{"id":759129,"date":"2019-12-24T07:34:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T12:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=759129"},"modified":"2019-12-24T07:34:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T12:34:04","slug":"u-s-university-rejects-animal-rights-club-over-emotional-risk-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=759129","title":{"rendered":"U.S. University Rejects Animal Rights Club Over \u2018Emotional Risk\u2019 Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>Truman State University reportedly also had concerns about the 'reputational risk' of the proposed group being associated with PETA.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>KATHERINE TIMPF:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Truman State University has rejected a student\u2019s request to start an animal-rights club \u2014 due, in part, to worries about the \u201cemotional risk\u201d of potentially \u201chostile\u201d confrontations. The school reportedly also had concerns about the \u201creputational risk\u201d of the proposed group being associated with PETA, according to a release published by the pro-free-speech group, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe understand that many people don\u2019t like the idea of animal rights, but we still deserve the same platform as the other groups on campus,\u201d the student, Naomi Mathew, said, according to FIRE. FIRE has submitted a letter to the university\u2019s president, Susan L. Thomas, demanding that she confirm Mathew\u2019s application for the club before Dec. 20 \u2014 or else the organization will take legal action&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A college is supposed to be a place where its students \u2014 the vast majority of them adults, by the way \u2014 learn, grow, and prepare for the real world. An invaluable part of intellectual (and personal) growth comes from having the freedom to express your own ideas, and to engage with the ideas of others. Universities should be encouraging this, and certainly not actively discouraging it the way that Truman State has been doing&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/12\/truman-state-university-rejects-animal-rights-club-over-emotional-risk-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3q0brYUc2CY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHERINE TIMPF: &#8216;Truman State University has rejected a student\u2019s request to start an animal-rights club \u2014 due, in part, to worries about the \u201cemotional risk\u201d of potentially \u201chostile\u201d confrontations. 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