Berkeley cancels Ann Coulter speech

WVPATX

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Apparently only leftists allowed to speak at Berkeley. It's called a heckler's veto. Libs are such tolerant folks and love free speech.

The campus that is the home of the historical free speech movement, UC Berkeley, has banned conservative commentator and author Ann Coulter, citing security threats.
According to Young America’s Foundation, student organizers of an upcoming Ann Coulter event at the university were emailed by Berkeley administrators who claimed they were unable to “find a safe suitable venue” for Coulter.


“Young America’s Foundation, BridgeCal and Berkeley College Republicans have been working together to produce a lecture at UC-Berkeley on April 27, 2017, by Ann Coulter, a twelve-time bestselling author, whose book, ‘Adios, America!’ – a No. 2 New York Times bestseller — is widely credited with shaping President Donald Trump’s immigration views,” announced Young America’s Foundation in a press release, Wednesday. “The topic of her speech was immigration.”

“UC-Berkeley, a publicly-funded university, first imposed a series of ridiculous requirements on the speech allegedly in the name of ‘safety.’ Coulter, we were informed, would be required to deliver her speech in the afternoon; only students would be allowed to attend; and the speech location would not be announced until close to the event,” they continued. “Against our advice, Coulter agreed to all these requirements. In return, she requested two measures, which actually had something to do with safety.”

1) That the University of California chancellor request that the Oakland chief of police refrain from telling his men to stand down and ignore law-breaking by rioters attempting to shut down conservative speakers, as he has done in the past; and

2) That UC-Berkeley announce in advance that any students engaging in violence, mayhem or heckling to prevent an invited speaker from speaking would be expelled.

As Coulter explained, “If Berkeley wants to have free speech, it can have it.”

The university’s response was to ban her speech.

“This is as clear-cut a case as it gets that public universities are using taxpayer dollars to shut down conservative speech, while allowing liberal speech only,” Young America’s Foundation proclaimed. “UC-Berkeley has for example, welcomed the corrupt former President of Mexico, Vicente Fox, who has cursed at and mocked Donald Trump, currently the President of the United States. The university, and U-C chancellor Janet Napolitano personally, have revealed themselves to be using taxpayer money for an unconstitutional purpose. Even after Coulter went along with their ruses and guises to shut down her speech, they simply announced, like Kim Jung Un, that it was cancelled.”

“We have no intention of acceding to these unconstitutional acts,” the organization concluded. “The Ann Coulter lecture sponsored by Young America’s Foundation will go forward.”

Ron Robinson, the President of Young America’s Foundation, further declared in a quote that “Berkeley disappoints anyone who really believes in free speech.”

“Their actions to ban conservatives while giving leftists a platform reinforces this fact,” Robinson claimed. “It’s a shame that Berkeley is robbing its students of the opportunity to receive a well-rounded education.”

Just last week, an event with conservative commentator and former Breitbart contributor David Horowitz was also canceled at UC Berkeley.

“Administrators have banned Horowitz from speaking on the campus proper and have assigned him a facility half a mile away,” a press release from the David Horowitz Freedom Center claimed last week. “Administrators insisted Horowitz could speak only at 1 PM when afternoon classes are starting and most students would have difficulty attending.”

The David Horowitz Freedom Center also added that Berkeley administrators had “taken a page out of Orwell.”

In February, an event at the college with former Breitbart Senior Editor Milo Yiannopoulos was also derailed after left-wing students in masks violently shut down the show— setting fire to property, charging buildings, smashing windows, and assaulting attendees.

“Anti-fascists” started several fires, smashed windows and ATMs, looted downtown stores, attacked cars, and assaulted dozens of MILO fans, male and female, who they falsely accused of being “Nazis.”

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that rioters caused around $100,000 in damages at UC Berkeley, while the damage to downtown Berkeley was reported to be around $400,000 to $500,000.

Ann Coulter Vows to Speak at Berkeley After University Cancels Her Appearance
1:38 PM PDT 4/19/2017 by Paul Bond

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  • reported that the powers that be at Berkeley ordered that Coulter's speech be canceled, citing riots that erupted when Milo Yiannopoulos and other conservatives have visited the university.

    Coulter told THR that before they canceled her, Berkeley administrators insisted that she agree to a list of demands prior to her engagement, and that she accepted their terms.

    "I've acceded to all their silly demands, which they thought would end it. When I said, 'yes, yes, yes,' they canceled anyway. No more clear-cut proof that taxpayer-supported universities will not allow conservative speakers," Coulter told THR.

    "We have been unable to find a safe and suitable venue for your planned April 27 event featuring Ann Coulter," Bekeley's vice chancellors told the two groups who were set to co-host the event.

    "I'm giving a speech," countered Coulter. "Speech will go on."
 

PriddyBoy

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Apparently only leftists allowed to speak at Berkeley. It's called a heckler's veto. Libs are such tolerant folks and love free speech.

The campus that is the home of the historical free speech movement, UC Berkeley, has banned conservative commentator and author Ann Coulter, citing security threats.
According to Young America’s Foundation, student organizers of an upcoming Ann Coulter event at the university were emailed by Berkeley administrators who claimed they were unable to “find a safe suitable venue” for Coulter.


“Young America’s Foundation, BridgeCal and Berkeley College Republicans have been working together to produce a lecture at UC-Berkeley on April 27, 2017, by Ann Coulter, a twelve-time bestselling author, whose book, ‘Adios, America!’ – a No. 2 New York Times bestseller — is widely credited with shaping President Donald Trump’s immigration views,” announced Young America’s Foundation in a press release, Wednesday. “The topic of her speech was immigration.”

“UC-Berkeley, a publicly-funded university, first imposed a series of ridiculous requirements on the speech allegedly in the name of ‘safety.’ Coulter, we were informed, would be required to deliver her speech in the afternoon; only students would be allowed to attend; and the speech location would not be announced until close to the event,” they continued. “Against our advice, Coulter agreed to all these requirements. In return, she requested two measures, which actually had something to do with safety.”

1) That the University of California chancellor request that the Oakland chief of police refrain from telling his men to stand down and ignore law-breaking by rioters attempting to shut down conservative speakers, as he has done in the past; and

2) That UC-Berkeley announce in advance that any students engaging in violence, mayhem or heckling to prevent an invited speaker from speaking would be expelled.

As Coulter explained, “If Berkeley wants to have free speech, it can have it.”

The university’s response was to ban her speech.

“This is as clear-cut a case as it gets that public universities are using taxpayer dollars to shut down conservative speech, while allowing liberal speech only,” Young America’s Foundation proclaimed. “UC-Berkeley has for example, welcomed the corrupt former President of Mexico, Vicente Fox, who has cursed at and mocked Donald Trump, currently the President of the United States. The university, and U-C chancellor Janet Napolitano personally, have revealed themselves to be using taxpayer money for an unconstitutional purpose. Even after Coulter went along with their ruses and guises to shut down her speech, they simply announced, like Kim Jung Un, that it was cancelled.”

“We have no intention of acceding to these unconstitutional acts,” the organization concluded. “The Ann Coulter lecture sponsored by Young America’s Foundation will go forward.”

Ron Robinson, the President of Young America’s Foundation, further declared in a quote that “Berkeley disappoints anyone who really believes in free speech.”

“Their actions to ban conservatives while giving leftists a platform reinforces this fact,” Robinson claimed. “It’s a shame that Berkeley is robbing its students of the opportunity to receive a well-rounded education.”

Just last week, an event with conservative commentator and former Breitbart contributor David Horowitz was also canceled at UC Berkeley.

“Administrators have banned Horowitz from speaking on the campus proper and have assigned him a facility half a mile away,” a press release from the David Horowitz Freedom Center claimed last week. “Administrators insisted Horowitz could speak only at 1 PM when afternoon classes are starting and most students would have difficulty attending.”

The David Horowitz Freedom Center also added that Berkeley administrators had “taken a page out of Orwell.”

In February, an event at the college with former Breitbart Senior Editor Milo Yiannopoulos was also derailed after left-wing students in masks violently shut down the show— setting fire to property, charging buildings, smashing windows, and assaulting attendees.

“Anti-fascists” started several fires, smashed windows and ATMs, looted downtown stores, attacked cars, and assaulted dozens of MILO fans, male and female, who they falsely accused of being “Nazis.”

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that rioters caused around $100,000 in damages at UC Berkeley, while the damage to downtown Berkeley was reported to be around $400,000 to $500,000.

Ann Coulter Vows to Speak at Berkeley After University Cancels Her Appearance
1:38 PM PDT 4/19/2017 by Paul Bond

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  • reported that the powers that be at Berkeley ordered that Coulter's speech be canceled, citing riots that erupted when Milo Yiannopoulos and other conservatives have visited the university.

    Coulter told THR that before they canceled her, Berkeley administrators insisted that she agree to a list of demands prior to her engagement, and that she accepted their terms.

    "I've acceded to all their silly demands, which they thought would end it. When I said, 'yes, yes, yes,' they canceled anyway. No more clear-cut proof that taxpayer-supported universities will not allow conservative speakers," Coulter told THR.

    "We have been unable to find a safe and suitable venue for your planned April 27 event featuring Ann Coulter," Bekeley's vice chancellors told the two groups who were set to co-host the event.

    "I'm giving a speech," countered Coulter. "Speech will go on."
 

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WVPATX

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Banning her isn't right, but that bi+ch is dumb as hell, imo

She is a lot of things, dumb is not one of them. She is a self promoter. She says very provocative things to advance her celebrity and book sales. I don't particularly care for that, but to say she is dumb is uninformed. The far bigger issue for many is the banning of her speech by Berkeley and the continued attacks on free speech by liberals.

Honors graduate from Cornell University School of Arts and Sciences (Class of 1984) and received her J.D. from The University of Michigan Law School.
She was an editor of The Michigan Law Review.
Coulter practiced law in New York City.
She worked for the Senate Judiciary Committee, where she handled crime and immigration issues for former Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-MI).
Was a litigator with The Center For Individual Rights in Washington, DC, a law firm that says it is "dedicated to the defense of individual rights with a particular emphasis on freedom of speech, civil rights and the freedom of religion.".
She clerked for the Hon. Pasco Bowman II of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and was an attorney in the Department of Justice Honors program for outstanding law school graduates.
She was named one of the top 100 Public Intellectuals by federal judge Richard A. Posnerin 2001. Posner, an appointee of Republican president Ronald Reagan, provoked outrage in the legal community in 1999 when, in an article in Raritan magazine, he contended that "the rule of law is an accidental and dispensable element of legal ideology", and caused another stir in an article that put forth the argument that buying and selling babies on the free market would lead to better outcomes than the present situation of government-regulated adoption.
 

EEResistable

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Of course it was going to get cancelled. Lefties don't tolerate diversity of thought and belief.
 

Boomboom521

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Opinions vary I guess. I'm not a huge fan of hers but I'd never presume to think or call her dumb.
Of course she's not. Cornell alone says she's got game. She's just so degrading to those that do not share her ideology, tit for tat.
 

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There's an example of you degrading someone. Got an example of AC degrading anyone?

This is me waiting for your example.
You can't be serious and claim to have heard her speak ever. Actually, if you read the book titles, you can't claim to need examples.
 

PriddyBoy

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You can't be serious and claim to have heard her speak ever. Actually, if you read the book titles, you can't claim to need examples.
Aside from a couple of book titles, one example. Actually, never mind, I'm sure you could easily find many. The challenge was made to a degrader and I don't want to start a whole 'thing' about the Holy Gospels of Queen Ann. haha
 

Boomboom521

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There's an example of you degrading someone. Got an example of AC degrading anyone?

This is me waiting for your example.
I'm not sure if you actually want me to give you an example?

She said something about Americans being a fans of soccer, means the country is in decay....I've hated her ever since. Shall I find other examples of her know it all, degrading tone?
 

DvlDog4WVU

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I'm not sure if you actually want me to give you an example?

She said something about Americans being a fans of soccer, means the country is in decay....I've hated her ever since. Shall I find other examples of her know it all, degrading tone?
There it is. You are one of those soccer douches. It all makes sense now.