(10-18-2017, 06:07 PM)JaguarsWoman Wrote: On my way home from a medical appointment at UF Shands Hospital today, I saw barricades, armed security guards, and a live NBC news vehicle on campus. Traffic was bad for the 1:00 hour on a Wednesday. Museums are closed. Schools also will be closed tomorrow. People apparently are advised not to drive unless they have to. My dentist told patients when Mom was there all appointments for tomorrow are canceled. The total cost, which comes from taxpayers, is $500,000. All of this is for one of the white supremacists who protested in Charlottesville.

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/arch...-uf-speech

You're wrong on three counts.

First, it's not the taxpayers footing the bill (directly) it's the University of Florida.  From one of the "articles" that you linked.

Quote:And according to the Supreme Court, it’s up to the university to pay for it. Deciding on a case in 1992, Justice Harry Blackmun laid out the legal doctrine known as the “heckler’s veto.”

Speech, Blackmun wrote, “cannot be financially burdened, any more than it can be punished or banned, simply because it might offend a hostile mob.” In other words, speech can’t be prohibited because of financial issues. In Spencer’s case, that means the University of Florida is stuck with the $500,000 in security costs.

Second, the extra security is not for the speaker, it's for the "protesters" that tend to spark violence and destruction just because they don't like or agree with what the speaker has to say.

Third and finally, he didn't "protest" in Charlottesville, he was a speaker at a white supremacist rally.

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