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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (49152)	5/4/2005 12:25:52 PM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

At what point in our history did it become acceptable to act like morons if we don't agree with a speaker at an assembly? I mean this is the first arrest I've heard about but these punks throw pies, etc and shout someone down so they can't be heard just because they don't agree with them and the fact that we don't arrest the little bastards tells me that in our society this is ok. When did this happen? Why does it always seem to be conservative speakers being pied, etc? Perhaps by way of being conservative that also means your an adult perhaps or at least you act like one. I wonder though what would happen if some conservative group shouted down say Jesse Jackson and then slammed a pie into his lying face. I suspect there would be some arrests made there.

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (49152)	5/4/2005 8:55:38 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 59480

That is uncalled for by anyone...free speech is no longer free if you're a conservative. Here is a response to the protestings... Obnoxious protesters self-defeating By James Burnham Article Tools: Page 1 of 2 Jason Netek, Thistle, and Paul Miglin participate in a protest outside the LBJ library while students are admitted to Ann Coulter´s speech. The protest was coordinated by Austin´s International Socialist Organization and Anti-Racist Action. To be honest, I was surprised there weren't more protesters. When the auditorium filled up to see Ann Coulter last night, I only saw about 15 people in the back with signs. They looked like the usual protest crowd. Earth tones, shaggy hair, somber faces, folks who have their own wipe-board signs to adapt for every situation. I guess for a conventional extremist like Ann Coulter there is no good rallying point for the local upstarts. She does not particularly irritate any specific campus community. She just generally rubs all liberals the wrong way. Yet, one can always rely on that most reliable of protest groups, the one-size-fits all International Socialist Organization. These people continually miss the point. Ann Coulter is an entertainer. She makes a living saying extreme and inflammatory things to irritate many people while appealing to others. Her politics often border on the hilarious. My favorite is when she hints that the country would be better served were women not allowed to vote. Heresy. Whether or not she advocates repealing the 19th amendment, nuking North Korea or forcibly teaching the Bible to every American citizen, she has a right to make these statements, and we all have a right to listen to her speak, take things with a grain of salt and enjoy the show. Liberals, Socialists and wayward German Green Party members also have the right to stand in the back of the room holding signs. They the right to ask questions. They have even have the right to be part of the event by dominating the questions. They do not, however, have the right to destroy the event by being disruptive and vulgar. It baffles me that the protest crowd has not realized how absurd they look when they do things like this. Questions last night were particularly wacky. The first guy decided to ask her a question loaded with rhetoric, and as she responded, blew a noise maker at her, walked away making farting noises and giving her the finger. Continued... dailytexanonline.com