But today’s students claim they are made to feel unwelcome on the campus – a view shared by Conservatives at other universities.
Tory students at Oxford claim they are being persecuted and are demanding the same equal rights as gays, the disabled and ethnic minorities.
Young Right-wingers at the university’s Corpus Christi College have accused political opponents of name-calling, personal abuse and intimidation because of their views.
The members of the Junior Common Room (JCR) say they are ‘often actively isolated, personally attacked and made to feel unwelcome.’
They want to create a new position on the college’s equal opportunities committee so they can air Conservative opinions without being victimised.
Students claimed they needed the same rights as minorities who are ‘often perceived as being subject to prejudice from society,’ it was reported in the Sunday Times.
The initiative came after the Tories were taunted by rival students from other parties as they watched the U.S. presidential elections on television in the JCR
The paper says they were called ‘haters of gays’ and ‘rape apologists.’
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