Oklahoma State YAF students press charges after heated confrontation

Scholar leaders from Oklahoma State College’s Younger America’s Basis (YAF) are talking out after heated confrontations that left their desk destroyed throughout 4 interactions in at some point by the identical individual. Fox Information Digital spoke with YAF President Thomas Hatfield and Vice President Caleb Buxton in regards to the incident, the college’s response and what they hope to see from faculty officers sooner or later.

The scholars defined what occurred and why they suppose it’s “harmful” for folks on the left to overtly describe conservatives as “fascists” and why they suppose leftists have been “brainwashed.”

The YAF chapter held a desk final week in assist of conventional marriage and hoped to have a productive debate. They mentioned they first noticed somebody method them from an anti-Israel desk close by and look offended.

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“Once they received to the sidewalk, they pushed by means of all of the folks standing there speaking to us and began taking all our stickers, pins and every part that was on the desk. We began recording and I adopted the individual about 50 yards away to the closest trash can, the place they threw away all our stickers and stuff,” Buxton mentioned.

After this primary incident, they did not suppose the individual would come again, however rapidly realized that wasn’t the case.

‘They got here again a second time, this time about three or 4 hundred yards from the desk. As I adopted them, I used to be capable of have just a little dialog with him, however it all the time got here again to, “You are a fascist, and I am not stealing as a result of this is not price a lot cash.” They’re simply stickers.’ They threw our stickers everywhere in the sidewalk and whereas I used to be having that dialog with him, 5 or 6 college students had been sort sufficient to choose up the stickers.”

After the second incident, they returned two extra occasions.

“About quarter-hour after that, the person got here again a 3rd time, walked away once more and threw the stickers, and this time it ended with a couple of 20 minute dialog with this particular person the place they referred to as me a fascist sixteen occasions in that one sitting and justified every part they did as a result of I used to be a fascist, saying fascists don’t have any rights, they don’t have any purpose to be on the market, their opinions are price nothing.”

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Buxton defined why he finds the usage of the time period fascist ‘harmful’.

“I believe this exhibits how the left, all the time pushing fascist rhetoric, has actually brainwashed lots of their followers into pondering that everybody on the correct is a fascist, and so they don’t have any rights, so I can do no matter I need with them, as a result of they’re dangerous folks and I believe that is actually harmful.”

Buxton mentioned that if supporting Trump made him a “fascist,” that might apply to greater than half of Individuals, which he mentioned just isn’t true.

“The individual then walked again to our desk for the fourth time, picked up our stickers once more and threw them once more. That is the place the viral clip got here from, taken from one of many different folks on the desk… and this dialog lasted very briefly and the individual walked away. That was type of the top of the conversations with the person,” Buxton mentioned. “Then the police got here shortly after and we spoke to them for some time, and we’re at the moment submitting fees in opposition to the person.”

The scholars are demanding fees and hope for additional disciplinary motion from the varsity.

“We’ll proceed till satisfactory justice is offered to us and to all of the individuals who have had free speech incidents on campus as a result of we need to ship the message that that is unacceptable and this won’t stand,” Hatfield mentioned.

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Oklahoma State Library on the campus of Oklahoma State College on October 1, 2005 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. (Wesley Hitt/Getty Photos)

“If this occurred to a left-wing membership on campus, there can be all types of emails – do you want psychological coaching or one thing like that or remedy? So we haven’t any type of outreach like that,” Buxton mentioned.

Regardless, YAF at OSU plans to proceed transferring ahead.

“We’ll proceed to work arduous to sort out social points that we’ve all the time labored on,” Buxton mentioned. “We will should hold placing stress on them and by no means again down, it doesn’t matter what occurs. I believe when you pull again in occasions of bother, that will not assist anybody.”

Hatfield additionally encourages the varsity to signal a contract drawn up by the YAF Federation.

“We might additionally like, formally, as Younger Individuals for Freedom of Oklahoma State College, to demand that Oklahoma State be a part of the Contract for Safe Campus dialogue as put ahead by the Younger America’s Basis and Younger America Basis Chairman Governor Scott Walker,” he mentioned.

“We demand that Oklahoma State College signal this contract and constitution to make sure that all college students, no matter which aspect of the aisle they stand politically or socially, have a spot to talk at Oklahoma State College and to make sure that an incident like this by no means occurs once more,” Hatfield continued.

“And we ask Oklahoma State College to not signal this as lip service to our aspect, however we ask them to signal it as a dedication and to launch us and lots of statements to enact insurance policies the place we’re dedicated to fostering an setting the place everybody’s First Modification rights are revered,” he added.

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OSU responded to the viral put up, writing, “Oklahoma State College helps free speech. The OSU Police Division is actively investigating this incident.”

In a remark to Fox Information Digital on Friday, OSU wrote: “Oklahoma State College helps the rights of scholar teams to precise their opinions and communicate freely. OSU Police investigated the incident and fees are pending.”

Fox Information Digital additionally contacted OSU after the interview with Hatfield and Buxton and obtained the identical response: “Oklahoma State College helps the rights of scholar teams to precise their opinions and communicate freely.”

“OSU Police instantly investigated the incident and fees are pending. Moreover, whereas federal legislation prohibits the college from sharing details about particular college students, we will share that our Scholar Conduct Workforce is concerned on this matter and can deal with any violations of our Scholar Code of Conduct,” the assertion mentioned.

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Nikolas Lanum and Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi of Fox Information contributed to this report.