THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION IS A-POLITICAL.

Oh, the pretzels the intellectual heirs to the people who once taught us that the personal is political twist themselves into.

A student senator at Northern Illinois University wants to remove the vice president of the student government because of his conservative beliefs and activism.

Kyle Jacobson, the Student Government Association vice president at the public university, has found himself the target of a removal attempt by senator Samantha Gurrola because Jacobson helped start a Turning Point USA group on campus.

Six years into retirement, and eight months into two weeks to slow the spread, I guess I'm not paying real close attention to the school newspaper.  That's where I found the characterization of the association as "apolitical."  Apparently charging an elected official with a thought crime is not political.

Former SGA President Naomi Bolden said Jacobson has made it clear that the feelings and opinions of the Black community don’t concern him based on his recent social media posts.

“NIU is home to many types of community members – multicultural, LGBTQ+, conservative, liberal, religious – and his ignorance and unwillingness to educate himself on people and communities different from him affect his ability to do his job efficiently and without personal bias,” Bolden said.

But taking a stance that is at odds with the approved position is a political crime.

Cristian Hernandez, chairperson of the campus and Greek life committee said it’s a conflict of interest when a sitting member of the SGA is a part of a political organization that’s pushing a certain agenda.

“This is more than just a difference in opinion,” Hernandez said. “I see the frustrations and share them with the student body.”

Mr Jacobson, however, might have been pushing back against the morale conditioning diversity training the university's deanlets and deanlings are offering.

“NIU has chosen to make the issue of supporting police officers political,” Jacobson told The Fix. “And I refuse to make supporting police officers a political/partisan issue.”

He referenced a training hosted by the university that compared support for the Blue Lives Matter movement to “anti-blackness.” The school mandated the diversity training for some students.

Jacobson told The Fix that he believes that one of the things that makes America such a great country is because it is a mix of different backgrounds and perspectives, but he fears that some views are being silenced by NIU.

He is especially concerned with how conservative values are viewed as something to be feared and shunned at the school he attends.

The problem is deeper, dear reader. The university's efforts to raise consciousness are intellectually incoherent.

In preparing people to address this reply, we're not diminishing our respect or how we embrace any others in our larger community, including the police. What we are saying is that no one is born "blue." Being a police officer is a noble calling that requires tremendous personal sacrifice, all for the good of protecting others; but the uniform can come off. People are born Black, and because of that one fact, their everyday lives are impacted to the point that they are being killed for simply living their lives. Advocating for Black people by saying "Black lives matter" so they are able to live their lives without being minimized, marginalized, harassed or killed is not anti-police – it's pro human. We're not talking about an organization or another racial group nor are we making a political statement. We're simply saying we see and hear the pain Black people are experiencing, and we want to acknowledge it and to help end racism.

Trying to pit us against another group, or creating divide where we don't wish there to be, is not who we are as a university or how we want to engage. Our mission, vision and values are clear, and our work remains focused on bettering our society.

There's not much good ever done by people who claim to work for the betterment of society.  Use as a motto the title of a Marxist organization and then claim not to be making a political statement, expect the mockery that follows.  Make an issue of police brutality, but make transgressivity a virtue, don't be surprised if people don't take your case seriously.

Our universities are still being run by terminally stupid people.