HALF A MILLION CAR SEATS.
AINSLEY?
AINSLEY: THANKS SO MUCH,
JILLIAN.
AS CONSERVATIVE STUDENTS
ARRIVE ON CAMPUS UNIVERSITY
OF TEXAS AUSTIN THEY FACE
MORE WORRY.
TWITTER ACCOUNT RUN BY A
STUDENT GROUP THREATENED TO
DOXF INCOMING STUDENTS WHO
JOIN CONSERVATIVE STUDENT
GROUPS POSTING IN PART IF
YOU JOIN YCT OR TURNING
POINT U.S.A. YOUR NAME AND
MORE COULD END UP ON AN
ARTICLE LIKE ONE OF THESE.
TO SO MAKE SURE TO MAKE
SMART CHOICES.
CAMPUS REFORM WENT TO TEXAS
FOR UT ORIENTATION TO GET
STUDENTS' REACTION TO THE
THREAT.
>> IT'S NOT COOL WITH
DOXXING.
SEEMS LIKE A LOW BLOW TO
JUST CALL SOMEBODY OUT FOR
WHAT THEIR OPINION IS.
>> I MEAN, THIS IS A GREAT
SCHOOL.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO
EXPRESS YOUR VIEW WHETHER
YOU ARE CONSERVATIVE OR
SUPER LIBERAL.
>> I'M NOT CONSERVATIVE.
I'M ACTUALLY QUITE LIBERAL.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S
COOL.
>> I DON'T THINK PEOPLE
ACTUALLY DOCKS YOU ONLINE.
I DON'T THINK THEY WILL.
I THINK IT'S A THREAT.
>> THREATS ARE BAD THOUGH,
RIGHT?
>> I MEAN, YEAH.
I DON'T THINK THEY WILL
ACTUALLY DO IT.
AINSLEY: WELL YOU JUST SAW
CABOT PHILLIPS IN THAT
VIDEO.
HE IS THE MEDIA DIRECTOR FOR
CAMPUS REFORM.ORG AND HE
JOINS US NOW.
GOOD MORNING, CABOT.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
AINSLEY: THAT YOUNG LADY
SAID SHE DIDN'T THINK THEY
WOULD DO IT.
YOU AND I KNOW GOOD AND WELL
IT CAN HAPPEN AND HAS
HAPPENED A LOT.
>> IT IS A GROWING TREND.
IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO ADMIT
STUDENTS ADMIT DOCKS
SOMETHING WRONG REGARDLESS
OF THE PURPOSE.
SADLY BECOMING MORE AND MORE
IMPORTANT.
NOT JUST SOMETHING ON THE
FRINGES OF THE PARTY.
WE HAVE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS USING DOCKING TO
INTIMIDATE SUPPORTERS OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP AS WE
REPORTED LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE CAMPUS REFORM.
OTHER PROFESSORS AROUND THE
COUNTRY COMING OUT DOXXING
STUDENTS FOR THEIR SUPPORT
OF BORDER PATROL, ICE, OTHER
CONSERVATIVE CAUSES LIKE
THAT.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WHENEVER THIS
DOES ARISE, ESPECIALLY IN AN
AGE OF SO LITTLE IDEOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY ON CAMPUS, WE NEED
TO MAKE SURE THAT
UNIVERSITIES ARE LETTING
STUDENTS KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN
OPINION THAT'S NOT POPULAR,
WE ARE STILL GOING TO
PROTECT IT.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET
PEOPLE THREATEN YOU FOR YOUR
IDEAS.
AND I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU
SHUT THIS KIND OF MENTALITY
DOWN BEFORE IT BECOMES EVEN
MORE COMMON.
WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS
A COUNTRY AND AS
UNIVERSITIES AND MAKE SURE
WE SHUT THIS DOWN.
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS TO THEIR
PART HAS REACHED OUT TO THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
THERE IN THE STATE TO MAKE
SURE THAT PROVIDING FULL
LEGAL SUPPORT TO ANY
STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING
THREATENED WITH HAVING THEIR
INFORMATION RELEASED.
AINSLEY: THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
HERE IS WHAT THE SCHOOL HAD
TO SAY ABOUT IT.
STUDENTS SHOULD NEVER BE
TARGETED OR FACE HARASSMENT
FOR THEIR AFFILIATIONS.
POLITICAL BELIEFS OR FOR ANY
OTHER REASON.
WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE
TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE TO SEE IF THEY COULD
IDENTIFY OTHER LEGAL
OPTIONS.
THEY AGREED TO THAT WE ARE
TAKING ALL AVAILABLE STEPS
UNDER THE CURRENT
CIRCUMSTANCES.
DO YOU KNOW WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?
>> WELL, IT WAS AFFILIATED
GROUP THERE IN AUSTIN.
THEY ARE NOW ANARCHIST GROUP
THERE.
NOT A DIRECT AFFILIATION
WITH A CAMPUS GROUP, BUT
CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT
MANY STUDENTS ARE AWARE OF
AND THE FACT IS EVEN IF THE
STUDENTS THERE IN AUSTIN OR
AROUND THE COUNTRY AREN'T
FAIRING THREATS OF DOXXING,
ONCE THEY DO JOIN A
CONSERVATIVE CAMPUS CLUB,
THEY ARE STILL FACING A
LITANY OF OTHER PROBLEMS.
WHETHER IT'S THE UNIVERSITY
DENYING THEM THE SAME
FUNDING THAT LIBERAL GROUPS
GET, WHETHER IT'S THE
CONTINUAL INDOCTRINATION
COMING FROM PROFESSORS IN
CLASS.
IT WEATHER IT'S FREE SPEECH
SUPPRESSION WHEN THEY ARE
TRYING TO GO OUT AND RECRUIT
FOR THEIR GROUPS.
THE FACT IS IF YOU ARE A
CONSERVATIVE STUDENT IF YOU
JOIN A GROUP ON CAMPUS IT'S
STILL AN UPHILL BATTLE FOR
YOU WHETHER YOUR INFORMATION
IS PUBLISHED OR NOT.
I THINK WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE
UNIVERSITIES TO DO THE RIGHT
THING LIKE IT APPEARS THE
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IS DOING
RIGHT HERE AND ALSO HOLD
GROUPS ACCOUNTABLE AND LET
THEM KNOW YOU ARE NOT
OUTSIDE THE LAW JUST BECAUSE
YOU ARE SHUTTING DOWN
CONSERVATIVE IDEAS.
AND JUST BECAUSE IT MAY BE
SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE FOR SOME
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU ARE
IMMUNE FROM THE LAW.
AINSLEY: DID ANY PROFESSOR
REACT TO THIS?
>> WELL, WE DID SEE A TWEET
FROM PROFESSOR ALEX WILD
THERE IN THE SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT AT TEXAS.
HE CAME OUT, KIND OF SAYING
IF YOU ARE A CONSERVATIVE
STUDENT, MAYBE THIS IS WHAT
YOU DESERVE.
HE WENT ON TO GO ON AND
TWEET -- ACTUALLY HE SAID IF
YOU ARE A SUPPORTER OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THIS
POINT YOU ARE A NAZI STILL.
THERE IS AN ENTIRE OTHER
SERIES OF TWEETS WHERE HE
SAID THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
AND CONSERVATIVE STUDENTS
ARE IN SUPPORT OF ETHNIC
CLEANSING AND SO THAT WAS
ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS STORY
WHERE THE PROFESSOR CAME
OUT, SEEMED TO SUPPORT THIS
AND I ACTUALLY ASKED
STUDENTS ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
AND THEY WERE SPLIT.
HALF OF THEM SAYING WELL, I
AGREE WITH THE PROFESSOR.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING.
THE OTHER HALF SAYING I
DON'T WANT MY PROFESSOR TO
SOUND LIKE THE COMMENT
SECTION IN THE YOUTUBE
VIDEO.
THAT PROFESSOR CERTAINLY HAD
AN OPINION.
AND I THINK MOST AMERICANS
CAN AGREE NOT SOMETHING YOU
WANT TO SEE FROM A TAXPAYER
FUNDED EMPLOYEE.
AINSLEY: I WONDER HOW THE
SCHOOL WILL HANDLE THAT IT
IS FREE SPEECH.
AT THE SAME TIME SOME OF