Excerpted from http://www.steveberen.com/809306.html

WE ARE NO LONGER LIVING IN THE 1960s!

The danger posed by the power of the far left and liberal elite is real, especially because it aims to broadly influence all of our youth, who represent the future of our nation and our world.

However, we are no longer living in the 1960s. The old tactics just don't work. With the internet and cable TV and talk radio, it is very realistic and very possible to challenge the left. They want a monopoly, they want to avoid debate, they lack tolerance of disagreement, and they wish to block youth from hearing opposing views - but in today's world they won't succeed.

Through debate, through open discussion, an atmosphere can be created where the extremists won't be able to achieve the results they crave. Rather, over time, they will become more and more isolated, and their true motives will be clear to the public.

The 2004 presidential and congressional elections showed that today's leftists do not represent the American people. They are angry, frustrated, bitter, irrational - and increasingly separated from the mainstream. Today's antiwar movement tried to defeat President Bush, but the tactic backfired on them and discredited the Kerry campaign, which fell in defeat.

From my own first hand past experience as a leftist protestor during the Vietnam era, I know the damage that can be done by communists and other radicals. But I also know that the extremists are not invincible. They can be defeated, and on a historical scale, the trend is against them.

However, victory against forces such as Nazism, communism, or today's Islamic fascism never comes easy. It takes courage, knowledge, and persistent effort.

It is with that spirit in mind that we should look at the current political situation on our nation's campuses. The aim of the left is to not just to maintain their domination, but to keep other ideas out of the arena. We must meet this challenge, and must combat the leftist monopoly on our nation's campuses.