Posted on 06/04/2011 6:41:47 PM PDT by Syncro
Ann Coulter speech at DePaul divides students
Ann Coulter speaking at DePaul University on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. (Jeremy Mikula photo for RedEye)
BY Thursday, June 2, 2011 9:09 a.m.
·Ann Coulter comes to DePaul University and talks about Illinois new civil union law that might sound like the start to a bad joke, but thats really what happened Wednesday night.
The outspoken conservative addressed some 150 students, faculty and staff at a lecture titled What Your Professors Will Never Tell You, part of the Young Americas Foundation Reagan 100 Lecture Series.
Suzanne Kilgannon, director of the Office of Student Life, noted that DePaul welcomes different viewpoints.
Coulter started her speech by congratulating the Obama Administration for the killing of Osama bin Laden, but noted that killing the al Qaeda leader would not bring an end to terrorism or the terrorist organization. From there, Coulter used humor to speak about everything from being molested by TSA agents at the airport (Its nice to know if that if Im lacking intimacy I can just go to the airport) to Obamas golf handicap (16″ strokes).
Coulter then turned to policy questions, such as U.S. involvement in the uprisings in the Middle East, saying that ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was a supporter of U.S. policy, and questioned why France was more macho than the U.S. in the Libyan conflict.
Throughout the speech, Coulters jibes towards liberalism were met by sarcastic laughter and coughing from protesters, approximately 35- to 40-percent of whom turned their chairs around instead of facing Coulter during her speech as an act of silent protest.
When asked what her thoughts were on the 2012 presidential election, Coulter said, [Obama] has a glass jaw. I think he can be beaten, largely because of the economy.
Coulter also stated that it depends on the candidate running against the president.
Coulter sparked the biggest outrage from protesters when she talked about abortion, gay marriage/civil unions and single motherhood.
Saying that Democratic Party is obsessed with abortion, Coulter called abortion a litmus test for membership in the Democratic Party. Coulter also questioned how a liberal could ever be a Christian when theyre in favor of killing a baby peacefully sleeping in the mothers womb, sucking its brains out [in the eighth month of pregnancy].
Coulter also criticized Illinois for passing its civil unions law, citing that marriage between a man and a woman is the linchpin of society.
Its just another attack on marriage, Coulter said.
The conservative author also fanned flames when she talked about the problem of single motherhood, claiming that movies and television promote single motherhood when, according to her, statistics on crime show most offenders come from single parent households.
Reaction to Coulters speech was mixed.
Article continuted in first post below.
I cant believe she used rape as an adjective, first of all, said Katie Weiss, 22, after the speech and Q&A. Second of all, I cant believe that when she talked about single motherhoods, she completely went in a circle. First she said that we dont blame deadbeat dads, or we dont enforce deadbeat dads, and then she talked about all the ways in which deadbeat dads are talked about in media in a positive light. Then said that we shouldnt support deadbeat dads. That doesnt make sense.
I dont know where she got her facts, she never stated one source, Weiss continued. It was like going into a stand-up comedy. If she had been portrayed as a stand-up comedy I think I would have laughed, I would have had a really good time.
And not only that, she offended every single minority group: single mothers, Muslims, gays, added Mike Moynihan, 23.
What appalled me the most was she was looking at that young woman in the face and didnt even apologize for that flying carpet remark, said Joe Marnen, 21. She said it was a fact that if [Muslims] boycotted the airports that wed all be safer.
Meanwhile, DePaul College Republicans felt the event went well.
I think we got a lot of conservative students who dont get their voices heard on campus, said Dan Dunham, 24, the vice president of DePaul College Republicans. They got to hear theyre not alone, that a lot of these opinions are being espoused off campus and I think that resonated with a lot of them. I think for the more liberal students, hopefully they got a chance to hear that other side that they just dont hear in class.
With regards to the protest, Dunham said, I think that certainly we all dont have to agree with her, and I applaud them for coming out. I think it was good that they came even if they werent facing her, they certainly heard what she had to say. They were quiet for the most part, respectful. Would I have preferred that they didnt turn their chairs around? Yes, I think that was rude to the speaker, but Im glad that they did come.
Of course the flying carpet comment was from some time ago. I guess that got some of the PC crowd something to remember forever.And not only that, she offended every single minority group: single mothers, Muslims, gays, added Mike Moynihan, 23.
What appalled me the most was she was looking at that young woman in the face and didnt even apologize for that flying carpet remark, said Joe Marnen, 21. She said it was a fact that if [Muslims] boycotted the airports that wed all be safer.
I am sick of the headlines where
Conservative (x) DIVIDES liberals
Every opinion and point of view is divisive.
As Rush says, where is the common ground between good and evil?
Pope DIVIDES Satanists with talk of good?
I don’t understand if someone didn’t like someone why go and see them and why act like a silly little kid?
I give DePaul credit for inviting her.
“And not only that, she offended every single minority group”
Conservatives are a minority group on almost every campus, we get offended on a daily basis. Get used to it libs!
Because modern Liberalism is a mental illness. They literally cannot help themselves.
Yea, like Notre Dame.
The great apostasy is creeping in at the speed of a bullet train. (Not ours, the ones in japan...lol)
They are blaming it on Coulter.
Who’da thunk it?
When I was a kid flying carpet cartoons were common--they seem to have disappeared a long time ago. I don't know if cartoonists were afraid of offending Arabs or just got tired of the theme.
One of my nephew’s kids goes to DePaul. The nephew at least is a quite devout, traditional Catholic. Don’t know about his kids, or their political leanings. BUT ... are all the quoted students on the 5-6 year plan? Why aren’t they out of college at least by age 22? Or is it a commuter college where kids work and attend school, delaying graduation?
Last I heard Catholicism doesn't espouse, homosexuality, abortion, or single motherhood.
Hey! What is she...slipping?
What about union thugs, peace queers, vegatarians, global warming worshippers?
She should have repeated her moslem line: "We need to kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity."
Yes De Paul is largely a commuter school, in which many students work part-time and go to school part-time.
Thanks. I wondered why all the quotes were from 22-24 year olds. Why don’t conservative students go to lib presentations, turn their chairs around with their backs to the speakers, and otherwise protest? You know, show how divided the students are ;)
No... we make them slaves or Soylent Green... either way... I do not care.
LS
I recall Speaker Gingrich was invited for a commencement, students threaten the administration and staged protests demanding the invitation be rescinded. When Clinton came to the same university, a year earlier, there were only cheers.
You see the same theatrics replicated across the nation, school after school.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.