Cross-posted from Free Exchange on Campus.
Did you get up today feeling like you were supposed do something? Perhaps file your taxes already? Call someone? A birthday? A holiday? Oh that's right! It's Islamo-Fascism Awareness Day (otherwise known as IFAD).
What? You didn't know about this? Well, let us fill you in.
The Terrorism Awareness Project is a new program of the David Horowitz Freedom Center dedicated to waking up Americans--and particularly American college students--to the threat of militant Islam. On April 19th, TAP will stage a nationwide Islamo-Fascism Awareness Day.
What does that mean?
Well if you are lucky enough to be by one of the many campuses supposedly hosting IFAD events, you could go to a screening of this fine entertainment product where you can see "a direct and chilling profile of what is brewing in the world of jihad right now-the plans for the mass murder of Americans and other Westerners."
But really why stop there? Head on over to TAP's web site where you can "Learn about Terror," get "Ammunition" and view other fine films such as The Islamic Mein Kampf. And most importantly, if you are a real go-getter of a college student, you can start a "Terrorism Awareness Project Chapter" and "report terrorism related activities on your campus."
According to TAP:
We want to know about incidents on your campus that further the cause of the terrorists. These might include agitation by front groups such as the International Solidarity Movement; efforts to subvert the U.S. response to terror in the form, say, of harassment of military recruiters; or classroom support of groups such as Hezbollah. Tell us what is happening and we'll investigate.
Great, just what we need--Students for Academic Freedom with a foreign policy. Having a group of self-appointed terrorist watchdogs monitoring other students and groups will surely help to create a better learning environment on campus and a free exchange of ideas. Couple this with all the recent calls for more guns on campus after the Virginia Tech shootings and we are really headed toward maintaining an unparalleled system of higher education that international students used to flock to.
We need an awareness day alright--but not one led by the David Horowitz Freedom (for some) Center.