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Not welcome at UNC?

I am on a message list for UNC-Chapel Hill Air Force ROTC alums.

An invitation to an AFROTC gathering at homecoming evoked this response:

Greetings fellow UNC ROTC alum,

UNC has become a hostile environment for conservatives and panders to the enemies of Western Civilization. While I was at UNC in 1980, I clearly remember protesting the islamic revolution takeover of our emabassy in Tehran, on the steps of Lenoir hall. Just a few years ago, students were run over in the pit by an islamic extremist, just feet from where I spoke. The students and falculty of UNC overwhelmingly voted for the current President of the United States, who sends an advisor to the UK to endorse Sharia law . UNC falculty rountinely colaborate with and are praised by countries acting against Western interests, including Iran.

While not conventional, I felt my conservative views were heard and tolerated while I attended 1979-1983. Now, the environment is openly hostile to those views. This year, former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo was not allowed to speak by a hostile crowd of protesters on campus. After an investigation, no action was taken against the students involved. Since I share many of the views of Mr. Tancredo, I'm certain I would not feel welcome either.

I seperated from the Air Force in 1994 as a regular officer, but my passion to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic, is inseperable from me. According to the current Department of Homeland Security, that apparently makes me a Right Wing Extremist.

Tom Schaefer
Class of 1983