Would you libtards who are SO upset about this just SHUT THE HELL UP! How many letters about this is the Post Disgrace going to run?

“As a member of the 1958 50th Reunion class, I was considering attending the ceremony, but with the honoring of Mrs. Schlafly, attending this ceremony is not something that I can do.”

Would you like some cheese with that WHINE?

” I was there when she was attacking the ERA and women’s rights, often with meanness and smugness that rejected all other viewpoints.”

Sounds to me like she acted like a liberal, completely unwilling to listen to different opinions.

“I am still a witness as she continues her attack “crusade” which now includes among its targets the concept of global warming.”

Good for her. It shows she is smarter than you and ALGORE. Global warming ended 10 years ago.

“Mrs. Schlafly has a right to her opinions, but Washington University has the right and the obligation to carefully consider whom they decide to honor. ”

So WashU should only honor liberals?

“It is unfortunate that the class of 2008 and the 50th reunion class of 1958 have to endure the pain of this situation when it could have been thoughtfully avoided if the University had upheld the principles of fairness and objective investigation that I was taught while there as an undergraduate.”

Maybe if you didnt get your panties in such a wad when someone is successful and has different opinions than you, it wouldnt be that hard to accept.

Si Vis, you’re still not understanding what someone already pointed out to you in the other forum - there is a difference between allowing speech and honoring someone whose views are antithetical to those of the institution honoring them. Wash U has already had Schlafly to speak on campus; this is allowing those diverse viewpoints with which the University and liberals disagree, and they should invite her to speak again as well after this controversy (her speaking about the controversy would be very interesting). However, for Wash U, who has policies of equality and diversity, to honor the work of someone who has consistently argued against those ideals is hypocrisy on the University’s part. What you want to argue against, then, is the ethos of the University. That’s a much more difficult argument to make, of course, and probably doesn’t lend itself to clever contractions like “libtards” or resorting to trite cliches like “would you like some cheese with that whine.” If you want peace, be prepared to deal with intellectual laziness.

It’s just an error that the Post has printed this woman’s home address and phone number, right? Y’all might want to take that down…..

St. Louis mom and pop bars and restaurants should always be grateful to Phyllis Schlafly. She led a group of conservative organizations that stopped County Councilman Kurt Odenwald from putting a smoking ban with a casino exemption on the ballot back in 2006.

Mary Hodge Brauninger:

“As a member of the 1958 50th Reunion class, I was considering attending the ceremony, but with the honoring of Mrs. Schlafly, attending this ceremony is not something that I can do. I was there when she was attacking the ERA and women’s rights, often with meanness and smugness that rejected all other viewpoints.”

You have defended the honor and dignity of a great but somewhat loopy institution. However, I do question how you were a member of the 1958 class but was there when she was “attacking the ERA and women’s rights” some 20 years later? Just couldn’t let go of it, could you?

I am sure that Ms Schlafly, as any good student does, reflects the values instilled in her by the faculty of Washington University and of Harvard as taught at the time of her respective graduations. Regretably the faculty views must have changed over time.

It’s the job of any university to engage people in conversation and to present many sides of an issue. I don’t see a problem with her speaking.

Some busybody posted a letter similar to this one a couple of weeks back. It was cussed and discussed for a couple of days. Why is this letter even being discussed. Did Jamie run out of letters to post, and this was a last resort?

My guess is that Schalfly wrote a big check or checks to WashU over her lifetime, and that alone qualifies her for the honorary degree. An honorary degree, for you short bus riders, isn’t worth a snot and is just a way to pad the endowment of universities. Give it a rest already.

I believe it was Mark Twain who said “the purpose of an education is to take an empty mind and make it into an open mind”..I believe WUSTL grads would be well served by Ms. Schlafy at commencement, perhaps adding some garnish to their already hard won degrees

Yep, the facists have taken over the asylums. No “free speech” on college campuses. “Free speech” may make thinking adults out of the students and not the left-wing, regurgitating hate mongers that currently reside there.

Who would have thought college campuses would become facist incubators?

Mike O’Day,
I think you are twisting Twain’s words. I hardly see where a closed mind like Schlafly’s would fit into either Twain’s quote or your thought it would broaden the horizons of these graduates.

All that can be gleaned from the rantings of Mary Hodge Brauninger is that she is a self-absorbed elitist. She uses ‘I’ twelve times in her letter, she degrades the people that have a liberal arts education and twice she has to remind us that SHE is a member of the 1958 50th Reunion class. What a bore.

To be conservative, rational, traditional and realistic is not closed minded at all (actually I find the liberal type person to be the one who is truly closed minded).

I find that many liberals tend to label conservatives (traditionalist) as being closed minded all the time. Like I said, it is actually the other way around. I find that to convince a liberal to see reason on any issue is like talking to “a rock and telling it to move.” No matter how much you reason or yell at a rock, it simply will stay put.

Phyllis has been a beacon of light for sound moral values for years, but those who prefer a “looser” life style take offense because of the light that is shined upon them as a result of their choices. It is easy for a person to throw stones at those he/she disagrees with versus accepting the truth and reality of his/her choice to embrace and do things that are immoral, abnormal and simply wrong. Phyllis and others like her are a voice for sound reason in a society and world that has chosen a destructive course by seeking openly to embrace those things that should never be embraced (whether by choice or by law).

I find that most liberals cry “free speech” and so on, but only want it for themselves while seeking to pass laws to squash and silence those on the traditional conservative side. When this occurs on the grand scale through out America (its happening in small snippets already; look at Washington U’s decision and the response from the opposition) we all will one day come to understand how a nation, like America, found on sound principles and morals “falls and fades” into history to become a distant reminder of what once was…” Think about the ancient powers of old who have chosen to place a heal on there moral base for the sake of liberal destructive realities.”

There’s a price to pay when only liberals are honored and the voice of sound moral conservative reason is silenced. Take a look at how many students (ranging from 13 to 25) behave these days (…stripping there clothes off in public places at our universities, using epitaphs that are ungainly, disrespecting and dishonoring their parents due to poor behavior, destroying property and so on) just because they want their selfish needs met at the expense of others.

Explain to me how people like Phyllis Schlafly are no longer necessary? We need people like her to keep things real and to shed light on matters to help encourage our society to tread down a sensible path that builds up our nation’s future, rather than destroy it.

She is worth honoring in every way. There are many others as well……..