Rantz: WSU student uses ‘privilege’ to destroy pro-life demonstration

This week, Washington State University student Keaton Aspell came across a pro-life demonstration on campus and was “absolutely appalled.” So appalled he decided to to destroy it. Now, he’s playing defense as people on both sides of the issue are understandably outraged.

“Although I believe in freedom of speech i [sic] feel that this kind of demonstration has no place on the WSU campus or any campus for that matter,” Aspell wrote on his Facebook page. “Although those who set up the demonstration argued they were trying to stop abortions i [sic] didn’t feel that this was accomplishing that goal at all.”

He said he was using his “privilege as a white male” to help out people who were “disgusted” by the display.

So if self-appointed Thought Police Aspell doesn’t think you’re effectively accomplishing your goal, he will destroy the demonstration. Of course, this is an absurd position because most of us believe he’d be even more apoplectic if the demonstration didn’t successfully stop abortions.

According to the Daily Evergreen, when the pro-life students returned, they put the display back up, after which Aspell then took them down again.

Both pro-choicers and pro-lifers have spoken out as being rather appalled, which is why Aspell has taken to his Facebook page to offer an explanation and weak apology.

“I would like to apologize again to the WSU students for life [sic] for destroying their property and thank them for not pressing charges,” Aspell wrote. “After realizing my actions were wrong I organized a peaceful protest. I was talked to by the police and realized I had taken an extreme action and was made aware of the legal charges that could be brought up if I were to continue.”

He goes on to say that he “will not apologize for standing up for the women this demonstration attacked and meant to shame.” No one was attacked in the display. He seems to think being exposed to opinions you disagree with is somehow an attack.

Aspell is the epitome of everything that’s wrong with too many Progressive millennials. They preach tolerance by silencing any opposition; they scream out against fascism while taking a page out of fascist playbooks. And while he’s not at all the victim, Aspell will pretend to be, all while proudly proclaiming how he, a white man, should get kudos for standing up for women he apparently doesn’t think can stand up for themselves. This is called virtue signaling.

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