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A Doctor to Purify Your Unclean Thoughts
By: Evan Coyne Maloney

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In Indoctrinate U, two students at different schools described being ordered by university officials to see psychologists after it was discovered that their opinions ran counter to the dominant political thinking on campus.

Now there’s yet another case:
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    Hamline University has suspended a student after he sent an e-mail suggesting that the Virginia Tech massacre might have been stopped if students had been allowed to carry concealed weapons on campus. Student Troy Scheffler is now required to undergo a mandatory “mental health evaluation” before being allowed to return to school. Scheffler, who was suspended without due process just two days after sending the e-mail, has turned to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for help.

    “Hamline’s punishment of Troy Scheffler is severe, unfair, and apparently unwarranted,” FIRE President Greg Lukianoff said. “Peacefully advocating for students’ ability to carry a concealed weapon as a response to the Virginia Tech shootings may be controversial, but it simply does not justify ordering a mandatory psychological evaluation.”

    On April 17, 2007, Hamline’s Vice President of Student Affairs, David Stern, sent an e-mail to the campus community offering extra counseling for Hamline students in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings. Later that day, Scheffler responded directly to Stern, arguing that Virginia Tech’s ban on concealed weapons was part of the problem and advocating that Hamline eliminate its similar policies. Scheffler also wrote that the university’s diversity programs may have angered some in the student body, himself included.

    On April 19, 2007, Hamline University President Linda Hanson e-mailed the campus community again to address the tragedy at Virginia Tech. Scheffler responded directly to Hanson and again criticized the university’s concealed weapons ban, academic standards, financial policies, and the university’s efforts to promote diversity.

    Hanson replied to Scheffler on Friday, April 20, offering him a chance to meet with university personnel to discuss his views the following week. Yet on Monday, April 23, before Scheffler was even able to respond to Hanson’s invitation, he received a hand-delivered letter from Dean of Students Alan Sickbert notifying him that his e-mails to Stern and Hanson were “deemed to be threatening and thus an alleged violation of the Hamline University Judicial Code.”

    Sickbert’s letter also informed Scheffler that he was being placed on immediate “interim suspension” that could not be lifted unless he agreed to a “mental health evaluation” by a licensed mental health professional.
This is chilling stuff — right out of the Soviet playbook. Don’t agree with us? You must be mentally ill.

Remember, the only cases we hear about are ones in which students have fought to defend their rights, and only after those cases have attracted media attention (which doesn’t always happen).

I’d be interested to know: how big is the iceberg under this tip?
http://brain-terminal.com/posts/2007/10/14/a-doctor-to-purify-your-unclean-thoughts
« Last Edit: October 15, 2007, 02:29:58 AM by JakeJZG »
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Re: A Doctor to Purify Your Unclean Thoughts - Evan Coyne Maloney
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2007, 08:24:00 AM »
Good for Troy Scheffler.  If we don't question the actions of our leaders constantly, we may end up in a situation someday where we might again need to have weapons against the government.
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