Horowitz Denounces BNP at Michigan State

Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 10:52:09 am PDT

Inside Higher Ed has a report on the disgusting appearance of white supremacist BNP leader Nick Griffin at Michigan State University, with a statement from David Horowitz: Furor Over Anti-Islam Speaker.

Via e-mail, Horowitz said Sunday that his events served important goals and were nothing like what was organized at Michigan State. “Bringing a neo-Nazi and Jew-hater to campus in connection with Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week would be worse than counterproductive. It’s antithetic to the purpose of the event which is designed to expose Nazis and Jew haters. Any attempt to associate me with this creep is a malicious misrepresentation of my efforts.” He added that his organization sponsored no event at Michigan State.

He also rejected the charge that his activities promote hate. “There was a lot of hate spewed during Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week — all of it coming from the left. I was called a racist, a bigot and a fascist, as were my speakers and students. The accusation that IFAW was designed to unleash hate against Muslims is a calculated lie.... You cannot find a single sentence in the thousands we wrote as part of our week or any of the speeches given during the week which would justify the accusation that we were promoting hatred of Muslims. This is a fascist tactic and it would be appalling if you lent any credence to it.”

Anti-Racist Blog has video of the disgraceful event: Nick Griffin Event at Michigan State University; Anti-Racist Blog Calls On Public Figures To Distance Themselves From Kyle Bristow.