https://www.foxnews.com/politics/uva-thomas-jefferson-event-student-blowbackQuote:
Conservative students at the University of Virginia say they are facing a wave of blowback from other students over an upcoming event meant to defend the legacy of founding father Thomas Jefferson.
The school's chapter of the Young America's Foundation said on Twitter over the weekend that fellow students have launched a letter-writing campaign against an event this Thursday called, "In Defense of Mr. Jefferson," which is set to feature National Review Editor Rich Lowry and Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas.This is bonkers. There is now a letter-writing campaign against the @yaf event I’m doing with my friend @chiproytx defending Thomas Jefferson at the University that owes its very existence and so much of what makes it distinctive to Thomas Jefferson https://t.co/vpz6KfSrGd
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) October 24, 2021
Jefferson's tombstone reads:
"Here Was Buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and the Father of the University of Virginia."
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill