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Whoopi Goldberg wins support online for slamming 'all the snowflakes in the world' over Stanford protest

Whoopi Goldberg was referring to the incident at Stanford University, during which conservative judge Stuart Duncan was heckled by students

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: While addressing the recent protests at Stanford University, 'The View' co-host Whoopi Goldberg referred to "all the snowflakes in the world" and said that people needed to realize that all of them did not have the same viewpoint. She was speaking in reference to Stuart Duncan, a judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals who was invited to speak at the pretigious university on March 9 about 'COVID, Guns, and Twitter'. Liberal students heckled Duncan, 51, shouting insults at him, such as, "We hope your daughters get raped."

'The View' hosts spoke about the protests at the university against Duncan, who was apppinted by Donald Trump and was scheduled to speak at a Federalist Society event. Goldberg criticized Duncan's treatment, calling it a "disagreement" of opinions that people must learn to accept, as per the Daily Mail. 

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'All the snowflakes in the world'

The 67-year-old Oscar winner said on 'The View', "I think back to the State of the Union and this is what we’re teaching people to do, we’re teaching people how to be inappropriate. Yelling at the president of the United States. Calling him a liar. Doing all these things that now our students are saying, well, if it’s OK for you to do it, and you’re supposed to be a lawmaker, I feel the same way because this is my right. So maybe all the snowflakes in the world need to get over the fact that people are going to disagree with them, you see?"

"It’s not just one side or the other. Everybody has to understand this is how we live. We don’t all agree. We do disagree, and it’s your right to stand up and say, ‘Hey, I don’t agree’ and… either leave or let somebody else tell you what the issue is, but we don’t show our kids that. We show them the nasty part now," Goldberg continued.

Goldberg had criticized conservative voices in the past, branding Republicans as "snowflakes" due to their attitudes towards women, drag queens and people of color. "College and law school is a wonderful place to have this exchange of ideas. It gets heated sometimes," Sunny Hostin stated. Hostin criticized Duncan as well, citing that he had once referred to one of the students as an "appalling idiot," per Fox News.

What happened at Stanford University Law School?

On March 9, Duncan's speech was interrupted by law students who called him racist and an abuser of minorities. Students barged into the classroom with posters that said "FED SUCK" and "Trans Lives Matter" to heckle him about his judgment in the case US vs Varner, in which a "federal prisoner serving a term for attempted receipt of child pornography...petitioned our court to order that he be called by feminine pronouns."

"The Federalist Society (You suck!) is pleased to welcome Judge Kyle Duncan (You’re not welcome here, we hate you!). He was appointed by President Trump to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Embarrassing!)," the students screamed as the Federalist Society president introduced him. During the gathering, Duncan was also accused of doing "harm" by Tirien Steinbach, the associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

'One of the few times, I can agree with Whoopi Goldberg'

Netizens appeared to agree with Goldberg. "One of the few times, I can agree with Whoopi Goldberg. I think perhaps she might take her own advice and apply it to the show," wrote a user. "There is NO excuse for not being civil by anyone, anywhere. No one should be invited to speak only to be attacked, I don't care who it is, and no one should lower themselves to the standards of MTG," another added. One more social media user wrote, "No judges should accept any Stanford graduate as law clerk, no high power law firms should hire a Stanford graduate Anyway the best fed prosecutors I ever saw in action were from Univ of Baltimore and St Johns Univ. Grads of prestigious schools way overrated, they suck in court."

Stanford University issues apology

Days later, Dean Jenny Martinez, and the president of Stanford, Marc Tessier-Lavinge released a formal apology. Martinez and Tessier-Lavinge acknowledged in the statement that staff members "should have enforced university policies" but had "failed" to do so. The university's commitment to free speech, they claimed, was violated by Steinbach's "inappropriate ways of intervening."

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