In its weekly Diamonds and Coal editorial, the Brown Daily Herald dealt a low blow to the Brown College Republicans:

“Coal to GOP gubernatorial candidate John Robitaille, who said he was  “not used to speaking to such a small group” — you obviously have not spent enough time with the Brown Republicans.”

As a member of the Brown Republicans, I have to admit that the group is small. However, even with their small numbers, Republicans—and conservative students in general—do have a voice on campus—not just through the College Republicans group, but also in right-leaning publications like The Brown Spectator. This being said, Robitaille’s comment wasn’t about size; he was referring to the informality of the meeting. But the Herald couldn’t miss the chance to snub the College Republicans and poke fun at the GOP gubernatorial candidate at the same time. I was not aware that at Brown it was acceptable to ridicule a student group for being in the minority.  Can you imagine a Herald editorial making fun of the small size of any other minority group on campus—African Americans, Muslim Americans, international students, or transgendered students? Of course not, but when it comes to politically conservative minorities, apparently a different standard applies.