Posted on 05/04/2005 7:33:16 AM PDT by Flightdeck
Arrest made at Coulter speech
Student arrested, charged with disorderly conduct after offensive question
By Yashoda Sampath
Incessant heckling and shouting culminated in an arrest Tuesday night during a speech by Ann Coulter, an extreme right-wing pundit, at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Shouts became so pervasive during the question-and-answer session that Coulter informed the organizers she would no longer take questions if the hecklers were not silenced. For a time, the shouts were considerably lessened, until the issue of gay marriage was broached.
Coulter said she supported the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman on the basis that a good woman civilizes and inspires a man to strive for something better, leading to a question that was met with a stunned silence.
"You say that you believe in the sanctity of marriage," said Ajai Raj, an English sophomore. "How do you feel about marriages where the man does nothing but f--- his wife up the ass?"
UT Police officers approached Raj to arrest him, resulting in a mass exodus of protesters chanting, "Let him go."
"The person had been disruptive the entire event," said Matt Hardigree, former Student Events Center president. "He took the opportunity to say something lewd and offensive and then made masturbatory gestures as he exited."
Hardigree said that Cheryl Wood from the Office of the Dean of Students spoke with some of the protestors before the event, and assorted members of the Distinguished Speakers Committee asked them to sit in the back if they had signs and to leave quietly if they wanted to leave.
According to Jeffrey Stockerwell, a friend of Raj, officers violently seized Raj and illegally searched him after his question.
Police have charged Raj with disorderly conduct, a Class C misdemeanor.
Representatives of the Austin People's Legal Collective were taking statements from everyone at the scene, in case it should be taken to court.
Raj worked at the Texan on a volunteer basis for a brief time in March.
Before the speech began, the International Socialist Organization protested outside of the library, with about 12 people holding up signs with slogans such as "Racist, sexist, anti-gay, right-wing bigot go away" and "Stop the new McCarthyism."
The booing began early into Coulter's speech, when she issued a joke to pro-choice advocates.
"I wonder why those 'I Heart Partial-Birth Abortion' T-shirts aren't selling better," she said, followed by a combination of cheers and jeers.
Coulter went on to decry the conservative media bias she said liberals complain of, and she challenged the undemocratic actions of liberals with respect to Iraq and to the judiciary.
"They're always trying to act like they're oppressed," she said. "So let's do it. Let's oppress them."
One student asked Coulter why universities and institutions place microphones in front of Coulter when she advocates terrorism against liberals, prompting Coulter to mention the strength of her book sales. Coulter has had four New York Times best sellers.
The $30,000 event was co-sponsored by the Texas Union Student Events Center and Student Endowed Centennial Lectureship Committee.
Ronnie Earle? He is one of the biggest leftists in Texas..... Don't waste your time with that *^&(^#&%#&!
Let's not rush to judgement on his nationality. I happen to be a very right wing immigrant from India. While his name might suggest an indian ethnicity, I'll betcha 2-1 that he's a good home grown lefty.
Ronnie Earle is too busy going after Tom DeLay to bother with anyone else (unless they are pubbies)>
That's our Ann ! 8^)
Nam Vet
Someone should ask his wife
Hope everything turns out okay.
I think it's a Muslim thing.......
She just can't drive for the first 24 hours after sedation. She doesn't work, and will sleep until noon (as always) today.
Please tell me this is yet another lie the leftwingers tell about Ann. I've never read or heard anywhere that she said it and say b.s.
They've been busy since the 60's, culminating in loyal Party members from the 60's co-running the White House for 8 years while turning it into the best little whorehouse on the East Coast, raising taxes to their highest level in American history, writing incredibly oppressive environmental regulations which eventually contributed to the inevitable crash on Wall Street, making the office of President of the United States into an almost universal laughingstock worldwide, selling military secrets to China in exchange for campaign donations and Waco-ing Americans.
And it ain't over yet.
Hope the wife's test came out well.
My wife's test was normal, so that is good.
Reply: Look at you! YOU still you managed to be Conceived!
Are these people on Ann's payroll ?
Because there are no extreme left-wing pundits. There are only moderates, conservatives and extreme right-wing conservatives. At least, according to the media.
OK, maybe the UT Austin Dean of Students should be interested as this student has violated their code of conduct:
http://www.utexas.edu/student/registrar/catalogs/gi03-04/app/appc11.html
Sec. 11-804. Certain Other Offenses
-engages in illegal use, possession, and/or sale of a drug or narcotic;[
-engages in harassment. Harassment is defined as conduct that is sufficiently severe, pervasive, or persistent to create an objectively hostile environment that interferes with or diminishes the ability of an individual to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the University.
-engages in speech, either orally or in writing, that is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action;
As a married man for the past 25 years, it is my opinion that women getting f**ked in the *ss is a myth.
I tried for the first 15 years, and even on anniversaries, the answer was NO!
It really shouldn't baffle you, Yashoda.
DemocRATs/subversive socialists do not seem to care just how foolish they look when they make their idiotic statements.
Airheads like Barbara Boxer, Chuckie Schumer and Dianne Finestein come to mind.
I wrote a letter describing his extracurricular exploits to the same paper. We'll see if they print it tomorrow.
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