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After melees, Berkeley mayor asks Cal to cancel right-wing Free Speech Week

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08-30-2017, 07:19 AM

So much for Free Speech.......

Free Speech is dead at Berkeley........

After melees, Berkeley mayor asks Cal to cancel right-wing Free Speech Week

In the aftermath of a right-wing rally Sunday that ended with anarchists chasing attendees from a downtown park, Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin urged UC Berkeley on Monday to cancel conservatives’ plans for a Free Speech Week next month to avoid making the city the center of more violent unrest.

http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/artic...104330.php
Instead of a sign that says "Do Not Disturb" I need one that says "Already Disturbed Proceed With Caution."
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08-30-2017, 10:00 AM

Funny how you hear self-righteous condemnation from democrat politicians about right wing violence but almost nary a whisper about the antifa goons.
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08-30-2017, 01:51 PM

Can you blame the guy at this point?
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08-30-2017, 02:22 PM

(08-30-2017, 01:51 PM)TJBender Wrote: Can you blame the guy at this point?

Yes.
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08-30-2017, 02:35 PM

(08-30-2017, 02:22 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:
(08-30-2017, 01:51 PM)TJBender Wrote: Can you blame the guy at this point?

Yes.

I'm all for freedom of assembly, but I'm also in favor of not being stupid.
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08-30-2017, 03:42 PM

(08-30-2017, 02:35 PM)TJBender Wrote:
(08-30-2017, 02:22 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Yes.

I'm all for freedom of assembly, but I'm also in favor of not being stupid.

Tell that to the Facist Antifa thugs. They're no better than Hitlers Brown Shirts
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08-30-2017, 04:02 PM

(08-30-2017, 02:35 PM)TJBender Wrote:
(08-30-2017, 02:22 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Yes.

I'm all for freedom of assembly, but I'm also in favor of not being stupid.

Unpopular speech is the exact speech we defend, lest we find ourselves to be unpopular one day.
(08-30-2017, 03:42 PM)The Drifter Wrote:
(08-30-2017, 02:35 PM)TJBender Wrote: I'm all for freedom of assembly, but I'm also in favor of not being stupid.

Tell that to the Facist Antifa thugs. They're no better than Hitlers Brown Shirts

They're Lenin's red shirts.
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08-30-2017, 04:13 PM

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