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Conservative Pundit Ben Shaprio's Upcoming Lecture At Christian University Causing Controversy

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Students who attend Baylor University in Waco, Texas are not at all happy that conservative pundit and Daily Wire editor-in-chief Ben Shapiro is set to give a lecture on campus.

Shapiro was tapped to host Baylor Young Americans for Freedom on November 21. The event is part of the Young Americans for Freedom’s Fred Allen lecture series.

A group of students have taken time to speak out against Shapiro’s lecture, some with mild annoyance it’s taking place, while others feel a lot more strongly about the whole thing.

Here’s more from TheBlaze:

According to The College Fix, some students simply complained, while others suggested more intense means of disrupting the planned speech, such as burning down the school.

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One student wrote in a since-deleted tweet, “Ben Shapiro is coming November 21st to speak at Baylor… should I burn down my school now or later?”

Another added, “[B]en shapiro is coming to baylor and i literally cannot believe i am giving these people so much money in tuition.”

Back in April of this year, controversial speaker Matt Walsh, who is also a contributor for the Daily Wire, also faced backlash from a similar group of individuals who attend the university.

Walsh appeared on campus to discuss Christian values and how they pertain to the sanctity of life, marriage, and gender. A petition was started to protest Walsh’s lecture and received more than 2,3000 signatures.

Here’s a snippet of what the petition said:

“This cannot be allowed to take place. Please remove this from campus events. For the benefit of all LGBTQ+ students, alumni, and future students, this harmful hate speech must be kept off of our beloved campus.”

Walsh made an appearance on “Fox & Friends” where he responded with the following:

“We know the situation on college campuses, where often times opposing viewpoints are not welcome and students don’t know how to deal with someone presenting a point of view that’s foreign to them.”

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