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Abq_Sarah

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61. I'd say ultimately the protesters lost

Mon Jan 16, 2017, 01:21 AM

Jan 2017

I mean seriously, attempting to prevent the speech of someone you don't like while waving a sign calling them Fascists?

Apparently, history and political science are optional for students at UC Davis.

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UC Davis shut down Yannopoulos, Shkreli event. Free Speech questions abound [View all] ghostsinthemachine Jan 2017 OP

You either believe in free speech or you don't. Throd 2.0 Jan 2017 #1

I agree about free speech...also believe if folks disagree...they have rights too.. angstlessk Jan 2017 #5

Then don't go to the event. greytdemocrat Jan 2017 #39

Both the College Republicans and protesters exercised their freedom of speech SecularMotion Jan 2017 #8

Bingo geomon666 Jan 2017 #23

That's the most succinct rebuttal I've heard. hunter Jan 2017 #25

You are right, not every opinion is worth hearing Kilgore Jan 2017 #27

Well, they can stand on the corner and yell at the passing cars. hunter Jan 2017 #33

On specifically what is that allegation based on? LanternWaste Jan 2017 #74

The First Amendment Kilgore Jan 2017 #85

this TeamPooka Jan 2017 #40

I'd say ultimately the protesters lost Abq_Sarah Jan 2017 #61

Protestors were expressing their opinions & Brietbart ARE fascists, in bed w/NAZIs Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #65

If you're trying to prevent someone else from exercising political speech Abq_Sarah Jan 2017 #68

If you are so very concerned about Nazi's not having enough venues to speak at Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #70

Like I said Abq_Sarah Jan 2017 #72

Imagine what kind of hell DU would be if MIRT didn't ban certain posters. hunter Jan 2017 #78

So, your posts make it obvious you're dying to actually call me a goose-stepping brownshirt so why Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #83

I'm not calling dying to call you anything Abq_Sarah Jan 2017 #88

Preventing a presentation that 2+2yellow is indicative of a goose-stepping brownshirt? LanternWaste Jan 2017 #75

Actually not. J_William_Ryan Jan 2017 #28

So do you believe in a heckler's veto on speech? tritsofme Jan 2017 #51

On Friday, the Davis College Republicans canceled speeches by a far-right website editor Read more Charles Bukowski Jan 2017 #2

They should have been allowed to speak AJT Jan 2017 #3

The First Amendment ONLY applies to government attempts to block free speech. 6000eliot Jan 2017 #4

People have the right to NOT hear hate speech! angstlessk Jan 2017 #7

No they don't. Throd 2.0 Jan 2017 #9

So..NOW YOU OWN MY EARS? angstlessk Jan 2017 #10

Bullshit. You can't label ideas you don't like as "hate speech" and deny others the right to speak. Throd 2.0 Jan 2017 #12

I can label anything I like, thank you very much... angstlessk Jan 2017 #15

So you're fine with authoritarian bullshit. Nice. Throd 2.0 Jan 2017 #19

Bullfuckingshit... angstlessk Jan 2017 #20

Think about what happens if Trump decides liberal thought is hate speech? mythology Jan 2017 #35

Yeah - they should have gone through the college procedures Yupster Jan 2017 #55

So you believe in bullying TransitJohn Jan 2017 #63

"I wonder if Trump will draw up some hate speech codes. I'm sure you will love those." Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #66

Been here since 2004. These threads always go the same way. Throd 2.0 Jan 2017 #79

And anyone who wanted NOT to hear what Yannopolis had to say could just not attend. WillowTree Jan 2017 #59

Rigjt. To not hear it by not being there, not by preventing them from saying it. dionysus Jan 2017 #86

Free speech is FREE,,,NOT FORCED ...if students don't want to hear i angstlessk Jan 2017 #11

The students who did not want to hear AJT Jan 2017 #13

They DID have a right to object to it being on THEIR campus angstlessk Jan 2017 #14

Objecting and protesting is great AJT Jan 2017 #16

If the speakers were too afraid to speak... angstlessk Jan 2017 #17

The entrance was blocked AJT Jan 2017 #21

Let Rachel Maddow or John Lewis get physically blocked from entering a venue by Jake Stern Jan 2017 #29

Yeah but in the protesters' defense Yupster Jan 2017 #56

And people have a right to protest. NYC Liberal Jan 2017 #18

Fuck his rights. backscatter712 Jan 2017 #44

Dog shit underpants Jan 2017 #6

There are factions on both ends of the spectrum that don't believe in Free Speech madville Jan 2017 #22

When a college spends students tuition funds on speakers angstlessk Jan 2017 #24

Would you support it if College Republicans used that as a reason to block John Lewis from Speaking? Jake Stern Jan 2017 #30

They are free to try and be judged for those efforts TeamPooka Jan 2017 #41

That's the thing Jake Stern Jan 2017 #43

Good. Fuck Yannopoulos and Shkreli. Let them open their own University of Shithead. LuvLoogie Jan 2017 #26

Should not be allowed ProudLib72 Jan 2017 #31

Nice post Generator Jan 2017 #87

Great display of the power of free speech by the protesters. Nt NCTraveler Jan 2017 #32

See, this is stupid. GaYellowDawg Jan 2017 #34

Now I would watch that! Initech Jan 2017 #49

Just You-Tubed him Yupster Jan 2017 #73

Those trolls got exactly what they wanted Initech Jan 2017 #36

Milo played them like a fiddle Henry Krinkle Jan 2017 #37

I wouldn't give that asshole any platform. Initech Jan 2017 #38

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd.... That's exactly what they wanted. Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #42

Who gives a shit what they want? backscatter712 Jan 2017 #45

Yeah, and the only reason "Milo" has a career is because he's good at getting "liberals" to try and Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #46

Ah, the old "Ignore a bully and he'll go away" advice... backscatter712 Jan 2017 #47

Right. Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #50

No. There is such a thing as speech that is outside of civilized bounds, that needs to be stopped. backscatter712 Jan 2017 #53

Well, I'm sorry, but the tools to suppress the speech you don't like can be used against you, too. Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #57

And you can bet every dollar you make from now until Judgment Day the media will be there Jake Stern Jan 2017 #54

They're already using it against us. backscatter712 Jan 2017 #60

Those of us who don't want them to get any more notoriety or power care. TransitJohn Jan 2017 #64

They're just more right wing grifters, parasites on the ass of the church of stupid. hunter Jan 2017 #52

I don't have any problem with telling people "fuck off" Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #58

I have a much rougher concept of free speech than you do. hunter Jan 2017 #62

This LA Times writer had an interesting take on it, and she came to a lot of Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #80

That's the grifter's game, selling more books to congregants of the Church of Stupid. hunter Jan 2017 #81

Sometimes I wish I hadnt had so many "I-opening" entheogenic experiences as a lad Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #82

They didn't shut them down, Yiannopoulos chickened out. grantcart Jan 2017 #48

They are the snowflakiest of all, Trump and the alt-right Nazi's, they CRUMPLE Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #67

Free Speech is about the government not being able to censor speech, not a private institution Beaverhausen Jan 2017 #69

I know, right? Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #71

It's exactly like the posters who scream how DU hates free speech just before MIRT shuts them down. hunter Jan 2017 #77

i think the country has been well served with right wing talking points. It is time to hear the still_one Jan 2017 #76

I'm all for free speech and debate. romanic Jan 2017 #84