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To: longnshort who wrote (355317)	3/24/2010 9:58:22 AM
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Coulter turns the tables on administrator Right-wing pundit threatens to file complaint against vice-president at University of Ottawa LONDON, Ont. -- Inflammatory right-wing pundit Ann Coulter has fired back at a University of Ottawa administrator, saying an e-mail from the school warning her to use "restraint, respect and consideration" when addressing Ontario students this week made her a victim of a "hate crime." Coulter said the e-mail sent to her Friday by Francois Houle, vice-president academic and provost of the U of O, targeted her as a member of an identifiable group and as such, she will be filing a complaint with the Human Rights Commission alleging hate speech. "I'm sure the Human Rights Commission will get to the bottom of it," Coulter said to loud cheers from London audience. "I think I'm the victim of a hate crime here. Either what [Mr. Houle] did was a hate crime, or the whole commission is BS." "The provost simply believes and is publicizing his belief that conservatives are more likely to commit hate crimes in their speeches. Not only does this promote hatred against conservatives, but it promotes violence against conservatives," she told the Ottawa Citizen. In Houle's e-mail, the administrator urges Coulter to weigh her words with "respect and civility in mind." Houle goes on: "Promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges." In the end, Coulter didn't get a chance to speak at the University of Ottawa on Tuesday night. Officials blamed "security concerns" after 2,000 angry protesters arrived at the university and a fire alarm was pulled. The protesters, mainly students at the U of O and Carleton University drowned out a small rally of Coulter supporters. Coulter's targeting of the University of Ottawa administration and Canada's Human Rights Commissions came at the end of a half-hour speech that attacked political correctness in the United States and the mainstream media, which she said was uncritical of the Obama administration and unfairly biased against conservatives. "It's almost like there is one standard for Conservatives and one completely different one for Liberals," Coulter told the crowd, which alternated from cheering to booing depending on the topic of discussion, which ranged from gay marriage, illegal immigration to the new U.S. health care law. In the past she has suggested the post-9/11 United States should invade Muslim countries and convert their people to Christianity. She has also said Canada is lucky that the United States allows it "to exist on the same continent." On Monday, before a packed audience of about 800 at the University of Western Ontario in London, she said airlines should ban all Muslim passengers and told a Muslim student to "take a camel" as an alternative to flying. vancouversun.com