Think about what. Im sorry you dont understand freedom of expression and how important it is no matter who is doing the expressing. The fact that you cannot grasp such a simple ideal shows you are the one that should be doing the thinking.

Thats not how it works. When you start making excuses for violence against speech you get on a slippery slope.

Do you also think its ok to punch black people that say white people should all be killed?

The only thing very clear is how ignorant and wrong you are. The belief that Jews or Blacks should be cleansed is to be tolerated such as every other belief, no matter how disgusting it is and how much one disagrees with. Thinking this way puts you on a never-ending path to making excuses as to why hitting x person…

Its not OK tho. Just because someone might have disgusting ideals that you disagree with doesnt mean you have the right to assault them.

I may disagree with anything and everything he says, but id die to defend his right to say it.

But... you’re defending totalitarianism. Every totalitarian thinks they are doing it for the right reasons.

It definitely will be a leftist debate - hopefully a civil one - and I agree with your points in many ways. There’s really not a great solution.

I don’t know why you’re gray... you’re absolutely correct.

Yes, clutch my pearls indeed. It seems we solely disagree on tactics so I kind of don’t get why you find the need to direct snark my way but I wish you luck. I take it you are protesting him in person on campus? I’d love to hear about that. Seriously, I’d genuinely like to hear a first person account of what these…

I know people will bring in cartoons explaining that free speech in the constitution only refers to the government repressing speech, but there is a concerning trend about speech being suppressed in universities. I despise this POS, but I’m worried about what we will have accomplished by shutting down his and his…

I don’t think ignoring him is a matter of privilege, but strategy. Due to the protest, he’s getting much more attention from mainstream outlets than would have happened if he’d just blabbered on to an audience of already-converted idiots. Protesting his speach just gives him ammunition, and harms core liberal ideals.

Sure he should have been allowed, as long as normal procedures were followed. As said above, trying to restrict this kind of thing just lets it fester more, and validates their claims of victim hood and censorship. The best thing to do would be to let that smarmy sociopathic piece of shit twist in the wind talking to…

You’re absolutely right. I believe in free speech, and it makes me frustrated when this sort of thing happens, regardless of who is being kept from speaking. At the same time, I’d love nothing more than to hear that Milo had spontaneously combusted from all the self-loathing.

What Milo probably loves even more is a free flight to California (London is nasty in January), and payment for nothing, what with the last minute cancellation.

I don’t believe this guy is a “true believer” in any sense. He’s “chaotic evil” if you pardon my nerd jargon. Just generally wants to sow hatred and whip people into a tizzy for his own amusement and self-aggrandizement.

What if people just ignored him? Let him wow the college republicans on campus with his rhetoric and then go home. He thrives on drama and outrage, otherwise his whole act suffers. He makes the news and racks up viral videos when he says awful things to and about liberals and protestors who come to his events so how…

pretty much..

I may get flamed for this, but we really need to address the misogynist tendencies in the gay (male) community. Thriving off of stereotypical female behaviors, emulating them, and then subsequently denigrating the straight, lesbian, or bi women that may display them is disgusting.

Indeed. Us liberals shouldn’t be giving him such gifts. Protecting speech used to be a liberal value, and we should take it up again before this whole thing bites us in the ass. Because it will.

In the last week, I’ve been asked by at least 10 different people if we have picked a date, and what we are going to do. With every question about our plans, we get a little closer to just eloping.