Friday, February 03, 2017
Yiannopoulos: ‘The Left is absolutely terrified of free speech’
UC Berkeley cancels Milo Yiannopoulos event amid violent protest
Shortly after the Breitbart News editor’s event was called off, he posted a statement on his Facebook page:
“I have been evacuated from the UC Berkeley campus after violent left-wing protestors tore down barricades lit fires, threw rocks and Roman candles at the windows and breached the ground floor of the building. My team and I are safe. But the event has been cancelled. I'll let you know more when the facts become clear.
One thing we do know for sure: the Left is absolutely terrified of free speech and will do literally anything to shut it down.”
In a subsequent interview with Fox News, Yiannopoulos said UC Berkeley is “a liberal campus. They hate libertarians or conservatives who dare to express an opinion on their campus. They particularly don’t like me.”
He said college campuses are places where “you should be able to engage with different ideas.”
Those who attend his appearances, he said, include people who “don’t necessarily agree with me but just want to hear the other side.
They were prevented from doing so this evening by violence from the left — the left that is terrified of anyone who they think might be persuasive or might be interesting or might take people with them.”
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Anon 4:23 Just go to U.C. Berekley and you'll see them both the usial spoiled little collage brats in need of being exspelled
The leftist US governments have aided and encouraged the left in a bid to change the political direction of the political environment. Now the chickens are coming home to roost and I have no doubt that Donald Trump will use force to stop violent protests as he should. It is one thing to protest peacefully and that is encouraged but the use of violence is not acceptable and has only been made worse by Barak Obamas reluctance to punish violent protestors. Trump needs to go in hard and stop the violence now before it escalates because of political indifference at state and local level because of leftist leaders.
It is time that the authorities adopted a new strategy and corralled all protestors and processed them as they arrive at the release point. Free speech does not involve violence and destruction. All attendees should be processed so that authorities can issue warrants at a later date after video surveillance has be processed.
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