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October 10, 2006
Free Speech at Columbia? Uh, no.
"These are racist individuals heading a project that terrorizes immigrants on the U.S.-Mexican border," Ryan Fukumori, a Columbia junior who took part in the protest, told The New York Sun. "They have no right to be able to speak here."
"At Columbia, Students Attack Minuteman Founder," by Eliana Johnson, The New York Sun, October 5, 2006
This appears to be the result of a liberal arts education today: Idiots declaring that some one has no right to speak.
The epitome of Columbia's intellectual nadir came from Ryan Fukumori, a junior at the university who told Johnson that Gilchrist and others who spoke at the event "had no right to be able to speak here." Apparently Columbia doesn't teach students about the Constitution, especially the First Amendment, any more. The College Republicans have a right to invite anyone they want to speak at their events, and the speakers have the right to speak without being physically attacked. Bear in mind that this university houses the most prestigious school of journalism in the nation, which should indicate a particular interest in supporting free speech.
"Mob Rule at Columbia," by Captain'sQuartersBlog.com, October 6, 2006
I'm willing to bet 3 things: 1) Ryan Fukimori is involved in some campus group that wants rights for some minority, 2) he has been told most of his life how special he is, and 3) he has a bit too much "self-esteem". Oh, and I'll bet he's self-righteous, too.
Posted at October 10, 2006 06:47 AM | Categories: Nihilism
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