It looks like the subject of Jonah Goldberg’s talk hit a little too close to home for some students.

Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.

STOLEN: Conservative students’ campus ad for Jonah Goldberg’s ‘thought police’ talk

Student organizer: ‘It is ironic a sign warning of the liberal thought police was potentially stolen by the liberal thought police.’

National Review’s Jonah Goldberg is set to give a talk next week at the University of Michigan on his book “Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left” – and apparently that isn’t sitting well with some on campus.

A large, 4- by 6-foot sign touting Goldberg’s appearance was stolen Wednesday from one of the busiest parts of the quad as students headed to and from class, say event organizers.

“It literally happened in broad daylight,” said Samantha Audia, spokeswoman for Young Americans for Freedom University of Michigan chapter, which is hosting Goldberg’s Feb. 12 visit.

The sign was bright red and declared: “Warning: Liberal thought police. Jonah Goldberg on his best-selling book Liberal Fascism.” It included a picture of a smiley face with a piece of tape over its mouth and the word “censorship.”

“The biggest irony is on the front of the poster it says ‘thought police,’” Audia said in an interview with The College Fix. “So a warning on thought police was censored. It’s pretty ridiculous.”

Members of the conservative group have timed their sign’s disappearance to between about 11:30 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, based on when members saw it last and when they noticed it missing. They called the police and filed a report.

“It’s a very bold move,” Audia said of the theft. “It was right in front of our student union, a very populated area.”

The sign cost $50 to make, and the advertising space purchased from the University of Michigan cost $30. Audia said the group made extra signs just in case theirs was stolen, as the campus is known to have a strong contingent of left-leaning groups. They replaced the sign that was stolen, and police have pledged to keep an eye on it, she said.