"We regret that some people were unable to discern the intent of these posters and took offense. We wanted to wanted to counter the true hate speech that is embodied by the upcoming Islamo-facism Awareness Week. We hoped students would feel outraged and come together," they said. The letter was signed as "Students for Conservativo-Facism Awareness." View the full letter here.
Islamo-Facism Awarness week, sponsored by David Horrowitz, is scheduled for later this month on 142 campus across the nation and will feature events focusing on terrorism awareness. The students responsible for the fliers call the week racist although organizers disagree.
The local media has picked up the story, using it as one of the leads for two consecutive nights in a row. Even the pundit Fox News talk show, Hannity and Colmes, featured the story, bringing Sergio Gor, the president of the Young America's Foundation, Adam Kosech, a graduate student who was one of the students responsible for posting the fliers, and Jason Mattera, the national spokesman of the Young America's Foundation, to talk about the incident. Check out the clip on YouTube here.
Since the fliers were hung, the campus has been swarming with anti-hate events. Monday night, a peace forum was held with the GW community – the leaders of the Young America’s Foundation as well as leaders from many student organizations, the Student association and the Multicultural student center, SAC, and the president’s office.
In a statement released by President Knapp, he said the university "will not tolerate, the dissemination of fliers or other documents that vilify any religious, ethnic, or racial group," and that "an investigation was launched to determine who was responsible for creating and posting [the fliers]."
It has not yet been determined what, if any, action will be brought to these students.
-Mallory Thompson
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