CAPITALISM AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM VIEWS NOT WELCOME IN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOL

In Chula Vista, California, Ben Shapiro learned what happens when you try to put in a good word for economic freedom at a public school:

In front of a capacity crowd of more than 450 students, an Otay Ranch High School administrator dismissed students from conservative powerhouse Ben Shapiro’s speech, which was organized by the school’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter and sponsored by Young America’s Foundation, after telling the audience Shapiro’s conservative beliefs “crossed a line.”

The administrator’s actions were caught on camera and can be seen at the :44 second mark in the video below.

After Shapiro explained the power of America’s free market system, noting it could lift anybody out of poverty if they’re able to manage their money, an administrator seized the microphone from a student during the Q&A and said he was going to have to “dismiss the students” because Shapiro had “crossed a line.”

Students can be heard audibly booing their administrator’s decision. Despite being dismissed, well over half the audience chose to stay and hear more from Shapiro.

As is typically the case in the educational setting, the silencing of nonleftist views was packaged as what you might call snowflake fascism:

Shapiro told Young America’s Foundation, “The left has taken over the entire educational infrastructure, and this is the proof: the silencing of facts in order to avoid hurting the feelings of leftist students. No wonder we’re churning out new generations of Americans entirely unprepared for the real world, and entirely unaware of basic principles of Western civilization. Thanks to the brave students at Otay Ranch High School who stood up and were counted. And shame on the administration for coddling the precious butterflies by ‘protecting’ them from reality.”

After the lecture, the administrator was heard saying he needed to “protect” students from Shapiro’s ideas.

We have to crush you under our jackboot, or someone’s delicate feelings might be hurt. 

The lesson the students learned was obvious. This is not America anymore. Conform to leftist ideology or you will be shut down by the authorities.