Way to let down the side guys

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Originally Posted by Trip

Yes, because free speech only applies to speech you agree with and like. What a fucking idiot...

Depends on whether you consider any and all speech to be free. There's the classic "fire in a crowded theatre" exception, for example. Personally I like complete freedom of speech, because it allows me to spot the bigots and morons for what they are.

As Avatard said, in this case the students exercised their rights of free speech to shout down someone they disagreed with.

Originally Posted by Trip

Actually they were using their speech to deny a person their freedom of speech. They also use intimidation and threats. Which are not protected free speech. So they lose.

There were no threats and the only "intimidation" was some moron who pulled the fire alarm. That's just to set the record straight, since the way that this is playing in the media is starting to come off like a '60s anti-Nam campus riot. It was nothing of the sort. it was a peaceful, if somewhat loud, protest.