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Freedom of expression is freedom of expression. Coulter therefore has the inalienable right to her expression of those views in an academic forum in which she has invited. While I find the majority of her views archaic and ignorant, if not downright repulsive in some areas, she does under Canadian law possess the right to exercise her right to vocalize them. Some people have said that she espouses hateful views that may incite violence. I am skeptical of such claims and feel that they're more indicative of ignorance than pure malice. In a similar instance, with George Galloway, he was prevented from entering the country because he had provided financial funding to Hamas, an organization denoted as terrorist by our government. That had little to do with his rhetoric or political perspective. This appears to be a clear instance of "I don't like what you have to say therefore you cannot say it," which is an incredibly dangerous precedent to set in a democratic society, let alone an institution where one's freedom of thought, belief, and opinion is of paramount significance (a university). Then there's the additional fact that Ahmadinejad was allowed to speak at Columbia, an Ivy League school, of all places.
 
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Freedom of expression is freedom of expression. Coulter has the inalienable right to her expression of those views in an academic forum in which she has invited. While I find the majority of her views archaic and ignorant, she does under Canadian law possess the right to exercise her right to vocalize them. Some people have said that she espouses hateful views that may incite violence. I am skeptical of such claims and feel that they're more indicative of ignorance than pure malice. In a similar instance, with George Galloway, he was prevented from entering the country because he had provided financial funding to Hamas, a listed terrorist organization. That had little to do with his rhetoric. This appears to be an instance of "I don't like what you have to say therefore you cannot say it," which is an incredibly dangerous precedent to set in a democratic society, let alone an institution where freedom of belief is paramount (a university). Then there's the fact that Ahmadinejad was allowed to speak at Columbia, an Ivy League school, of all places.

Absolutely agree.

To deny Coulter right to speak is shameful, still worse is to support that shame.
 
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Most of my profs. at McGill were lunatics yet nobody banned them from speaking to me during class. How did that happen?
 
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Generating physical threats against someone and being disruptive to the point that they cannot even enter the building qualifies as being banned.

no it doesn't. she wasn't banned.

those students have the right of free speech.

if coulter was too scared to go, that's her problem.
 
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Generating physical threats against someone and being disruptive to the point that they cannot even enter the building qualifies as being banned.

This is making the news and blog rounds in the US. Sadly, this action is getting played as how "backward" Canada and Canadian universities are and their first comparison is Columbia.
 
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no it doesn't. she wasn't banned.

those students have the right of free speech.

if coulter was too scared to go, that's her problem.

I guess free speech is setting off fire alarms and threatening physical violence.

How old are you?
 
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no it doesn't. she wasn't banned.

those students have the right of free speech.

if coulter was too scared to go, that's her problem.

They have the right of free speech. But free speech does not provide one the right to prevent others to exercise their free speech. See the difference? And it does not provide those exercising that freedom of expression to commit illegal acts like pulling fire alarms or preventing access to the building. That is all illegal.
 
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