Dear Mr. Shapiro,
I am student at Susquehanna University, and a proud one at that. If that name sounds familiar to you, it's because you are scheduled to speak here on March 20th of this year. You were invited by the Young Republicans club, a group of people who are by all means reasonable and relatively nice.
I've grown up around Republicans all my life. My parents, whom I love very much, are Republicans. There is nothing wrong with levelheaded Republicans. A large amount of the people coming to see you speak are not levelheaded Republicans.
The people I am about to describe should be the kind of scum that gets you riled up when you hear that they dare claim to belong to the same group as you. Of course, you do not denounce these people (at least publicly) because they are your bread-and-butter.
Your fan base are people who have sent death threats to the faculty of my school simply because we ran out of tickets for them to see you. Your fan base are the people that are making my friends lock themselves in their rooms on the day that you're here for fear of their lives. Your fan base are the same people who went through this campus last year scrawling "Fag Free World" on the sidewalk and drawing swastikas on everything they see. I find the last one almost comically hypocritical, given the fact that you are a man of the Jewish faith. But hey...how many fans of Milo Yiannopoulos do you think are also big fans of any gay people they meet in real life?
This is not to say that you are responsible for the actions of your fans. This is not even to say that these people represent all of your fans. Hell, my little brother is a huge fan of yours and he's far from those monsters I just described. This is, however, to call to attention the fact that if those people are the ones supporting the beliefs that you espouse...maybe it's time to re-evaluate those beliefs.
I'll see you on the 20th, when I will be peacefully protesting. I would like you to understand that this is not on my part an attempt to shut you up and diminish your right to share your flawed ideas with the world like the "snowflake SJW" that you probably think I am. This is to let all of the men, women, and non-binary folks on campus that your presence has caused fear for know that I am there for them. That I will always be there for them.
Thank you,
Nolan Nightingale
