Comments on: “They Have No Right To Be Able To Speak Here.” http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Bob Alley http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/comment-page-1/#comment-26276 Bob Alley Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:12:01 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/#comment-26276 Those idiotic and immature students should be permanently expelled and charged criminally. They are scum. Those idiotic and immature students should be permanently expelled and charged criminally. They are scum.

]]> By: Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » Perfect Illustration http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/comment-page-1/#comment-26243 Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » Perfect Illustration Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:03:48 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/#comment-26243 [...] Contrast this behavior, if you will with the behavior of the budding young leftist stormtroopers at Columbia University. "They have no right to be able to speak here". It is perfectly acceptable to the left to shut down speech they disagree with. Try the same tactic on them and they tell you to "shut the (expletive) up". Then lecture you about tolerance. And the saddest thing is, they do not understand the irony of their actions. Or the rank hypocrisy. [...] [...] Contrast this behavior, if you will with the behavior of the budding young leftist stormtroopers at Columbia University. "They have no right to be able to speak here". It is perfectly acceptable to the left to shut down speech they disagree with. Try the same tactic on them and they tell you to "shut the (expletive) up". Then lecture you about tolerance. And the saddest thing is, they do not understand the irony of their actions. Or the rank hypocrisy. [...]

]]> By: Hyscience http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/comment-page-1/#comment-24061 Hyscience Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:04:15 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/#comment-24061 <strong>Academic Free Speech In Free Fall At Columbia University; Minutemen Greeted With Fists Instead Of Dialogue...</strong> Who among us who live in the reality side of existence, a plane uninhabited by the members of the Left, are surprised at the rabid anti-free speech, anti-American, pro-Communist, pro-jihadist environment that ferments, encourages, condones, and perpetu... Academic Free Speech In Free Fall At Columbia University; Minutemen Greeted With Fists Instead Of Dialogue…

Who among us who live in the reality side of existence, a plane uninhabited by the members of the Left, are surprised at the rabid anti-free speech, anti-American, pro-Communist, pro-jihadist environment that ferments, encourages, condones, and perpetu…

]]> By: Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » More About The Silencing Of Speech At Columbia http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/comment-page-1/#comment-24021 Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » More About The Silencing Of Speech At Columbia Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:50:44 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/#comment-24021 [...] Tigerhawk has more about the incident at Columbia University that I commented on yesterday. Tigerhawk point out that the stifling of free speech at colleges is not even remotely a new tactic and has been used reliably by the left at those institutions for decades. This business of leftist university students interdicting mainstream but politically incorrect speakers is not, unfortunately, new. It is a tried and true tactic that my father, who was a professor of history at the University of Iowa, had to confront in 1972, when leftists shouted down Harvard professor Richard Herrnstein (whose theories about the inheritability of intelligence were most decidedly un-PC). My father's actions in connection with that episode taught me a lesson that university bureaucrats would do well to adopt today. While refusing to endorse Herrnstein's opinions, he cancelled a class to protest Iowa's failure to secure Professor Herrnstein's speech, saying this to his students: Before you start writing, there is one matter which I feel I must talk to you about, even though you are probably sick of hearing about it. The deliberate and successful attack on academic freedom which occurred here a week ago was the most tragic and upsetting thing which has happened in the three years I have been here. I feel that I can’t continue to perform my duties here without saying or doing something to make public my sorrow and my sense of outrage. [...] [...] Tigerhawk has more about the incident at Columbia University that I commented on yesterday. Tigerhawk point out that the stifling of free speech at colleges is not even remotely a new tactic and has been used reliably by the left at those institutions for decades. This business of leftist university students interdicting mainstream but politically incorrect speakers is not, unfortunately, new. It is a tried and true tactic that my father, who was a professor of history at the University of Iowa, had to confront in 1972, when leftists shouted down Harvard professor Richard Herrnstein (whose theories about the inheritability of intelligence were most decidedly un-PC). My father's actions in connection with that episode taught me a lesson that university bureaucrats would do well to adopt today. While refusing to endorse Herrnstein's opinions, he cancelled a class to protest Iowa's failure to secure Professor Herrnstein's speech, saying this to his students: Before you start writing, there is one matter which I feel I must talk to you about, even though you are probably sick of hearing about it. The deliberate and successful attack on academic freedom which occurred here a week ago was the most tragic and upsetting thing which has happened in the three years I have been here. I feel that I can’t continue to perform my duties here without saying or doing something to make public my sorrow and my sense of outrage. [...]

]]> By: Tel-Chai Nation http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/comment-page-1/#comment-24014 Tel-Chai Nation Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:14:42 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/#comment-24014 <strong>Brawl at Columbia U....</strong> Looks like Columbia U is still in reality a place that should be left deserted. A member of the Minutemen project wanted to give a speech there and was disrupted by a mob of stupid student saboteurs (H/T: Michelle Malkin):... Brawl at Columbia U….

Looks like Columbia U is still in reality a place that should be left deserted. A member of the Minutemen project wanted to give a speech there and was disrupted by a mob of stupid student saboteurs (H/T: Michelle Malkin):…

]]> By: apple pie http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/comment-page-1/#comment-23982 apple pie Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:16:07 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/#comment-23982 Are you kidding? These kids will be "rewarded" with high paying jobs as soon as they get their "free" degree in their hot little hands. The AFL-CIO will see to that. Oh, and that degree of their's well you know, its mostly about mouthing the right words! Are you kidding? These kids will be “rewarded” with high paying jobs as soon as they get their “free” degree in their hot little hands. The AFL-CIO will see to that. Oh, and that degree of their’s well you know, its mostly about mouthing the right words!

]]> By: Black Jack http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/comment-page-1/#comment-23927 Black Jack Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:29:21 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/#comment-23927 Let the punishment fit the crime: Every student who was involved in this shameful incident should be expelled from Columbia for the remainder of the school year, the organizers should be dismissed and never allowed on campus again. Any faculty or staff, including senior administration officials, involved should be fired, with prejudice, and restricted from working anywhere in higher education for a full 10 years. If the guilty go free, the judge is indicted. Let the punishment fit the crime:

Every student who was involved in this shameful incident should be expelled from Columbia for the remainder of the school year, the organizers should be dismissed and never allowed on campus again.

Any faculty or staff, including senior administration officials, involved should be fired, with prejudice, and restricted from working anywhere in higher education for a full 10 years.

If the guilty go free, the judge is indicted.

]]> By: BubbaB http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/comment-page-1/#comment-23924 BubbaB Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:17:27 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/#comment-23924 Dear Dan: Once again, off point, but excellent use of the Leftist tack of diversion. Horrible that people WHO OWN A SITE would want to control what is on that site... Obviously on the same scale as PHYSICALLY PREVENTING someone from speaking on a stage. The irony is, I know those idiots are probably congratulating themselves for protecting free speech! Gaius, Godwin's Law doesn't say anything about whether the comparison APPLIES or not... Dear Dan:

Once again, off point, but excellent use of the Leftist tack of diversion. Horrible that people WHO OWN A SITE would want to control what is on that site…

Obviously on the same scale as PHYSICALLY PREVENTING someone from speaking on a stage. The irony is, I know those idiots are probably congratulating themselves for protecting free speech!

Gaius, Godwin’s Law doesn’t say anything about whether the comparison APPLIES or not…

]]> By: The Real Ugly American.com » Blog Archive » Students at Columbia University attack Minute Man Founder http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/comment-page-1/#comment-23912 The Real Ugly American.com » Blog Archive » Students at Columbia University attack Minute Man Founder Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:49:55 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/#comment-23912 [...] Blue Crab Boulevard [...] [...] Blue Crab Boulevard [...]

]]> By: UrbanGrounds » Blog Archive » Minuteman Founder Attacked at Columbia University http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/comment-page-1/#comment-23891 UrbanGrounds » Blog Archive » Minuteman Founder Attacked at Columbia University Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:34:49 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/#comment-23891 [...] From Blue Crab Boulevard: “They Have No Right To Be Able To Speak Here.” [...] [...] From Blue Crab Boulevard: “They Have No Right To Be Able To Speak Here.” [...]

]]> By: Dan http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/comment-page-1/#comment-23890 Dan Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:27:38 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/10/05/they-have-no-right-to-be-able-to-speak-here/#comment-23890 Agreed. These guys should be lined up with Jim Robinson from FreeRepublic.com as a bunch of near-fascists that stifle free speech. The funny part about FreeRepublic is that it claims to be a libertarian site, but will not hesitate to censor dissenting opinions...what a bunch of kooks. Agreed. These guys should be lined up with Jim Robinson from FreeRepublic.com as a bunch of near-fascists that stifle free speech.

The funny part about FreeRepublic is that it claims to be a libertarian site, but will not hesitate to censor dissenting opinions…what a bunch of kooks.

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