Protecting children from LGBT grooming should not be a controversial topic, but the anti-innocence students at Northwestern University showed otherwise when about a dozen volunteers with the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP) arrived at their campus on April 4, 2024.
The TFP set up its pro-children’s innocence campaign at Northwestern University’s famous Weber Arch around lunchtime, holding a banner that read, “Protect Children in Schools and Libraries—Stop the Ravages of LGBT Ideology.” The campaign began with overwhelming support from students and locals.
However, after an hour, around thirty students began a counter-protest that included harassment and cursing. One TFP volunteer was shoved in the chest. Another volunteer had his hat stolen. One anti-innocence leftist took off his backpack and threatened to swing it at the TFP cameraman. Several others spat and cursed at the TFP members for defending children’s innocence.
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Despite these hostilities, the TFP remained calm by praying the Rosary, playing the bagpipes and chanting slogans calling for the protection of children’s innocence. They also tried engaging in civil discussions with the anti-innocence students.
A TFP volunteer and a student debated about transgender surgery for children. The student proclaimed, “[Transgender mutilation surgery] is fine as long as the child wants it.” Another student, holding an LGBT flag, said he was unashamed of being against children’s innocence.
Those who didn’t want to debate contented themselves on calling the TFP campaigners names such as “nazi” or “fascist.” Others claimed the protest was responsible for killing “trans” kids who might commit suicide because of a “climate of hatred.” Several students shouted, “Burn in Hell!”
At the campaign’s end, students began mockingly chanting, “Play the bagpipes.” A TFP member told the crowd that the bagpiper would only play if one of them would defend children’s innocence. The crowd fell silent.
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The campaign created such a stir around campus that the campus administration issued statements against it. According to The Daily Northwestern, the Assistant Vice President for Campus Inclusion and Community, Tabitha Wiggins, said, “While the group was on public property and therefore not violating the University’s demonstration policy, we recognize that the message was harmful to members of our community.”
The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center at Northwestern condemned the campaign as “harmful misinformation.” Student affairs staff from the Campus Inclusion and Community, Counseling and Psychological Services and the Office of the Dean of Students created a “support space” for students offended by the TFP volunteers defending children’s innocence.
The TFP members were calm and civil during the whole campaign, yet were attacked and harassed by anti-innocence students. Ironically, TFP volunteers were called “fascists” during the campaign. Fascism is often associated with tyrannical authority, and if anyone was imposing a tyrannical authority during the campaign—it was the anti-innocence students and staff at Northwestern University.