Conservative heavyweight David Horowitz reportedly dead at 86

[RoryN]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horowitz

Sources: FrontPage Magazine, Citizen Free Press, Charlie Kirk's X page, Stephen Miller's X page

 

[Politruk]

He was a nutcase.

 

[Rotadom]

He wasn't very conservative about nuptials.

 

[Politruk]

David Horowitz:

David Horowitz Freedom Center[edit]​

The "David Horowitz Freedom Center" (DHFC)[8] is Horowitz's vanity think tank that exists largely as a vehicle for Horowitz to spread Islamophobia and combat "liberal academia." The DHFC runs a number of projects, most notably publishing the conservative FrontPage Magazine.[9] The magazine started out as a more aggressively-conservative version of The Weekly Standard, but in more recent years has morphed into Stormfront-lite, takes a rabid anti-Islam editorial stance and publishes other miscellaneous wingnuttery by the likes of Ann Coulter, Daniel Pipes, and Melanie Phillips. Its more recent pundits Bruce Bawer, Daniel Greenfield, and Jamie Glazov have dropped any semblance of subtlety and frequently display overt racism and borderline neo-fascism in their screeds. The DHFC runs "Students for Academic Freedom",[10] and Discover the Networks,[11] a site allegedly keeping tabs on the "loony leftists" giving cover to the Jihad Johnnies and other assorted radicals. The DHFC has also taken aboard Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch fame.[12] Spencer's Islamophobia is so virulent that it's too wingnutty even for Dinesh D'Souza![13] Then-Representative Ron DeSantis, who became Florida governor in 2019, spoke at the center's conferences on four separate occasions.[14] DeSantis also used a racist dogwhistle in his campaign.[15]

Attacks on academia[edit]​

Horowitz has been pushing his deceptively named Academic Bill of Rights (ABOR)[16] for quite some time. In one instance, his McCarthy complex managed to spark an investigation into Pennsylvania's higher education system. However, the investigative committee found that Horowitz's charges were overblown and that he had failed to document the widespread "indoctrination" he claimed existed.[17][18]

In 2006, Horowitz published The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America,[19] which targeted many professors who supported Palestinian rights.[20]:38 In 2009, he published One-Party Classroom,[21] which listed 150 courses that he considered dangerous.[20]:38 These books, in addition to his Students for Academic Freedom astroturf group were sufficient for the Trump White House to support his agenda and include at least 11 past or current members of DHFC in its administration, including Mike Pence, Jeff Sessions, Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller.[20]:38-41[22] Horowitz even regards Miller as his protégé.[22] While Horowitz has attacked the alleged lack of free speech at universities,[22] the reality is that US universities are the "freest domain of expression in any workplace" since many other types of workplaces force their employees to sign non-disclosure agreements as a condition of employment.[20]:41 Intellectually dishonest wholesale attacks on academia, as Horowitz has engaged in, is a common tactic of fascism.[20]:36


One embarrassing crank!

 

[RoryN]

Tots and pears.

 

[RobDownSouth]

...Horowitz even regards Stephen Miller as his protégé.

This alone qualifies Horowitz for a free upgrade to a suite at the Hitler Hotel down in Hell.

Good riddance to human sewage.

 

[eric_erosfan]

The dinosaurs are self-deporting.