The State News editorial concerning David Horowitz (“Why him?” SN 2/19) was ridiculous and hypocritical.

As chairman of Young Americans for Freedom, I am proud to help bring Horowitz to campus . He is a speaker whose insights will benefit everyone on campus.

We have had many speakers from the left come to speak at MSU before - some of them quite extreme - and The State News never spoke against any of them. Why the change now?

I think the opposition to this event is due more to the fact that the speaker is a conservative, not an “ultra-conservative extremist” as The State News shamelessly labeled him. Is it really so terrible that we have a speaker who offers a different opinion from the left? I can assure you that Horowitz’s views are held by more than a “select few,” as you put it.

ASMSU should be commended for putting their personal political beliefs aside to help sponsor this event. I only wish The State News could have followed its example.

Craig Burgers
political science freshman