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jcmaine72

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18. There are also safety issues to consider as well.
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 03:15 PM
Sep 2017

Violence, incitement to violence, and Nazi thuggery seems to follow cons wherever they're allowed to viciously hiss their hate these days. All things considered, perhaps cancelling classes when cons are about soapboxing their hate, deliberately trying to incite violence and mayhem, isn't necessarily the worst case scenario.

This is stupid, it just plays to their persecution complex and build their celebrity Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2017 #1
Again? mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2017 #2
What a bunch of horseshit. Grow up for God's sake. Give the RW even MORE ammo with this attitude. 7962 Sep 2017 #3
Cui bono? GatoGordo Sep 2017 #4
The UC Berkeley faculty gets some time off. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2017 #17
Fight speech with speech exboyfil Sep 2017 #5
They'd get fired n/t MosheFeingold Sep 2017 #11
No they wouldn't Loki Liesmith Sep 2017 #26
These clowns get all the free press they want on fox and breitbart. The_Casual_Observer Sep 2017 #6
Here is a link to the letter exboyfil Sep 2017 #7
No Engineering Professors on the list Jose Garcia Sep 2017 #10
And less than 3% of the instructional faculty exboyfil Sep 2017 #12
Do you want to get made fun of? Baconator Sep 2017 #8
Conservative speakers get the red out Sep 2017 #9
Conservatives spread hate and division wherever they're allowed to promote their venomous beliefs. jcmaine72 Sep 2017 #13
Canceling classes is not a boycott exboyfil Sep 2017 #15
There are also safety issues to consider as well. jcmaine72 Sep 2017 #18
What if they rent that building forever? RhodeIslandOne Sep 2017 #32
No engineering faculty signed the letter Jose Garcia Sep 2017 #19
And good for them exboyfil Sep 2017 #20
I don't even get the idea of boycotting a speech Yupster Sep 2017 #24
Pro bono. Igel Sep 2017 #29
Ineffective strategy Liberallover976 Sep 2017 #14
Demand time on the podium exboyfil Sep 2017 #16
Yes this. meadowlander Sep 2017 #21
I watched the Ben Shapiro speech at Berkeley a couple of night ago on YouTube Yupster Sep 2017 #23
Robert Reich expressed his belief that these alt-right assholes have an ulterior motive Tobin S. Sep 2017 #22
The real motive is to troll liberals Loki Liesmith Sep 2017 #27
Yep.. because that plays into the anti-fa and similar are the problem nini Sep 2017 #30
Robert Reich is a smart man RhodeIslandOne Sep 2017 #33
Are the poor babies afraid of speech they don't like? taught_me_patience Sep 2017 #25
Poor babies? nini Sep 2017 #28
Holy fuck, the left can be stupid! RhodeIslandOne Sep 2017 #31
Stop taking the bait. Mz Pip Sep 2017 #34
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