Posted on 04/26/2005 1:23:16 PM PDT by wallcrawlr
The president of the University of St. Thomas on Monday condemned a speech at the Catholic school last week by conservative author Ann Coulter, saying "such hateful speech vulgarizes our culture and goes against everything the University of St. Thomas stands for."
The Rev. Dennis Dease wrote in Bulletin Today, a university newsletter, that "although her presentation may have been meant as an 'act' or a 'shtick' to entertain by provoking those who disagree, such behavior unfortunately contributes to the growing dark side of our culture -- a disrespect for persons and their sincerely held beliefs."
Coulter spoke at the university on April 18. She was a guest of the school's chapter of the College Republicans and a student newspaper, the Standard, but neither organization paid her speaking fee. That was covered by the Young America's Foundation, a Herndon, Va., organization that bills itself as an outreach program for conservative youth.
A St. Thomas student who heard Coulter said he understood how her comments could have hurt others.
Coulter spoke at St. Olaf College the day before she visited St. Thomas. The president of St. Olaf, Christopher Thomforde, said students told him that her comments were inflammatory for little reason.
"You'd want a kind of intersection between faithfulness and respect and commitment along with intelligent critique and analysis," he said Monday night. "The issues are highly complicated, and to just sort of incite people is not helpful."
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"I knew kind of what she stood for," said Dominic Kramer, a senior political science major.
Let's hope Dominic who, as a political science major, "kind of" knew what Ann Coulter stood for, isn't a St. Thomas honors student.
Seems there is a real fear among the left of what Ann might say. Maybe its because she made Time's most influential people list.
FReepmail me.
So am I taken off your list of cool people now or something?
St. Thomas---isn't this where Kofi copped his BA ?
'Everytime a liberal speaks, a kitten dies.'
This is the funniest thing I've heard or seen in a week. My day just got much, much better.
"...a disrespect for persons and their sincerely held beliefs."
I think this pinhead was shocked...shocked! to learn that someone might disagree with liberal dogma. He apparently has never seen a two-way street before either.
Well, "Reverend," as you liberals love to say, "That's just your opinion!"
I think we are saying the same thing. You just said it better.
Ok, fair enough. The majority D voters in MN don't "condemn" the entire state. I can accept that.
I personally feel grateful that they collect like that. It will make it easier when we need to find them for deportation or inoculation.
OK so you want them to "collect" in one place. I think you spelled a word wrong there, but I'm not worried about it.
As for "blue state nuff said", I just find that exasperatingly incomprehensibly wrong.
You're sticking up for the red voters in MN?
Seems to me the conservatives in the red states are on the front lines.
That would be me. A conservative in a red state.
You know, protecting the backs of the finger-pointing, beer swilling, belly scratching mid-western red states.
Who on earth are you referring to here...? Me (conservative) or red-state non-conservatives? Blue state conservatives? WTF?
Iowa was only a couple 10,000 from being a blue state as well, and that's where YOU live according to your profile. Would you assume all people in your state are liberal if it had gone the other way? Would you assume they are all stupid?
I wasn't attacking you, and I even said "without hostility" which was promptly ignored, but I'd really like to know how a group of liberals in San Francisco and Los Angeles insures that the entire State of California is made up of idiots. Do you get my drift? I thought I might be able to ask you this question since you often post things like that but seem articulate enough to explain it to me. I've asked a couple other posters, but they either don't respond or become so confrontal and nasty that I just walk away. I don't mean to be disrespectful, but I just think this line of thinking is illogical.
Important to be vague when you are from the left. That way you don't have to defend your position.
I guess you didn't get my joke.
And spell check says I didn't misspell a thing. Collect. Amass. Congregate. Clot up. Gather together.
You seem kinda angry today- is everything ok?
Guess you didn't get mine.....
Ever get into a fight with your wife/husband and realize you have no idea what you are fighting about? That is how I feel right now....
You didn't answer my question, though.
By the way, what's the "maha"?
hahahaa.a.. sorry!
No I would assume they are all human beings.
Honestly, I think you're being a bit hypersensitive to my post. I am sincerely sorry that someone once labeled you because of where you live. But I wouldn't let that bother you too much.
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