Originally posted by bigbert81
reply to post by wutone
No, she is not complaining about McCain being able to speak. She is stating her opinion of the speeches he had previously given.
I've been to this rodeo before. Things are getting stretched to make them coincide with you trying to make her look like a hypocrite.
Another example was when the student was tased at the Kerry speech, and instead of looking at how the cops were instilling fear in people to keep them
from talking, someone decided that the student was the one suppressing our first amendment right to free speech by talking too loudly. They were
digging, just as I'm seeing here.
"The senator does not reflect the ideals upon which this university was founded. Not only this -- please, not only this, but his invitation was a
top-down decision that did not take into account the desires and interests of the student body on an occasion that is supposed to honor us above all
and to commemorate our achievements."
This looks like an attack on the very presence of McCain and on the decision for the university for the invitation.
She does not think that McCains's speech brings honor to the ceremony.
She is saying it while McCain is in the room and after all the student "outcry" and after the official decision.
Are you sure she isn't complaining about McCain being able to speak?
It really isn't a stretch that she does not respect McCain's 1st Amendment rights because of her political beliefs.
Attacking and shouting down republicans on college campuses (campi?), along with military recruiters and conservative student clubs is perfectly
"acceptable".
Whatever happened to diversity?
Oh and about the taser thing? As off topic as it is. Is shouting down an invited speaker the proper thing to do? Yea I don't like John Kerry (or
tasers) either but what would give me the right to shout down his speech?
