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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Defends Ann Coulter [View all]Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)44. I agree with Sanders and Marr on this issue.
As a civil libertarian, I believe that Ann Coulter and even Milo Assbutt has a right to speak at a University that they have been invited to. And listeners have a right to object to and protest that speech.
It the tables were turned and a Norm Chompsky or Malcom X-like speaker weren't allowed to talk at a University there would -- correctly -- be outrage.
Charlie Chaplin showed us in "The Great Dictator" how to handle asshats like Coulter and Milo.
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Which goes without saying, like defending her right to inhale air ... so why say anything at all!?!?
uponit7771
Apr 2017
#9
Obviously, it does not "go without saying" or she wouldn't have been getting threats..
whathehell
Apr 2017
#56
because we are handling hate speech wrong. This puts us on the wrong side of an issue, and gives
JCanete
Apr 2017
#119
The idea of repressing RW free speech's widespread among Lefties, both authentic & not, & is serious
cloudythescribbler
Apr 2017
#237
Yes, because the hardcore anti-Sanders faction that still holds him responsible...
Raster
Apr 2017
#209
Defending Sanders against ridiculous attacks is not implying he is perfect. nt
m-lekktor
Apr 2017
#41
Berkeley reversed this and invited her back, which is the right thing to do.
emulatorloo
Apr 2017
#81
Right !!! No one is guaranteed all FORUMS to spew hate speech and neither is Coulter
uponit7771
Apr 2017
#83
I wonder why he didn't defend Dolores Huertes's right to speak? As it is, the Repub Club
pnwmom
Apr 2017
#131
Everybody has a right to speak. That's what the First Amendment is about.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2017
#239
If you mean HRC giving speeches in 2013 and 2014, NO ONE thought it was "heresy"
karynnj
Apr 2017
#89
Sorry - I assumed that the reference was to Clinton as I know of no other controversial speeches nt
karynnj
Apr 2017
#95
I believe the students who pay tuition should have say in the quality of speakers on their campus
TNLib
Apr 2017
#266
Again, overt strawman no one is NEEDLESSLY talking about the obvious right to speech
uponit7771
Apr 2017
#21
No, please learn the difference between the act and the forum ... on is given the other is not
uponit7771
Apr 2017
#23
We agree on what forum college is, we might NOT agree that hate speech is GUARANTEED a forum there &
uponit7771
Apr 2017
#49
the problem though uponit7771, is that if something hasn't crossed into legal hate-speech,
JCanete
Apr 2017
#121
I think you missed a few words in the title . . . defends "her right to speak". But keep trying.
Nanjeanne
Apr 2017
#10
I checked, and it appears those words were not part of the original headline. Here it is...
NurseJackie
Apr 2017
#99
Sorry I didn't spell out more clearly what I meant to say so you seemed to have
Nanjeanne
Apr 2017
#111
So, you had "a feeling" of what I knew? Does that mean you're a mind-reader? ;-)
NurseJackie
Apr 2017
#114
I'm sorry. Were you talking to me? I fell asleep trying to read your comment. I'll just use my
Nanjeanne
Apr 2017
#206
Yes. I'm very vain. I love it when people respond to my posts. Even you. And the waving woke me up.
Nanjeanne
Apr 2017
#214
+1! Heat Street is a right wing extremist website - Trump uses it against Obama.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#148
That Heatstreet article is rife with interesting quotes. And correct or not, what you say IS...
George II
Apr 2017
#223
It was the Nazis in Skokie Illinois...the governmentrefused permits for assembly.
Demsrule86
Apr 2017
#54
Censorship comes full circle when the only speech allowed is the only speech no listens to.
Exilednight
Apr 2017
#251
I agree. Ann Coulter doesn't have a right to speak at any university...there is no such
Demsrule86
Apr 2017
#172
Anyone who didn't vote to hide this should be exempt from jury duty, imo. n/t
demmiblue
Apr 2017
#40
What is wrong with the thread...I went to the google Gods...to see what the issue is...
Demsrule86
Apr 2017
#175
I have trashed more OPs in the last month than in my entire previous years of coming here...
pangaia
Apr 2017
#19
Heat Street is right wing extremist website - Trump uses it as a source.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#193
HeatStreet is a rightwing rag and its choice of story title is deliberately misleading.
KittyWampus
Apr 2017
#26
People who usually tend to hold your opinion are those who have never been a target of hate speech.
kcr
Apr 2017
#108
I'm using 'feeble nonsense' in the sense that their arguments and positions have no strength
Kentonio
Apr 2017
#112
I'm sure one can! That doesn't change the fact that colleges shouldn't have to be compelled
kcr
Apr 2017
#132
Ann Coulters only claim to fame is stirring the pot...she is offensive, and
asiliveandbreathe
Apr 2017
#32
It's almost as bad as the primaries. Don't we have bigger fish to fry?
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2017
#88
Or LPC trolls are trying to front click bait by ignoring Sanders own statements
uponit7771
Apr 2017
#113
"Bernie Sanders ATTACKS Ann Coulter!! Calls her 'Outrageous... Off the Wall"!!
mackdaddy
Apr 2017
#68
I guess for some it depends on who's speaking and what they're saying.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2017
#85
Dennis Prager would show up at my university at least once or twice a year
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Apr 2017
#70
It is still not the government...where my kids go to school we had Drumpt supporters
Demsrule86
Apr 2017
#179
Wrong. A public university is considered an instrumentality of the government
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2017
#225
I agree with you...she can say it elsewhere...but she has no particular right to say it at any
Demsrule86
Apr 2017
#178
This whole thread looks like a TROLL BAIT Rabbit Hole to me. Just Sayin'.....,
bobalew
Apr 2017
#103
Then that's especially egregious that Ann Coulter is being defended here. Because guess what?
kcr
Apr 2017
#146
It is a form of defense that renders actual disagreement of her ideas meaningless.
kcr
Apr 2017
#159
Is Berkely going to boot every single person interested in attending her performance?
kcr
Apr 2017
#165
But no one is guaranteed or entitled to a speaking gig, even at a public university. (nt)
ehrnst
Apr 2017
#219
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH BERNIE? Berkely Liberals hate Coulters guts and there will be violence
trueblue2007
Apr 2017
#147
Maybe Berkeley conservatives want to hear her and want to pay for the privilege.
JustABozoOnThisBus
Apr 2017
#190
Free speech doesn't being guaranteed a speaking gig even at a public university.
ehrnst
Apr 2017
#216
This is a bit more complex of an issue. University free speech has historically been nearly absolute
stevenleser
Apr 2017
#261