Ann Coulter UC Berkeley Event Cancelled, Free Speech Protests Alive And Well
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Coulter: Berkeley is a “radical thuggish institution”
April 27th, 2017 – Conservative commentator Ann Coulter will not be speaking at UC Berkeley today, but the battle over free speech has not been halted. It’s been pushed further into the epicenter of hot-button issues being argued between the left and the right as blame for the cancellation seems to be falling on everyone involved. Coulter officially pulled out of the speech Wednesday after insisting she would still attend the event following the university claiming it couldn’t accommodate or safely protect her and their student body.
I’m so sorry Berkeley canceled my speech. I’m so sorry YAF acquiesced in the cancelation. And I’m so sorry for free speech crushed by thugs.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) April 26, 2017
Coulter continued sharing her feelings about the “dark day” for free speech and the belief that the conservative groups organizing the event should have kept up their fight against the university.
For their part, the university said the organizing groups didn’t follow proper protocol for requesting an event at the university, so it was technically never scheduled.
“Ms. Coulter and speakers regardless of their position are welcome on this campus” spokesman Dan Mogulof said.
“We know how to do this, but we can’t do what we want to do to facilitate those speakers if the groups that want to invite them and host them don’t work with us in the way that they need to,” Mogulof said.
“In effect, our free speech has been stifled because the university has decided not to assist us in making sure the event can occur successfully,” Troy Worden, president of the Berkeley College Republicans said.
Students, media and politicians are keeping the conversation going despite the many cancellations.
The Bay Area chapter of the International Socialist Organization will hold an “Alt-Right Delete” press conference for those who oppose “racist provocateurs” this afternoon. Hours later, right-wing commentators will gather on Sproul Plaza where Gavin McInnes will deliver Coulter’s scheduled speech in her place.
“I heard she canceled and immediately headed to the airport to do the speech on her behalf,” McInnes tweeted. “The @AnnCoulter event in Berkeley is NOT canceled.”
Where do you fall on the free speech debate when the environment has grown violent and hostile? What’s the best approach to bring together opposing views?
Our own chat with Ann Coulter on political correctness:
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She speaking for free and they still didn’t want her….says alot about her. She should feel like s##t
You do know they meant she is talking for free speech….not particularly that she is talking for free?
Even if she tried- this bitch couldn’t of set up a better publicity stunt.
Sanders said she had a right to speak dispite how much he disagrees with her and I agree with him
It would have been more satisfying to see her give a speech to a near empty room. Think these things out more, hippies! 🙂
She’s a “guest” at a university that has disinvited her because their University has been torn up time and again from fights and riots. That has nothing to do with free speech. That’s their right because it’s their campus. Let her book somewhere else where SHES responsible for the damages. A lot of the damages aren’t even from the students but rather from outsiders.
She was invited by the college Republicans. Don’t they have a right to hear who they choose. It seems like you don’t mind their rights being infringed upon.
They have every right in the world to hear whoever they want to hear-Republican or Democratic . What they don’t have a right to do is infringe on a University’s right to keep their campus and students free of the violence that will inevitably occur. I’m all for free speech but when stabbings and uncontrollable riots endanger their students they got to draw the line somewhere. What a lot of people don’t seem to understand is that some of this violence doesn’t even come from the students. It comes from outsiders. As you said, she was invited so it’s not that they didn’t want her to speak in the first place.
Neither
She need some robot dick
Dumb ass college kids all trying to become heroes and look good in front of other people by placing themselves on a pedestal of super morals. Selfish pricks.
Intellectual weakness!
Liberals love free speech and ideas when it fits their narrative
What did she expect? She talks like everyone her skin tone should rule the world, bound to be someone(or millions) who sees the evil in her bullshit. Just think of it as stomping out the nazis before they get to grow. Like fucking cockroaches.
The only fascists are antifa cunts and their like.
You obviously never heard her speak.
I obviously have, numerous times. And many times I’ve always thought she deserved to be bitch slapped back to reality.
What if I told you that you’re being the nazi by not letting her speak?
Do you know what I would do if someone was speaking whom I didn’t like or my ideals didn’t coincide with…..wait for it…..I wouldn’t go to the speech. Besides I had to listen to that pompous ass speak for eight years and I couldn’t riot my way out of it
So fighting fascism with hypocritical fascism … logic??
I think this is just because there are no stables on the campus, and there’s just nowhere to keep a horse overnight after she finishes her speech.
Haha,
The only offensive part is the denial of fundamental rights granted to the people of the United States of America under the Constitution.
That UNi has to be shut down -full of some many biggtots and haters
You know.. I CANNOT STAND that bitch, but this is bullshit. That is the whole fucking point of the 1st amendment.
Idiots, let the crazy lady speak!
There should be no restriction of free speech anywhere in this country. If you don’t like what someone has to say, don’t listen. Restriction of free speech is a form of fascism. I thought Antifa were supposed to be Anti-fascists, but they’re fascist as fuck.
Randall Simmons
Cole Maye I know it is Randall Simmons is just full of shit
It is an actual quote. And Reagan repeated it loosely when he was in office
Actully Erin. Hes not. Anything that doesn’t agree with bullshit liberal agenda they consider hate speech. I used to be a democrat until these loonies took over. People are allowed to have there opinions. And these crybabies at Berkley are nothing but basically taken freedoms away that they cry about
Randall Simmons
Demetri Adamopoulos they’re all full of shit ?
Fuck liberals. I used to be a democrat. Not any more till they went insane
Am I the only one thinking she is just describing how big of a cock she wish she could find?
Fucking Berkley liberal scumbags. I don’t like Ann. But I don’t like when they take ur right to speak away
I bet she shows up anyhow
Erin Lindsay Wilkins-Mulder
Jack Cook you can’t argue with stupid people
Erin Lindsay Wilkins-Mulder and your a hateful bitch
Randall Simmons how do you know? Show me proof and I will take it down
You are an idiot.
You are an idiot.
Bullshit. Students are the ones paying the outrageous tuition. They call the shots. If they don’t want a bigot, hate-mongering idiot on their campus, it’s their money.
She knew she’d get flack. It’s a liberal university. 15 more minutes of fame.
You don’t know much about UC Berkeley, do you? Free speech has kind of been their thing ever since the whole UC Berkeley Free Speech Movement in the 60’s. Maybe you should look it up. Also, the students don’t own the campus. Your argument is pretty weak. What is happening there now is disgusting. A bunch of supposed anti-fascists running acting in the most fascist nature possible. Their whole organization, if you want to call it that, is one big oxymoron. Antifa is running around Berkeley acting like a bunch of Nazis. They’re going to end up getting they’re asses put down.
So much for free speech. Or maybe college campuses just aren’t the place for that anymore.
You can expect free speech and you can also expect counter-protests. This applies anywhere.
Yes, students pay fees toward those facilities used by speakers.
We have had our go-rounds at my alma mater here with similar issues. The students protested and that was the end of it.
The speakers changed venues.
Bunch of pansy ass Millennial college kids!
I don’t. But I think if people are forced to not speak, I don’t agree with that! She is a hideous woman though.
Aaron Carte you serious? It is a learned behavior.. The parents of this generation are who created the ideals, then raised them that way. Do you blame a shitty 4 yr old for their behavior? No. Its the fucking parents of said child..
You do know that there were conservative students that invited her in the first place right? The conservative students had a right to see her just as much as the Progressives had a right to protest. That being said violence is not protesting. Literally beating people had zero place in protests. If you don’t want to hear her, here’s a wild idea, don’t go see her.
I’m beginning to think they don’t want conservatives to speak because they know they have no real argument to support their feelings….
What are you afraid of? Opposing views? Antifa=fascist
Students wanted to see her there. She cancelled due to safety concerns because antifucks want to play revolutionary. Also, just heavyset you pay for a service doesn’t mean you get to choose what that company does in its other ventures.
The only diversity the left doesn’t want is intellectual diversity.
Take your issues up with UC Berkeley, that none of us attend.
Except that’s ANTIFA’s actual symbol and your Trump symbol is completely fake. Not sure how that’s more accurate, but ok
So these Antifa protestors are actually doing more to push fascism than those they are protesting against.
Watching live. So far AntiFa is a no show after getting their asses kicked last round
But they’ve already won. Don’t care for any Coulter but as soon as she cancelled they go away.
This is more accurate.
That’s not even a real quote.
She cancelled it. While free speech is our right..so is protest.
Protest is your right, but rioting is not. The police said they couldn’t ensure safety. That’s not protesting. That’s fascism
It’s exactly what government wants. They want a civil war. But I’m sure not all protesters rioted. To be honest it’s a bunch of young well off young adults who haven’t even experienced anything they are acting like idiots for. But you are correct…but what do we do? Roll over and take this shit being handed to us? Sadly a revolution is going to have circumstances such as these to get attention. What do you suggest?
Not protesting to stop others right to speak is not.
I suggest we start arresting assholes who are threatening people because they don’t like what they have to say. Stop letting publicly funded university’s decide who can and can’t speak based on political agenda. Stop letting our unbiased media glorify these idiots, who are the actual definition of “fascist”. But we won’t. We will continue to let them do what they do. They will continue to get worse and sooner or later, only their voice will be heard. It’ll be a regular Utopia
I agree 100%.
She didn’t cancel. Berkeley canceled her speech out of fear of the Fascists called Antifa.
It’s both sides there. Both extremists are there. So now what?
Yeah…Joe, you should probably let those liberals at Fox know that you have the inside scoop…
The right to peaceful protest. No one has a right to squelch an opposite view through threat of violence.
Seriously? Trump wanted to sue the press!
James Albee I SAID THIS SAME SHIT!!!
Erin Lindsay Wilkins-Mulder
LMFAO……the “press”…….
You misspelled “propaganda wing of the Democratic Party”
Sit your simple ass down. The press……what press? Journalism is a thing of the past……
I realize that the late night comedy shows you get your “news” from has filled your pea sized brain full of meaningless soundbites to regurgitate on social media, but your precious “press” is failing you. Try a little independent thought/research for a change…..
Same shit to me.
juxtapost. she’s a media whore anyway
Horrific. Even if you hate the person or topic…you should not infringe on their First Amendment rights. That makes you what you claim to be against.
Her canceling her appearance seems to say otherwise…