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December 05, 2016 01:27 PM UTC

Prof Apologizes for Comments Attacking "Snowflakes" Wearing Safety Pins to Class

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  • by: Jason Salzman

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An assistant professor of legal studies at Colorado Christian University apologized Friday for “any offense” she might have caused in stating during a radio show Wednesday that she’d fail students who “wear a safety pin and ask for a safe space.” She also said on air that she’d “tear” safety pins from students.

“I would like to apologize and clarify the comments I made while co-hosting KLZ 560 talk radio this week in my personal capacity, and not on behalf of Colorado Christian University. I certainly did not intend to offend anyone, and my comments were not intended to be taken literally,” said Jenna Ellis, an assistant professor of legal studies and leadership at CCU in a statement. “Please accept my genuine apology for any offense I might have caused. CCU is an institution that values free thinking, discussion, debate, tough questions, and our students are encouraged to think critically and creatively.”

Asked by KLZ radio host Dan Meurer Nov. 30 if there were “safe spaces” at CCU, Ellis said:

“No, there are not, and if any of my students wear a safety pin and ask for a safe space, I will tear it off them and fail them in my class,” replied Ellis, with a partial laugh. “And they know it too. We have no snowflakes on campus.”

Ellis’ comments refer to safety pins worn being worn by some people in the wake of the presidential election, symbolizing support for groups, such as Muslims and undocumented immigrants, who have said they feel threatened by Trump.

Ellis first declined to comment on her radio remarks but later provided a comment via email.

CCU’s website states that Ellis sees “biblical truth” as the place “where we begin, and integrate the learning of law and leadership into our Christian worldview.”

CCU, which is located in Lakewood, does not hide its conservative orientation, with past university leaders, such as former GOP Senator Bill Armstrong, being high-profile Republicans. Armstrong died this year.

But CCU is also known for holding open and public debates –via its conservative Centennial Institute and elsewhere–about current political issues.

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10 thoughts on “Prof Apologizes for Comments Attacking “Snowflakes” Wearing Safety Pins to Class

  1. An interesting approach to an apology … how does one talk about students, flunking students, and being on campus in a "personal capacity, and not on behalf of Colorado Christian University"??

    And a "genuine apology for any offense I might have caused"  isn't really much of an apology. If the act is wrong, one should apologize for the act itself, whether anyone else was offended or not.

    1. You are right. It is not an apology, and the feelings and attitudes that prompted the response in the first place have not changed.

      Cowardly bigots lose some of their cowardice when in the presence of like-minded cowards…and backtrack like crazy when they are faced with the real world impact of their statements.

      She probably sees some threat to a funding package of some kind. Genuine contrition..?..nope..didn't see any in her comments.

      1. "…my comments were not intended to be taken literally”

        I had dinner last night with a public school teacher who noted how dramatically the classroom environment has transformed during and since the election.  We're teaching this generation that facts, words and actions mean absolutely nothing. 

        In other news, Dick Cheney, who apparently feels a need to be relevant once again, suggests we no longer need the media – all we need are Trump's tweets to inform us.

      1. I think I may be ready to reprise my 11yr. sojourn living "off the grid". I learned that being hard to find can be a very peaceful lifestyle. It's either that, or step into the fight in a big way…but that makes me throw up a little in my throat…

        what becomes “factual” is what they hear the most….

        1. Somewhere there's a metaphor comparing Columbus' discovery of the Americas while simultaneously eradicating its population with disease, to our new digital age of politics, water-boarded by fake news – 140 characters at a time. 

          As much as I'd like to retreat, grandchild quarto is on the way.  I think I'm destined to fight. 

  2. Daresay if Christians felt threatened by an incoming president, we'd hear about more than just a lapel pin. Wish she would use her position to teach her sheltered students why non-Christians feel threatened, instead of being so dismissive.

    1. I wish she would use her position to teach her students why CHRISTIANS should feel threatened. Fact-free leadership that allows substantial conflicts of interest is scarcely the "servant leadership" often touted by Evangelical Christians.

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