A pro-Trump Hispanic student at Loyola Marymount University who serves as the student government senator for diversity and inclusion at the school is facing an impeachment probe this month by her peers.
The attempt to remove her began late last spring after a progressive student news organization uncovered past tweets in which she voiced opposition to illegal immigration, and now that effort will soon be voted on by the Associated Students of Loyola Marymount University.
Stephanie Martinez, who describes herself as conservative, became the subject of the impeachment inquiry on Sunday night after her fellow diversity and inclusion senator, Camille Orozco, brought forward an impeachment motion during the student government’s weekly meeting.
In one tweet from July 7, 2019, Martinez wrote that “the same people advocating for rights, equality and better conditions for illegal aliens are the same one censoring freedom of speech (a right), defaming and initiating hostility for those Americans with divergent views! Sad!”
Her tweets prompted the creation of a petition calling for her impeachment, and removal from the student government, which garnered about 560 signatures.
Martinez, in an interview with The College Fix this week, said her peers are trying to silence her for her views.
“I’m so disappointed to see these discriminatory allegations coming from my peers on the Senate,” Martinez said. “All I wanted was to spread intellectual diversity on campus by giving conservatives without a voice a say in our student senate.”
She added, “They have proven to everyone that conservatives are not welcome in student government and that the ‘tolerance’ that the left ascribes to is only meant for those that are ideologically similar to themselves.”
“They are willing to go so far as to break their own non-discrimination policy to see me removed.”
The non-discrimination policy she referenced states no officer or member will be discriminated against based on their political affiliation, according to ASLMU’s constitution.
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Full story at The College Fix.
So what else is new at LMU: Leftist Marxist University?
Ah yes, the typical college of today. “We are SOOOOO Fair!! always correct, so intellllllectuallll!”
“We have OPEN MINDS and are SOOOOO Objective!!”
Suuuure you are, Kollitch Stewdents!
Punch drunk boxers can think better than this so called elite educated class.
Another university that ceased to be Catholic long ago.
And a follow up on presenting fair and factual speakers and information to today’s university students:
Attending the U decades ago allows quite a contrast between then and now.
Back then, the students were largely conservative and pro US. Many professors were, like now, largely
leftist and socialists. They constantly spoke of “Fair and Equal Speech”, that is allowing socialist and communist
speakers on campus for debates and speeches. We students said, “Sure, why not? It shows how fair minded,
objective, and open to a wide spectrum of beliefs we are”.
Compare those actions with the University students today.
The profs are still Socialistic and Communistic, and now they have seized control of the entire college public arena.
They will NOT allow Conservative Speakers on Campus, and they have the power to enforce these actions.
They also laugh at and criticize any Pro American comments.
Waving the US flag on campus not only brings bitter criticism, but attacks on patriotic students.
Patriotism is scorned, while students gladly wave portraits of Lenin.
It’s time to end the Fable of “Fair Minded University Education”
The Profs have complete control of mind of the University students, and they are not Fair and Objective.
Diversity! Only accepted by leftists if it meets their definition. Same thing a few years ago when their big push was for “tolerance”. Today the leftist Marxists are the least tolerant people on the planet,
I feel bad for this good young lady. She should have chose a Catholic college, instead of a Jesuit college,
Loyola Marymount VERY quietly removed a statue of Junipero Serra from the grounds not too long ago. No announcement. Nothing. Done in secret. Covered the space with landscaping to make it look like nothing had ever been there. Betcha didn’t know about that.
The far Marxist left is self reveling for the fraud that they all are.
It’s easier to believe we are God than to believe in God Almighty.
You Marxist Leftists cannot give what you don’t have.
You have no self respect
LMU has long had a reputation for offering as many alternatives to Catholicism as possible.
We used to have a Priest come from LMU to help with Masses at our Parish. One Sunday I asked him where else he assisted a parish with Mass. He said that our parish was the only one. I asked where he celebrated Mass on Sundays that he wasn’t at our parish. He responded that he didn’t because it really wasn’t his “thing”.
That was the last time I ever saw the poor man.
Ironically LMU Has an “Ethics Line” where one can report ethics violations on campus or any business or person who supports the school.
https://www.lmu.edu/about/contact/ethicsreporting/
The article states that a “progressive student news organization” published the student’s views with the insinuation that the news organization is against the student.
This news group is neither progressive nor liberal. It is illiberal and should be labeled accordingly. To label the group as “progressive” is to beg the question.
This report is utterly shocking to me! Why do they even cling to their Catholic identity as a University? This calls for some strong disciplinary action from the Church, but I’m not holding my breath.
I see nothing that suggests the university is involved in this. The move was made by a group of her peers, not the institution.
Her peers need to learn that we all don’t have to goose step in support of their snowflake opinions. Wouldn’t you agree?
It’s a Jesuit University, and more in line with the social justice warrior wing than the traditional Catholic side. It is so ironic that a tweet of Ms. Martinez talking about the loss of Freedom of Speech is being used to….take away her freedom of speech.
Paul,
According to Rod Dreher in his new book “Live Not By Lies”, the reason is because the tyrant social justice warrior doesn’t approve of either freedom of speech or authentic dialog.
This lady has no peers. She’s Catholic and proud of it and so are we.
Sounds as if the students against her should be thrown out. It sounds as if they want the “prestige” of gong to a Catholic College without having the character.
I should have said in my last post “without having the good character”.
I suspect the motives of people who want “open borders” without checking the good character of those who are coming into a country. Open borders make it easy to molest, rape, kidnap, and commit other serious crimes and just run across any border and get lost in the other country to commit the crimes again and again without repercussion.
She is without a doubt marriage material……
America– and much of the modern world– has lost almost all of its former intellectual leadership elite, imbued with honest intellectual teaching and learning, and morality and integrity. The very foundations of learning and scholarship have been tragically destroyed! Western Civilization, since the 1960s especially, has been descending into a new Dark Age of ignorance, illiteracy, blind emotional delusion and subjectivity, and extreme immorality and degeneracy! Might as well close the doors to all fraudulent, so-called “schools” and “institutions of higher education!” Send the so-called “professors” of once- respected “academia” out to dig ditches, or something! Worthless!
I am not surprised here the Jesuits…are communists by nature…