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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Defends Ann Coulter [View all]brush
(53,741 posts)115. Why say anything at all, why interject oneself into that?
Of course there should be free speech but come on. Doesn't he have anything better to do?
He couldn't be bothered to endorse Jon Ossoff, a Dem in a special election to Congress but he can speak up for effin Ann Coulter?
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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