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originally posted by: reldra
originally posted by: Shamrock6
originally posted by: reldra
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: Learningman
They should not have resorted to violence. Personally I would only protest outside, not inside. It is kind of curious though that colleges and universities keep taking money from hate peddlers. Protest should probably move to the Boards offices.
After Milo I am not understanding why Universities with a strong Liberal student body keep doing this. Surely, there are are other colleges that would have liked this speaker.
Right? God forbid anybody try to keep their university from becoming a left-wing hyperliberal echo chamber and *shudder* expose them to other ideas.
The horror, the horror.
If it is ALREADY mainly liberal, like the UC campuses and Milo, they should have known by the third one.
This one, is a historically LIBERAL college. After seeing what happened with Milo, maybe they could have booked a centrist. They pick and choose who speaks. It may have been a misstep for a liberal college in this atmosphere.
There are tons of conservative and evangelical colleges that would not have had an issue with this speaker.
originally posted by: neo96
a reply to: reldra
This one, is a historically LIBERAL college.
Do you mean intolerant,close minded, and so insecure in their BELIEFS they can't stand a little rain?
originally posted by: reldra
originally posted by: Shamrock6
originally posted by: reldra
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: Learningman
They should not have resorted to violence. Personally I would only protest outside, not inside. It is kind of curious though that colleges and universities keep taking money from hate peddlers. Protest should probably move to the Boards offices.
After Milo I am not understanding why Universities with a strong Liberal student body keep doing this. Surely, there are are other colleges that would have liked this speaker.
Right? God forbid anybody try to keep their university from becoming a left-wing hyperliberal echo chamber and *shudder* expose them to other ideas.
The horror, the horror.
If it is ALREADY mainly liberal, like the UC campuses and Milo, they should have known by the third one.
This one, is a historically LIBERAL college. After seeing what happened with Milo, maybe they could have booked a centrist. They pick and choose who speaks. It may have been a misstep for a liberal college in this atmosphere.
There are tons of conservative and evangelical colleges that would not have had an issue with this speaker.
originally posted by: Blaine91555
a reply to: reldra
If only speech from one side is allowed on a campus, is that not transparent bigotry?
"big·ot·ry
ˈbiɡətrē/
noun
noun: bigotry; plural noun: bigotries
intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself."
All forms of hate are based in bigotry are they not? I can't think of a case where bigotry is not hate.
originally posted by: reldra
originally posted by: neo96
a reply to: reldra
This one, is a historically LIBERAL college.
Do you mean intolerant,close minded, and so insecure in their BELIEFS they can't stand a little rain?
Nope. I don't mean that at all. If it were up to me, I would like to invite intellectually challenging speakers, in comparison to the status quo on campus, but I might avoid some that could cause violent incidents.
originally posted by: Learningman
a reply to: reldra
The violent incidents are not caused by the speakers or their supporters though, are they? Its generally those opposed, who cause the incidents of violence.
If someone says something derogatory about something I hold dear, lets say an author I love is called a 2 bit hack, and I attack them, I am the one who caused the violence. To claim it was the person with a different view is not correct or smart.
originally posted by: MysticPearl
originally posted by: reldra
originally posted by: neo96
a reply to: reldra
This one, is a historically LIBERAL college.
Do you mean intolerant,close minded, and so insecure in their BELIEFS they can't stand a little rain?
Nope. I don't mean that at all. If it were up to me, I would like to invite intellectually challenging speakers, in comparison to the status quo on campus, but I might avoid some that could cause violent incidents.
See, you're getting warmer.
You want to suppress free speech because free speech causes the left to resort to violence, time and time again. But, you continue dancing around the issue, that being, why can't the left handle opposing viewpoints without resorting to violence?
Notice liberal speakers aren't getting run off campuses because the campus republicans keep resorting to violence.
originally posted by: Blaine91555
a reply to: reldra
If only speech from one side is allowed on a campus, is that not transparent bigotry?
"big·ot·ry
ˈbiɡətrē/
noun
noun: bigotry; plural noun: bigotries
intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself."
All forms of hate are based in bigotry are they not? I can't think of a case where bigotry is not hate.
originally posted by: reldra
a reply to: MysticPearl
Lefty Fascists? Stop whining about an event you didn't even attend. There were protesters. People can protest.
Anarchists too? Surprised you didn't throw in commie. And terrorists too. LOL It seems you wouldn't know a terrorist if one bit you on the nose.
Nope. I don't mean that at all. If it were up to me, I would like to invite intellectually challenging speakers, in comparison to the status quo on campus, but I might avoid some that could cause violent incidents.