{"id":460472,"date":"2022-06-10T03:10:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T00:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/conservatives-are-all-but-shut-out-of-commencement-ceremonies\/"},"modified":"2022-06-10T03:10:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T00:10:11","slug":"conservatives-are-all-but-shut-out-of-commencement-ceremonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/conservatives-are-all-but-shut-out-of-commencement-ceremonies\/","title":{"rendered":"#Conservatives are all but shut out of commencement ceremonies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413c8b35dd2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413c8b35dd2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/conservatives-are-all-but-shut-out-of-commencement-ceremonies\/#%E2%80%9CConservatives_are_all_but_shut_out_of_commencement_ceremonies%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Conservatives are all but shut out of commencement ceremonies&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CConservatives_are_all_but_shut_out_of_commencement_ceremonies%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Conservatives are all but shut out of commencement ceremonies&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Key <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>makers of the year (like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who defied pushes for COVID mandates and lockdowns),\u00a0New York Times bestselling authors (like glass-ceiling-shattering campaign manager Kellyanne Conway) and popular television hosts (like Fox News\u2019 Greg Gutfeld, host of one of cable news\u2019 most-watched programs) \u2014 all were shut out from this year\u2019s commencement ceremonies. Why? Because despite their massive success, they don\u2019t fit the left\u2019s narrative.<\/p>\n<p>After enduring four years of attempted indoctrination from the nation\u2019s liberal faculty members, most college students are ready to move on to the real world \u2014 celebrating their graduation and looking forward to making a positive impact.<\/p>\n<p>Yet so many universities attempt to hijack graduation day with one last attempt to push a radical agenda on their students, injecting identity politics and victimhood culture into commencement ceremonies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/conservative-commencement-527.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Glenn Youngkin\" class=\"wp-image-22603203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/conservative-commencement-527.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/conservative-commencement-527.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/conservative-commencement-527.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Glenn Youngkin was among the three conservatives who spoke at commencements for the United States\u2019 top 100 colleges and universities.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Young America\u2019s Foundation\u2019s 30th annual Commencement Speakers Survey <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yaf.org\/news\/2022-commencement-season-once-again-shuts-out-conservative-speakers\/\">found that<\/a> just three conservatives were invited to give commencement addresses at the top 100 schools as ranked by U.S. News and World Report: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow and Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece\u2019s prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 53 liberals imparted their \u201cwisdom\u201d to the graduating class of 2022. From advocating for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> justice\u201d movements like Black Lives Matter to warning grads about the danger of guns, these speakers clearly used their platforms to push their own agendas.<\/p>\n<p>The parade of liberal speakers included some obvious suspects, including President Joe Biden at the University of Delaware and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at Brown University. CNN host Van Jones spoke at Wake Forest University, and Samantha Power, Team Biden member and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, spoke at Johns Hopkins.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/conservative-commencement-523.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Nancy Pelosi\" class=\"wp-image-22603204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/conservative-commencement-523.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/conservative-commencement-523.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/conservative-commencement-523.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi spoke at Brown University\u2019s commencement in May.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/conservative-commencement-526.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Taylor Swift\" class=\"wp-image-22603205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/conservative-commencement-526.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/conservative-commencement-526.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/conservative-commencement-526.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Taylor Swift advised the NYU class of 2022 to embrace \u201ccringe.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The sports and entertainment worlds were represented by liberals, too. Actor Ken Jeong was Tulane University\u2019s speaker, and Abby Wambach, the U.S. soccer star who uses her platform to push for LGBTQ identity politics to infect every aspect of American life, was Loyola Marymount University\u2019s. Taylor Swift spent her speech at New York University telling graduates to \u201cembrace cringe\u201d \u2014 whatever that means.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration activist Erika Lee, Tufts University\u2019s speaker, encouraged graduates to take to the streets against perceived \u201cinjustices.\u201d \u201cWhite supremacy, anti-Semitism, anti-Asian hate and racism and bigotry of all kinds impacts all of us, not just some of us,\u201d she told the class. \u201cSometimes we must protest in the streets. We must march, and we must go to the front lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>How about that for a unifying, positive message for the class of 2022?<\/p>\n<p>This liberal skew is inconsistent with our country\u2019s ideological trends. After nearly two years of lockdowns, tyrannical mandates and indoctrination like critical race theory infecting our classrooms, parents and students alike have woken up to the left\u2019s radical agenda. This time, the left pushed their luck too far \u2014 and those who may otherwise be apathetic or neutral in the realm of politics began to take a second look.<\/p>\n<p>Without organizations like YAF, many college students would go all four years without hearing a single speaker from the right. It\u2019s important to bring the leaders and thinkers of the conservative movement to the next generation of journalists, lawyers, teachers, doctors and business owners.<\/p>\n<p>No matter if students agree with the conservative speakers: Critical-thinking skills and the ability to engage with ideas with which they disagree are fundamental and a cornerstone of higher education. Simply pretending those viewpoints don\u2019t exist or hiding them from students by labeling them \u201cracist\u201d or \u201cbigoted\u201d does no one any good.<\/p>\n<p>The left loves to pretend to champion \u201cdiversity, equity and inclusion\u201d until it comes to diversity of thought and freedom of expression. It\u2019s up to us to force an equal playing field and demand that other voices be heard.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kara Zupkus is the spokeswoman for Young America\u2019s Foundation.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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