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Originally Posted by transplant99
Fine...but Coulter isnt the "organizer" here...in any way.
Im not sure what that really matters however, as the point is that the whole thing was stopped because of a perceived threat to her.
Its just not right that in any free society that anyone should not be allowed to speak what they believe because there is a possibility of harm to them. Its so anti-free society i cant imagine anyone would be OK with it.
Then they shouldn't have allowed the room to be rented to begin with, and i dont believe for a second they had any problem with her speaking there. On top of that I believe that the University gets public funding as well..though that may be wrong.
This is a part of the UO charter for students...
Instead they would not be practicing what they preach had they not allowed her to talk because they dont like what she has to say.
i think this whole debate boils down to one thing...and that is, that no matter how inane and nonsensical Ann Coulters (or anyones) views are, there should be absolutely no limits on them to speak them. Period. Not in a country that likes to believe how "advanced" it is like Canada does. Especially when the limit is caused by a threat to her or anyone else...that is going backwards in a quick hurry.
People complain about the right wing nutbars in the USA, and rightfully so, but this is just as reprehensible in my opinion. I dont like the woman or much of anything that comes out of her horseface mouth....but she has every right to speak it.
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I agree with your point, but I do somewhat question the legitimacy of the cancellation and the threat. Coulter gets much more play out of a cancellation than she does from actually going forward with her talk, and she's not exactly above using underhanded tactics.