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Anarchy at Columbia: Protestors Storm Minuteman's Stage
cnsnews ^
| October 05, 2006
| Nathan Burchfiel
Posted on 10/06/2006 5:36:54 AM PDT by CAWats
(CNSNews.com) - Protestors stormed the stage at Columbia University Wednesday night, yelling, waving banners and ending the speech from Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrest minutes after it began.
As Gilchrest started to deliver his remarks at a speech sponsored by the CU College Republicans, members of the audience began yelling and cheering. He watched quietly as students rushed the stage with fists raised and displayed banners proclaiming, "No One Is Illegal."
According to a statement released by Columbia University College Republicans President Chris Kulawik, protestors took control of the stage for "fifteen chaotic minutes" before security personnel ended the event.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: aliens; anarchy; columbia; freespeech; immigration; minuteman
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:36:55 AM PDT
by
CAWats
To: CAWats
I see no one got arrested *grrrrrrr*
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:41:15 AM PDT
by
Elyse
To: CAWats
Good thing colleges are a place where all viewpoints are tolerated and open to free discussion, else we'd think that Columbia was a Place of Fascist Learning.
3
posted on
10/06/2006 5:41:29 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: CAWats
So much for free speech. This is what the left would do if in power; spit in the face of the Constitution, as it were.
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:44:45 AM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: CAWats
Columbia University should hang its head in shame; there should be a day of mourning for the death of the light of learning that was lighted in the Renaissance and the Reformation.
We are, people, in a new Dark Age. Don't be fooled by clever technology; the heart of man is deceitful above all, and still desperately wicked.
What the Reformation and Renaissance lighted, Columbia (and other universities) are extinguishing. Shame on Columbia and the rest of them. They are not seats of learning and they are not worthy to be called colleges.
A recent survey showed that the best and highest leaders in industry and commerce graduated from local and state colleges. It figures.
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:53:35 AM PDT
by
RoadTest
(and so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake - Deut. 9.19)
To: CAWats
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posted on
10/06/2006 5:59:18 AM PDT
by
upchuck
(Q:Why does President Bush support amnesty for illegal aliens? A:Read this: http://tinyurl.com/nyvno)
To: CAWats
All done with tacit approval of the university administration. Why else would they take so long to get control of the situation? They are sending us a clear message that the truth is not wanted in their ivory-tower world.
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posted on
10/06/2006 6:03:00 AM PDT
by
Kirkwood
To: theDentist
LOL! One of my family members went to Columbia Law School. She went in a normal kid, graduated a hopeless "Left Wing Looney". Yep, Columbia is one of the original liberal indoctrination camps!
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posted on
10/06/2006 6:04:30 AM PDT
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(Islam is the Death Cult of Perpetual Outrage!)
To: CAWats
Da*n the first amendment!As proven by this unamerican and subversive assault,this amendment is of no value to a conservative.I absolutely refuse to stand up for the right of ANYONE on the left to have free speech.I can only hope the next time a commie/socialist piece of trash tries to speak he or she is attacked.
To: CAWats
Not to pick a nit, but this isn't "anarchy". It's fascism. Same thing Mussolini's thugs used to do.
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posted on
10/06/2006 6:10:11 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(Well, my days of not taking your seriously are certainly coming to a middle)
To: CAWats
Information is now out that the "protesters" were a socialist group.
This is another case where the children should be seen and not heard. The know-nothing students are there for a "happening," an opportunity to drown out their betters. They know absolutely nothing about which they are supposedly protesting.
Most of the students are receiving their education, such as it is, free. They haven't the wit to connect the fact that they are living in a country like America with the right of free speech and how important it is.
The students will all make good Democrats, provided they can read and write well enough to register to vote.
Columbia University is typical of today's colleges. They should be closed.
To: Kirkwood
Alumni, and donors, and prospective parents considering sending their children to Columbia, take note.
More rope, please.
Blue areas get more Blue, and people continue to flock to Red states and infect those Red areas.
In some cases the Libs convert to conservatives.
In any case, the Red states gain power.
Bring on the 2010 Census.
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posted on
10/06/2006 6:12:37 AM PDT
by
mikeybaby
(long time lurker)
To: mikeybaby
University Statement on Disruption of the "Minutemen Forum" Sponsored by the Columbia College Republicans
Free Speech on Campus is Everyone's Right and Responsibility. The University deplores the disruption that took place last night at the "Minutemen Forum" sponsored by the Columbia College Republicans at Alfred Lerner Hall. The specific facts surrounding the incident are under active investigation by the University and so it is premature to make any official statement regarding facts that are yet to be confirmed. This much is a matter of core principle at Columbia: The freedom to speak, to pursue ideas, and to hear and evaluate viewpoints totally objectionable to our own is an essential value of this university and, indeed, of our civil society. We defend the right to peaceful protest and expression of opposing views. But it is never acceptable for anyone to physically take to a stage and interrupt a speaker. Our regulations are intended to help event organizers, participants and protestors maintain a safe environment for members of the University community and their guests to engage in meaningful and sometimes contentious debate across the spectrum of academic and political issues. We will continue to review the events of last evening to determine how that safe environment was violated and take appropriate measures to ensure it does not happen again.
Double talk from Columbia http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/10/statement061005.html |
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posted on
10/06/2006 6:16:39 AM PDT
by
Drango
(Born free, now expensive.)
To: BigCinBigD
Someday actions such as this will result in "people" being lined up against a wall and shot.Ummm...well,that's a little, uh...harsh...I was only thinking they should be arrested and fined...hmmm
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posted on
10/06/2006 6:16:50 AM PDT
by
Elyse
To: CAWats
Kids these days. Says a lot about the little democRATS Socialists.
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posted on
10/06/2006 6:18:45 AM PDT
by
unixfox
(The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
To: CAWats
Nice of security to be johnny on the spot like that. Good thing they didn't have a firearm.
I saw the replay of it attack on Fox & FRiends this morning.
He was left to defend himself against that mob.
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posted on
10/06/2006 6:19:11 AM PDT
by
mware
(Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
To: Elyse
The only way the left can win over minds is to silence the opposition.
THE LEFTIST IDEAS ARE BANKRUPT AND THEY KNOW IT.
To: CAWats
Prayers up for Mr. Gilchrist.
However, these boobs at Columbia chanting "no one is an illegal" have just by their very actions asserted that Mr. Gilchrist is an "illegal".
Pope Benedict/Islamofascist redux.
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posted on
10/06/2006 6:21:59 AM PDT
by
Alia
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