated among black students on campus. This in spite of the fact that the image that caused all the uproar was not racist, and fell into the hands of a black student due to the expelled student’s careless use of AirDrop on his smart phone, with no intention to do any harm to anybody.

Zach Petrizzo has been on top of the story for Campus Reform, and he discusses it with Vicki McKenna.

Vicki McKenna Calls BS on Supposed Marquette Hate incident

From McKenna’s Facebook Page:

Vicki McKenna First, the story is that these guys are pointing guns AT the doll. They are not. They are holding airsoft guns WITH the doll. Airsofts are TOYS, NOT guns and the doll is a TOY, NOT a person. I have no idea what is going on in the pic, except it looks like 4 guys goofing on a doll that one of them bought, received or somehow chanced upon. Or maybe they’re playing “gangsta.” It doesn’t immediately look threatening, or racist. Just juvenile. No one knows the story behind the picture, though I am sure there IS a story behind the picture.

And it’s a PICTURE. There are whole videos of gang bangers from Milwaukee driving around in stolen cars flashing loaded REAL guns, and filming themselves beating the sh*t out of people. But that’s NOT ever a story for the local press.

Now, maybe these boys are just a bunch of future-white supremacists — but that is NOT evident from this dumb picture.

Lastly, I ask the two obviously rhetorical questions: 1. Why is this a story? 2. Why did Marquette apologize as an institution for a picture the institution did not issue or sanction?

A report on Channel 12 indicates that Marquette is not talking, due to an “ongoing investigation.”

McKenna does some more investigation, and notes:

Vicki McKenna So the picture says “Chuuch.” I google “Chuuch.” What pops up in a “song” (if that’s what you can call it) from a rapper named “Slim Thug” called “Chuuch.” Listen if you want. It’s 5:38 seconds of your life you won’t get back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-dM6ZpOvEE.

Then, because I am a glutton for punishment and time wasting, I googled “Slim Thug” generally, and listened to a few of his “songs,” one of them called “Boss.” Seems to me that that these white boys could very well be playing “gangsta,” and that little doll could be Slim Thug, perhaps even as “Boss.” Never mind, I’m sure it’s just racist.

What Was the Point?

It’s difficult to interpret the intention of the picture (see it in the Channel 12 story linked above). It is the case that the video McKenna linked to features an inspirational rap, apparently done in conjunction with megachurch pastor Joel Osteen.

It’s easy enough to Google the lyrics, and here is the first verse:

[Verse 1: Slim Thug]
Gotta get these blessings
So tired of stressing
Learning new lessons
Planning questions
It’s time for testing
Never ever resting
I’mma stay grinding
So I stay shining like a diamond
I’mma stay climbing to the next level
And do time and
Trying to line up with them bosses
Trying to soar high with them eagles
Can’t chill with none of you chickens
I’m tray get rich with my people
Too high to see you haters
Too blessed to play y’all mind
I ain’t got nothing to be mad at
I’m drop head top down
Thank you, God, all the time for helping me live my dreams
And for exposing all of those who wasn’t right for my team
I’mma keep receiving this games
If it’s for the better, I’ll change
Only live once, better do it right
I’m trying to leave a legacy, man

Slim Thug is apparently a rather mainstream figure in Houston.

Did the clowns who made the photo simply think that since the fellow’s name is “Slim Thug” that his persona is really “thug?” If so, they might be playing “gangsta.”  Other songs of his have much more aggressive and questionable lyrics.  But they named “Chuuch.”

Questions

What was the intention of this photo (and apparently others like it)? Were they implying they might shoot a black person? Or was it silly clowning?

Was the photo sent to a black person (it which case it might be interpreted as harassment), or was it floating around, and finally came to the attention of somebody at Marquette?

Just who were these guys? Marquette students? Or not?

Conclusion

A lot of people on college campuses just love “racist” incidents. For the bureaucrats, it allows them a huge opportunity to virtue signal with fervent and unctuous rhetoric, and implement programs that expand the bureaucracy.

For the Social Justice Warriors, it reinforces the illusion that they are the noble few defending “marginalized groups” against the sea of bigotry and intolerance that is American society.

But before we draw any conclusions about this incident, we need answers.

Marquette Warrior on Vicki McKenna, April 12

The subject: what else, our ongoing legal battle with Marquette University.

Warrior Blogger Legal Case Against Marquette: Our Lawyer Comments

Rick Esenberg, head of the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, which is providing us legal counsel in our case against Marquette, discusses the case (and the recent judgment from Judge Hanscher) on the Vicki McKenna show.

Embedded player:

Direct Link to audio:
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/audio/vicki_mckenna_5-4-17.mp3

Warrior Blogger on Vicki McKenna

This is from last Tuesday, where we discuss:

• Free Speech (or the lack thereof) on the Marquette campus
• Our court hearing on the previous Thursday

Legs: Story of Marquette Bureaucrats Attempt to Sabotage Ben Shapiro Speech

The attempt of at least two Marquette bureaucrats (and quite possibly more) to sabotage a speech on the Marquette campus by conservative Ben Shapiro was revealed Monday by the campus Young Americans for Freedom.

It resulted in media stories in:

• National Review
• Heat Street
• The College Fix
• Marquette Wire

It also got attention of local talk radio, being discussed by Jay Weber, Dan O’Donnell and Vicki McKenna. McKenna interviewed Young Americans for Freedom Chairman Mark Seeberg. Here is the audio of that interview.

Vicki McKenna Bullied, Insulted by Thugs on Madison Campus

This confrontation was in the wake of a speech by Ben Shapiro at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Leftist students disrupted the speech, as is typical on college campuses these days.

The black thugs in this video remind one of the bullies at the University of Missouri. Presumably, these black students are not typical of black students at Madison. But on a modern college campus, there is a sense of racial entitlement among black students. The idea seems to be “we are victims, so the rules don’t apply to us.”

But that attitude, unfortunately, is toxic.

Warrior Blogger on Vicki McKenna / May 2, 2016

Here we are on the Vicki McKenna show on May 2, shortly after announcing that we are filing a lawsuit against Marquette, demanding reinstatement and monetary damages for their attempt to fire us.

Warrior Blogger on Marquette and Free Speech

Matt Kittle, filling in for Vicki McKenna, talked to us about our case at Marquette, and Marquette’s very dubious honor of being among “The 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2016.”

Marquette on FIRE Dishonors List / More on Academic Intolerance

On Vicki McKenna today, Ari Cohn of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, discussing Marquette’s attempt to fire this blogger, as well as other cases of speech suppression on college campuses.

Marquette Jihad Against Warrior Blogger: Sources

Just three miscellaneous sources about about the attempt of Marquette to fire this blogger for outing a philosophy instructor who told a student that he was not allowed to discuss gay marriage in class since any arguments he made against gay marriage would be seen as “homophobic” and would “offend” any gay students in class.

First, an article in Wisconsin Watchdog about the case. It’s now about two months old, but since nothing has really happened in the last two months, all the information is current.

Next, an interview by Charlie Sykes with our lawyer, Rick Esenberg. The interview is from February 5.

Finally, an interview we did with Vicki McKenna on April 1.

Warrior Blogger on Marquette’s Cop Killer Mural

Two radio interviews on the huge fiasco surrounding Marquette’s mural honoring cop killer Assata Shakur.

First, an interview with Charlie Sykes, from May 18:

Next, an interview with Vicki McKenna, from May 20:

Marquette Warrior on Vicki McKenna Show

From this past Tuesday, discussing the kerfuffle over the Marquette Philosophy instructor who told a student that arguments opposing gay marriage would be homophobic, and that any gay students in the class should not be exposed to such arguments, since they would be offended.

The Tolerant, Compassionate Left: Facebook Death Threat Against Vicki McKenna

Here is the story about it, and below is the screen capture of a nasty threat made against conservative talk show host Vicki McKenna.