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Why do only bigots and racist get free speech?

Who wants to still associate with Milo?

wonder if someone tried to do a pro-trans speech at one of those super conservative christian university

(who am i kidding the right wants the left to be open but would be aghast at the same being asked of them)

 

[Mr Cola]

Just bring air horns and drown out their speech.

Just curious, I hear this tactic but what would you do, or advocate, if a speaker you wanted to hear had this done to them, if there is a way to navigate it what makes you think they wont use those methods?

Just seems an oddly self defeating thing honestly.

 

[Lightning_Roller]

The unholy trinity.

 

[KernelPanic]

who the hell still invites Milo after those pedo comments?

Bannon? He's more or less paying him

 

[Takuan]

Not gonna happen.

 

[HazySaiyan]

Garbage event for garbage people

 

[Imm0rt4l]

Who the fuck are these people that keep inviting these sacks of shit to colleges? Every goddamn week something like this happens.

College republicans

 

[Trago]

This'll end well.

 

[SENPAIatLARGE]

Are they forming an alt right Suicide Squad?

 

[Derwind]

Now if someone wanted to do a "PoC nationalist/non-Christian/Anti-military/America sucks" speech movement on conservative campuses these three would be the first to say how anti American it is and should be stamped out.

Hell I imagine MANY folks would be against it.

I can see the responses already...

-"Why are they instigating, rather than building bridges?"
- "The message is too divisive."
- "The liberal agenda is going too far"
- "I feel like I need to share this very out-of-context <insert MLK quote here> to get my poorly constructed point across."

 

[Stoop Man]

This is essentially just a promotional tour for their books.

 

[Trago]

Now if someone wanted to do a "PoC nationalist/non-Christian/Anti-military/America sucks" speech movement on conservative campuses these three would be the first to say how anti American it is and should be stamped out.

Hell I imagine MANY folks would be against it.

That would be too perfect. Antifa should be invited to red states to speak.

 

[shnurgleton]

 

[ReAxion]

kinda surprised these people were contacted by someone with a name like that student and they actually answered it.

 

[Angelus Errare]

You know it.

The threads on here would be cathartic to say the least.

"Mizzou invites Assata Shakur to speak on campus"

IMAGINE the shitstorm following that!

It would absolutely prove the whole idea of "freedum of peach" only applies to a certain perspective.

If folks really believed in it they wouldn't be against protests as much as they are

 

[PersonAndStuff]

God, if you've got any asteroids in the chamber, you've got a target.

 

[Kelsdesu]

wonder if someone tried to do a pro-trans speech at one of those super conservative christian university

(who am i kidding the right wants the left to be open but would be aghast at the same being asked of them)

Why doesnt that happen? Why doesn't a pro choice advocate do a speech at one of those conservative colleges?

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

Very serious question:

Can you go to these rallies with nothing but Air-horns and Vuvuzelas?

Because if that's not a prohibited public display, drown these fuckers out with the wonderful cultural sounds of the Vuvuzela!

 

[Monocle]

Maybe if we all pray for rain, the Lord, in his infinite mercy, will send a meteor shower.

Worth a try.

 

[themagicalkitsune]

Oh that pedo Milo's still around? I thought he disappeared forever after he crumbled his own image down.

Remember what a success Milo's last gig in Berkeley was?

God, if you've got any asteroids in the chamber, you've got a target.

Hey leave UC Berkeley out of this, too many important people in there to go down because of these clowns.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Does it have free axis?

who the hell still invites Milo after those pedo comments?

My school's College Republicans club for one thing. &#128542;

 

[Evening Musuko]

College republicans

Ah yes. The same College Republicans who invite assholes like this trio because of Freeze Peach, are the same College Republicans who get "woe is me" articles written about them about how hard it is to be a Conservative in college and wonder why so many of their peers think they're assholes.

 

[perfectchaos007]

I don't think the $65,000 venue rental deposit will cover the cost of the damage protesters will likely cause. I wonder what the cost of damage was last time--looked expensive from videos.

 

[Slayven]

kinda surprised these people were contacted by someone with a name like that student and they actually answered it.

Always sad to see the self hate. Be a republican of color, but why fuck with folks that hate you?

 

[Loxley]

Who the fuck are these people that keep inviting these sacks of shit to colleges? Every goddamn week something like this happens.

My guess is conservative student groups.

 

[Buckle]

who the hell still invites Milo after those pedo comments?

Scumbags and lucky for him, the alt right is full of em.

In any case, rooting for the protestors to get on top of this.

 

[Subv3rsi0n]

 

[Ether_Snake]

So these universities that claim they are supporting free speech, to justify constantly giving such people a platform, isn't theee an endless supply of other things to talk about and other speakers to invite to speak about subjects? How do they come to the conclusion that those speakers and subjects should be given much of a priority at all?

 

[TheContact]

As long as it's not hate speech I'm not sure what the problem is. The first amendment goes both ways. If they're inciting violence or calling people the N word or other racial slurs or promoting white power then yes it needs to be shut down but what are they actually going up to talk about? Does anyone know? If it's hate speech they will be arrested.

 

[sasliquid]

Fully expecting/hoping Antifa to roll up and do the anti-facist thing in whatever form that takes

 

[Lois_Lane]

As long as it's not hate speech I'm not sure what the problem is. The first amendment goes both ways. If they're inciting violence or calling people the N word or other racial slurs or promoting white power then yes it needs to be shut down but what are they actually going up to talk about? Does anyone know? If it's hate speech they will be arrested.

No they wouldn't. We don't have hate speech laws, which you should know since you sighted the 1st amendment.

 

[tomtom94]

EDIT: Never mind.

Milo is a fascist.

 

[snap]

Why doesnt that happen? Why doesn't a pro choice advocate do a speech at one of those conservative colleges?

doesn't even need to be as liberal as a pro-choice advocate, a talk on accepting sex outside of marriage is extreme to these people:

Bob Jones University and Liberty University, both conservative private institutions, have codified prohibitions on transgender identities and sexual relations outside of heterosexual marriage of the Christian variety.

For example, the Liberty Way student honor code says, “Sexual relations outside of a biblically ordained marriage between a natural-born man and a natural-born woman are not permissible at Liberty University.”

https://www.insidehighered.com/news...may-run-afoul-obama-title-ix-protections-lgbt

I'm sure their students totally follow those guidelines and never break the rules. No siree.

 

[TheContact]

No they wouldn't. We don't have hate speech laws, which you should know since you sighted the 1st amendment.

Yes it has since the 1940s

 

[Euron]

"stifling conservative speech"

Hasn't Milo done shit like out trans students at his appearances? "Free speech" is a fucking smokescreen.

Yes, Milo has outed Trans students, targeted students as "illegals" after directly naming them, and insulted Muslim students. Free speech does not protect harassment and any university should see that tantrums from "Students for Liberty" are far better occurrences than the targeted harassment of their student body, which is inevitable with a Milo talk.

Frankly, the man should be banned from all speaking events for supporting pedophilia. But "family values" conservatives have shown their true colors.

 

[madstarr12]

Let them speak, then let the audience totally destroy them.

 

[Sunster]

so free speech just means hate speech and right wing talking points now I guess.

 

[EdibleKnife]

As long as it's not hate speech I'm not sure what the problem is. The first amendment goes both ways. If they're inciting violence or calling people the N word or other racial slurs or promoting white power then yes it needs to be shut down but what are they actually going up to talk about? Does anyone know? If it's hate speech they will be arrested.

Milo, in particular, is known for targeting and directing harassment at trans and Muslim students. People like Richard Spencer, Milo, David Duke have participated in dangerous hate speech and promote white power and aren't arrested because they aren't taken seriously as threats.

Yes it has since the 1940s

Also hate speech is currently protected by the First Amendment so even if this conference was just a string of slurs they wouldn't be arrested.

 

[The Kree]

so free speech just means hate speech and right wing talking points now I guess.

It's more like it means: say whatever you want without consequence.

They're gonna learn differently, though.

 

[Tamanon]

They only go to Cali because they know that's where they'd get news.

You don't see them speaking in the South too much.

 

[Dandy Lyin]

Completely ignoring them would do more harm to their cause then showing up and freaking out.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Completely ignoring them would do more harm to their cause then showing up and freaking out.

Yep. But we know that wont happen. Rioters gonna riot.

 

[BocoDragon]

Go protest en-masse and scare the shit out of the right wing

More like go protest en masse and give the right wing the exact shit storm they want.

Imagine if no one cared and this thing was merely attendeed by the 6 right wing nerds who go to Berkley.

 

[Miletius]

So these universities that claim they are supporting free speech, to justify constantly giving such people a platform, isn't theee an endless supply of other things to talk about and other speakers to invite to speak about subjects? How do they come to the conclusion that those speakers and subjects should be given much of a priority at all?

Berkeley is a huge campus with lots of other things going on all the time. Under normal circumstances there would be a lot of other speakers here, talking about pretty much everything. Free Speech Week, however, has caused a lot of problems on campus so I'm not sure that next week will be like other weeks here. There is even talk of cancelling classes, which, actually, I'm sure most students would love.

 

[BocoDragon]

Fully expecting/hoping Antifa to roll up and do the anti-facist thing in whatever form that takes

Yeah great. Like moths to the flame.

Realize that Bannon/Milo/Coulter are fully expecting/hoping the same thing.

 

[Nekofrog]

Time to punch a bunch of Nazis again...

But no, I'm probably gonna go to this with the loudest noise I can bring

 

[commedieu]

We need hate speech laws. These people just want to incite violence and remove the rights of other citizens. Other countries manage just fine.

As far as what if poc tried this, BLM, they're trying to make them a terrorist organization fpr saying stop killing people. Thr national guard would likely be called if any rally happened promoting violence. And America would nod in agreement because they blocked traffic. No need to even speculate.

Rights in this country aren't for certain people.

 

[llien]

That Milo character: Jewish, homosexual, black boyfriend... how on earth did he get into top ranks of the crowd associated with everything, basically, anti-him?

I'm hoping violence doesn't break out, but if it does I'm hoping each of Coulter, Bannon and Milo get a punch to the face

Chuckle.

 

[Shadow Puppetry]

Free speech or incite violence?

 

[Derwind]

That Milo character: Jewish, homosexual, black boyfriend... how on earth did he get into top ranks of the crowd associated with everything, basically, anti-him?

Because no member of any group including minorities is safe from being a walking, breathing piece of shit.