Lawmakers demand UNT remove student art exhibit

[Dannymacfan]

A state legislator sent University of North Texas leaders a letter on Sunday requesting the removal of an art exhibit in the Student Union, as well as the cancellation of an upcoming presentation by a history professor. The exhibit references the war in Gaza, while the presentation scheduled for later this week is titled “Palestinian Children and the Politics of Genocide.

Freshman state Rep. Mitch Little, R-Lewisville, wrote the letter, which was signed by four other lawmakers who represent Denton County, because, he said, “These matters were brought to our attention on Sunday evening by roughly a hundred or more citizens who wrote to express their grave concern.”

Little bristled at the use of the word “genocide” in the title of the presentation that UNT history professor Nancy Stockdale is scheduled to give on April 3, which is the second annual installment in the Dr. Emile Saliyeh Commemorative Lecture on Middle Eastern Politics series. Stockdale is the associate dean of academic affairs for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.

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[untbowler]

I am a Conservative Republican, but these State Reps are out of there f'n mind, it is free speech. I may not like the exhibit, but they have that right and if they followed the proper channels to show it, then so be it. These type of politicians are who make people so damn partisan with these idiotic publicity stunts.