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UC Berkeley halts Milo Yiannopoulos talk amid violent protest
BBC ^ | 2/2/17 | BBC Staff

Posted on 02/02/2017 11:36:52 AM PST by NohSpinZone

Protest organiser Yvette Felarca defended the demonstration, describing the actions of students as "self-defence".

"We have the right to defend ourselves," she said, adding: "This shutting down Milo Yiannopoulos, and doing whatever's necessary to do that, is our right to self-defence."

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Education; History; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: berkeley; liberalviolence; milo; progressiveviolence; riot; yvettefelarca
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I wanted to post this article just to highlight this extraordinarily crazy quote from this activist. Oh, and this loon happens to teach young children at a Berkeley public school. She was recently reinstated from an administrative leave for beating up a protester on video at a rally somewhere.

http://www.berkeleyside.com/2016/11/02/yvette-felarca-to-return-to-berkeley-classroom-today/

1 posted on 02/02/2017 11:36:52 AM PST by NohSpinZone
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To: NohSpinZone

“If they can successfully dissolve the distinction between words and action, then they can say that hurting you is an appropriate response to not liking something you say. We must fundamentally reject this poisonous idea.” - Milo Yiannopoulos @ U.W.


2 posted on 02/02/2017 11:40:19 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (The Washington Post is Jeff Bezos' Fake News unregulated SuperPAC)
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To: NohSpinZone

Self defense from what?

An unarmed gay guy?


3 posted on 02/02/2017 11:42:23 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: NohSpinZone

The national socialists in Germany demonizing the Jews was always pitched as “self-defense” of the German people.

The socialists in the Soviet Union demonizing Kulaks was pitched as “self-defense” of the common people, or proletariat.

Chinese socialist red guards cleansing the country of opposition to the Cultural Revolution was no different.

Leftist lunatics seeking to impose their totalitarian regime on a society always speak in these terms.


4 posted on 02/02/2017 11:42:44 AM PST by Meet the New Boss
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To: Meet the New Boss

5 posted on 02/02/2017 11:45:15 AM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: BenLurkin

Y’know, I always topple light towers and set fire to generators whenever I see them.

Can’t be too careful.


6 posted on 02/02/2017 11:45:52 AM PST by relictele (`)
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To: NohSpinZone

Milo is gay and proud of it - The UB just can’t handle a gay guy telling them how it is - a truly anti-gay group out there.


7 posted on 02/02/2017 11:46:27 AM PST by RichyTea (To those offended - take off your blinders)
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To: Meet the New Boss

Kristallnacht in Berkeley. Courtesy of the Soros SonnerKommandos.


8 posted on 02/02/2017 11:47:29 AM PST by Gman
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To: NohSpinZone

Terrorism: The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

Self-defense: The protection of one’s person or property against some injury attempted by another. Generally a person may use reasonable force when it appears reasonably necessary to prevent an impending injury. A person using force in self-defense should use only so much force as is required to repel the attack.

There was no attempt at injury. This was pure terrorism, an act of supreme evil, and a violent act that would fully justify the use of deadly force in defense. Violence is never an acceptable response to protected political speech. If one or two of these thugs (or thousands of them) die at the hands of armed Americans, I’m okay with that.


9 posted on 02/02/2017 11:48:15 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: NohSpinZone

This is just another example of how the far Left mostly democrat party (the RADICALIZED RATS) act out their true feelings - somebody once said actions speak louder than words — how true.


10 posted on 02/02/2017 11:50:18 AM PST by RichyTea (To those offended - take off your blinders)
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Frankly, I could care less if they tear up the Berkley Campus and burn it to the ground.

The entire city of Berkley and surrounding areas needs Nero style urban renewal.

Oakland more so.


11 posted on 02/02/2017 11:50:34 AM PST by rdcbn (.... when Poets buy guns, tourist season is over ......d)
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To: NohSpinZone

President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to withdraw federal funds from UC Berkeley after violent campus protests forced the cancellation of a speech by Milo Yiannopoulos, a firebrand editor of right-wing news site Breitbart. “If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view - NO FEDERAL FUNDS?” Trump wrote on Twitter Thursday.


12 posted on 02/02/2017 11:52:36 AM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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Is there a point when these protestors are committing HATE Crimes


13 posted on 02/02/2017 11:57:38 AM PST by jcon40 (The other post before yours really nails it for me. I have been a DOS / PC guy forever and always e)
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Gavin Newsome a UC California Regent tweeted to Trump don’t do it over the actions of a few?


14 posted on 02/02/2017 11:58:55 AM PST by scooby321 (o even lower)
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To: scooby321

Terrorism and Hate Crimes


15 posted on 02/02/2017 11:59:37 AM PST by scooby321 (o even lower)
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To: Meet the New Boss
Here's her Faceplant page....

https://www.facebook.com/yvette.felarca....

Seems to me that's a threat at the very top of her page...to the President of the U.S.A.

16 posted on 02/02/2017 12:00:34 PM PST by Osage Orange (We can all live together as brothers or perish together as fools)
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To: BenLurkin

I thought the Left supported the BLT community.


17 posted on 02/02/2017 12:02:35 PM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: Meet the New Boss

very GOOD. I’m going to use your stuff, OK.


18 posted on 02/02/2017 12:07:18 PM PST by Bitsy
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To: NohSpinZone

So let’s start a GoFundMe to send Milo to EVERY liberal college campus (i.e. all of them). Let the snowflakes protest and riot and burn their own stuff, and then Trump can step in and tell the administration “Stop this right now or I’ll pull your federal funds”.

They wond, he will, thus a happy ending and money well spent.


19 posted on 02/02/2017 12:13:50 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: scooby321

UC Regent Gavin Newsome should know that extreme policy has been created at UC Berkely over the “actions of a few.” He is the typical Leftist useful idiot who thinks there should be no consequences when his leftist nuts go on a rampage and throws down the boom when a few on the Right steps out of line.

Newsome, you’re terminated! Get to the chopper!


20 posted on 02/02/2017 12:15:07 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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