Here at Hard Astarboard, while we make no bones about our solid opposition to those on the left and elsewhere whose politics threaten the liberty of all Americans and where we are quick to pounce when we become cognizant of same, we do endeavor to be fair (honestly, we do!).

With that in mind, in the aftermath of a typical incident on the part of a typical group of politically motivated, in this case stone-age, pro-terrorism Islamic agitators called Muslim Student Union at UC Irvine, we were pretty surprised and not a little pleased when the college administrators did the right thing, as opposed to taking the usual “progressive” approach, which is to say, silently applauding the deeds of garden variety miscreants, the “deeds” being the essential shouting down and therefore suppression of the right to register an opinion, of those with whom they disagree.

LOS ANGELES - A University of California, Irvine, disciplinary committee ruled that a Muslim student group should be suspended for at least a year because of a protest that disrupted a talk by Israel’s ambassador and led to the arrest of 11 students, according to documents released Monday.

The letter from a student affairs disciplinary committee to Muslim Student Union leaders said the group was guilty of disorderly conduct, obstructing university activities, furnishing false information and other violations of campus policy. University spokeswoman Cathy Lawhon said the committee’s decision will be a binding recommendation to the campus’ office of student affairs if a planned appeal by the group does not succeed.

MSU attorney Reem Salahi said the committee relied on evidence relied that was “inadequate and problematic” but declined to outline the group’s challenge in detail. She said the decision, if sustained, would leave Muslim students without an organization representing their interests. “It really does have very lasting constitutional implications,” she said. “It’s a chilling effect for Muslims on campus and their right to associate.”

Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren was repeatedly interrupted and called “murderer” and “war criminal” by pro-Palestinian students as he was giving a talk on the Middle East peace process in February. Eleven students were cited on charges of disrupting a public event after they were requested to refrain from heckling but did not. Orange County district attorney spokeswoman Susan Schroeder said criminal charges have yet to be filed and it was unknown if or when they would be. (Read earlier story: ‘Heckling of Israeli ambassador shameful’)

“Progressive” California universities, or so one would expect, would be the last institutions to interfere with the obstruction of the right to free speech of anyone whose doctrine didn’t agree with theirs or their Muslim love objects’ totalitarian ideals.

So, hats off to UC Irvine!

From One News Now.